Logo of the Union of International Associations (UIA)

ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. Global strategies
  3. Discouraging behaviours carrying negative externalities

Discouraging behaviours carrying negative externalities

  • Deterring harmful behaviour
  • Cautioning against high risk activities

Description

Discouraging behaviours carrying negative externalities involves implementing measures—such as regulations, taxes, penalties, or public awareness campaigns—to reduce actions that impose social or environmental costs on others. The strategy’s core intent is to alter individual or organizational conduct by making harmful behaviours less attractive or more costly, thereby mitigating issues like pollution, resource depletion, or public health risks, and promoting choices that benefit society as a whole.This information has been generated by artificial intelligence.

Broader

Taking account of externalities of systems
Yet to rate
Providing sufficient emphasis on life skills
Yet to rate
Discouraging
Yet to rate
Changing behaviour with incentives
Yet to rate
Cautioning
Yet to rate

Narrower

Teaching resilience behaviours
Presentable

Facilitated by

Financing public health interventions with substantial externalities
Presentable
Identifying behaviour dangerous to health
Yet to rate

Value

Risk-aversion
Yet to rate
Risk
Yet to rate
Negativity
Yet to rate
Misbehaviour
Yet to rate
High-spiritedness
Yet to rate
High-mindedness
Yet to rate
Harm
Yet to rate
Discouragement
Yet to rate
Behaviour
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #13: Climate Action

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
Content quality
Yet to rate
 Yet to rate
Language
English
1A4N
J2628
DOCID
12026280
D7NID
207405
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/strategy/discouraging-behaviours-carrying-negative-externalities
Last update
Dec 3, 2024