Screen LibraryStrategic climate change communications : effective approaches to fighting climate denial /
For over 20 years the science on climate change has been clear: it is happening, we humans caused it, and it puts all our futures at risk. Global warming can still be reversed, or at least the worst prevented, if we act in time. However, despite valiant efforts by scientists, activists and science r...
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Vernon Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Wilmington, Delaware, United States : |
| Publication Dates: | [2020] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Climate change and society
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For over 20 years the science on climate change has been clear: it is happening, we humans caused it, and it puts all our futures at risk. Global warming can still be reversed, or at least the worst prevented, if we act in time. However, despite valiant efforts by scientists, activists and science reporters, little meaningful change has occurred. This is largely the result of well-funded professional strategic communication efforts by vested interests. They have been highly successful in achieving their central goal: protecting the profitable status quo by creating gridlock to slow down meaningful action on climate change.Strategic Climate Science Communications: Effective Approaches to Fighting Climate Denial analyzes some of the communication strategies employed by deniers and the psychological mechanisms behind how they work. Several experts offer specific counter-strategies to change the conversation and foster meaningful societal change on global warming. The book helps environmental journalists to build up resistance against being manipulated by highly effective public relations techniques often successfully used against them. It can also help scientists and activists to become more effective communicators. An effective strategy is best countered by even better strategy. |
| Carrier Form: | xxiv, 110 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781622737826 1622737822 |
| Index Number: | QC902 |
| CLC: | P467-05 |
| Call Number: | P467-05/S898 |
| Contents: | Foreword: Climate truths in a post-truth world / Cynthia Barnett -- Editor's Introduction: Climate Change Communications in the Age of Trump / Jasper Fessmann, Ph.D. -- Chapter 1 An Unlevel Playing Field: A Primer on the Problems of Climate Change Communicationsm / Jasper Fessmann, Ph.D. -- Chapter 2 Turning Climate Misinformation into an Educational Opportunity / John Cook, PhD -- Chapter 3 Intentional Circumvention: Navigating Around Denial and Towards Each Other / Anthony Rogers-Wright -- Chapter 4 Fire, ice or drought? Picturing humanity in climate change imagery / Kim Sheehan, PhD and David L. Morris II -- Chapter 5 Arcane and Hidden: Why the State Public Utilities Commissions Are So Difficult for Climate Change Communications / Nancy LaPlaca, J.D. -- Chapter 6 Reframing the Narrative Around Solar Technology: Unlikely Opportunities for Bipartisanship in an Increasingly Divided Nation / Ishana Ratan -- Chapter 7 Key Strategic Climate Denial Techniques Journalists Should Understand / Jasper Fessmann, Ph.D. |