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# [Psychology of COPs - Glossary](https://go.climatemind.de/en/blog/cop-glossary)

 Written by [Janna Hoppmann](https://go.climatemind.de/en/blog/author/jh) | Nov 9, 2025 4:27:35 PM

**Psychological Safety**  
Perception that one can speak and act in negotiation and governance settings without fear of humiliation, sanction, or reputational harm.

**Collective Agency**  
Shared belief that actors can influence outcomes together; a cornerstone of coalition effectiveness and SIDS diplomacy.

**Identity Framing**  
Design of messages and processes that shape group belonging, self-perception, and perceptions of others — a core lever for cooperation and dignity.

**Trust-Building / Trust Repair**  
Relational and procedural practices that create, maintain, or restore credibility, reliability, and goodwill in multilateral contexts.

**Strategic Empathy**  
Ability to understand and anticipate the perspectives, constraints, and motivations of others — without needing to agree with them.

**Moral Imagination**  
Capacity to envision fair and future-oriented solutions beyond immediate interests and existing power structures.

**Ambition Cycle**  
Psychological mechanisms through which trust, fairness, shared purpose, and social proof can raise collective climate ambition (linked to NDC ratcheting logic).

**Relational Diplomacy**  
Diplomatic practice that centers relationships, dignity, and trust as core levers for cooperation — complementing technical and legal negotiation.

**Narrative Shift**  
Redesign of dominant frames and meaning-making in climate governance (e.g., from burden-sharing to shared opportunity; from security to care).

**Implementation Mindset**  
Orientation toward delivery, continuity, and shared responsibility — shifting from agreement-seeking to real-world outcomes.

**Environmental Psychology**  
Field studying how environments influence human behaviour and wellbeing — informing climate engagement, adaptation, and resilience practices.

**Organizational Psychology**  
Study of human behaviour in institutions; relevant for delegation culture, leadership, stress management, and collective performance in negotiation settings.

**Climate Psychology**  
Application of psychological science to climate action, including communication, coping, agency, collective mobilisation, and justice considerations.

**Political Psychology**  
Study of identity, power, legitimacy, ideology, and perception in political decision-making — central to understanding climate diplomacy dynamics.

**Behavioural Science**  
Research on human decision-making and behaviour, including heuristics, norms, motivation, and cooperation — informing climate policy and finance design.

**UN 2.0**  
Reform vision for a more networked, inclusive, and data-informed United Nations. Built around the “Quintet of Change” — data, innovation, digital, foresight, and behavioural science — it positions behavioural science as a core skill for modern multilateralism, aligning closely with psychological capability and trust-building in global governance.

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