“My core psychology courses have offered me a solid background in human behaviour and cognition, which has helped me to understand the psychological barriers to climate change mitigation and adaptation”

Throughout my degree, I have combined climate change-focused psychology courses with geography and earth science electives to gain a better understanding of anthropogenic climate change from both the human and planetary perspectives. In turn, my core psychology courses have offered me a solid background in human behaviour and cognition, which has helped me to understand the psychological barriers to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Finally, I have decided to focus my Honours Thesis on the topic of sustainability by examining the relationship between perceptions of self and nature and pro-environmental behaviours and attitudes.