Expressing intentions is not climate action

Fabian Dablander^{1

2}, Florian Lange³, Cameron Brick⁴, Adam R Aron⁵

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam.
² Institute for Advanced Study, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1090 GE, The Netherlands.
³ Behavioral Economics and Engineering Group, Faculty of Economics & Business, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1001 NK, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Psychology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093.

Fabian Dablander et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 15;122(28):e2512457122.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2512457122. Epub 2025 Jul 3.

Fabian Dablander^{1

2}, Florian Lange³, Cameron Brick⁴, Adam R Aron⁵

¹ Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam.
² Institute for Advanced Study, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1090 GE, The Netherlands.
³ Behavioral Economics and Engineering Group, Faculty of Economics & Business, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1001 NK, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Psychology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests statement:The authors declare no competing interest.

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