This report provides an overview of the results of the third round of the OECD Survey on Environmental Policies and Individual Behaviour Change (EPIC) implemented in 2022. It is an output of the OECD Environmental Policy Committee and its Working Party on Integrating Environmental and Economic Policies (WPIEEP). The report was carried out under the overall supervision of Shardul Agrawala, Head of the Environment and Economy Integration Division in the OECD Environment Directorate. All chapters of the report were authored by Katherine Hassett, Lea Stapper, Ioannis Tikoudis, Nicolina Lamhauge and Rose Mba Mébiame of the Environment Directorate. The report has greatly benefitted from the contribution of Walid Oueslati who oversaw and administered the initial stages of the project.
The Secretariat would like to thank Delegates of WPIEEP and the Working Party on Resource Productivity and Waste (WPRPW) for their input. The engagement and feedback provided by the Steering Group of government representatives from countries participating in the survey (Belgium, Canada, France, Israel, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States) on the design of the survey instrument and the findings is gratefully acknowledged. In addition to the input and feedback provided by the Delegates, the Secretariat would also like to thank members of the Working Party on Environmental Information (WPEI), the Working Party on Agricultural Policies and Markets (APM) and the Committee on Consumer Policy (CCP) for their feedback.
A Scientific Advisory Committee also provided valuable input to the development of the survey and feedback on the preparation of the report: Helene Ahlborg (Chalmers University of Technology), Thomas Bernauer (ETH Zurich), Jetske Bouma (PBL Netherlands), Zachary Brown (North Carolina State University), Alexandros Dimitropoulos (PBL Netherlands), Eyal Ert (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Steve Griffiths (Khalifa University of Science and Technology), Scott Hardman (University of California Davis), Gert-Jan de Maagd (Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water), Katrin Millock (Paris School of Economics), Céline Nauges (Toulouse School of Economics), Benjamin Sovacool (University of Sussex), Vivianne Visschers (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland), and Marc Willinger (University of Montpellier). The Secretariat would also like to thank Sander Biesbroeck (Wageningen University & Research), Mark Koetse (VU Amsterdam), Riccardo Scarpa (Durham University) and Frits Traets (KU Leuven) for their feedback on the design of the discrete choice experiments, and David Shipworth and Sam Thomas (UsersTCP group of the International Energy Agency) for their feedback on the report.
An internal co-ordination group of colleagues from the OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate (Céline Giner and Koen Dekoninck), the International Energy Agency (Nick Johnstone) and the International Transport Forum (Luis Martinez, Andrea Papu Carrone and Mallory Trouvé) provided valuable guidance to the development of the survey and the preparation of the report. Additional feedback was also provided by numerous OECD colleagues: Brigitte Acoca, Alberto Agnelli, Shardul Agrawala, Francesca Borgonovi, Peter Börkey, Andrew Brown, Olof Bystrom, Joanna Croser, Maarten Dubois, Damien Dussaux, Cale Hubble, Walid Oueslati, Jan Tscheke and Chiara Varazzani.
Illias Mousse Iye and Aziza Perrière (OECD Environment Directorate) provided administrative support. Beth Del Bourgo, William Foster, Stéphanie Simonin-Edwards (OECD Environment Directorate), as well as Catherine Bremer (OECD Public Affairs and Communications Directorate) provided support with communication and outreach aspects of the report. Baseline Arts Ltd. and WeDoData assisted with the preparation and design of certain graphic contents of the report. The report received editorial support from Fiona Hinchcliff and Joanna Ensum, and formatting support from Meral Gedik.