The results of a study that measured public responses to a policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions contradict a common environmental concern.
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Facts will only get you so far when it comes to climate change. To get conservatives on side, climate communicators must focus on the values conservatives hold dear, such as preserving the status quo.
Unlike the more abstract idea of global climate change, pollution is tangible and its effects are obvious.
Why assembling two teams to debate climate change is all about political spectacle and sowing doubt – and has nothing to do with actual climate science.
An experiment in getting people to care about climate change uses slick videos, charismatic scientists and calls to action.
Cognitive dissonance: scholars need to confront the undeniable conflict of pushing for action on climate change, while maintaining a high-energy lifestyle.
Coverage was generally positive – though there were also two entirely different types of naysayer.
If we can convince people that climate change is real and important, then surely they will act: this intuitive idea underlies many efforts to communicate climate change to the public. But it may not be the best way.
The Australian Academy of Sciences today released the new The Science of Climate Change: Questions and Answers. This is an extensively revised update of a similar publication in 2010. Its stated purpose…
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Doctoral researcher, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
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PhD candidate in the School of Communication, Simon Fraser University
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Research Associate, Reuters Institute, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Director, Glasgow University Media Group, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Management & Organizations; Professor of Environment & Sustainability; Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Environmental Decision-Making, UMass Amherst
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Director, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Griffith University
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Professor Emeritus of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
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Senior Lecturer in Media, Communications and Culture, Keele University
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Professor of Urban Studies and Public Health, Georgia State University
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Reader in Psychology, University of Bath
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Adjunct Assistant Professor and a founder of the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles
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Lecturer in International Relations, Nottingham Trent University
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