Українська Confronting the Energy Crisis: Changing Behaviours to Reduce Energy Consumption
Recommendations for implementing measures to reduce heating and developing strategies to prevent an energy crisis
Go to reportGovernments should already concentrate on measures that will prepare us for the next winter, and which may also resonate with climate objectives. This implies not only implementing measures to cut heating in the short term, but also paving the way for behavioural changes for next year and beyond – investing time to select the best strategies and design them well.
When designing measures to reduce energy consumption, governments can scale up information and action programmes that provide clear evidence for users on the benefits of their behavioural changes and how to implement these changes. The impact of these interventions hinges on the choice of message that policymakers send to consumers, how and when the information is provided to households and through which channels.
The effectiveness of these campaigns and actions also depends on the monitoring and understanding of behavioural barriers and researching solutions to these barriers, within the framework of existing policies and market conditions.
