This page
needs more work. I must admit I am no expert on this important aspect
of climate change, so I refer you to some experts:
I have heard Jonathan Rowson speak well
on this subject (at LEC, Lancaster University), and have read some of
his report: I strongly recommend you read as much of it as you can:
RSA:
Jonathan Rowson, RSA -'A
New Agenda on Climate Change - Facing Up to Stealth Denial
and winding Down on Fossil Fuels' "The human response to
climate change is unfolding as a political tragedy because
scientific knowledge and economic power are pointing in different
directions. The knowledge of the reality, causes and
implications of anthropogenic climate change creates a moral
imperative to act, but this imperative is diluted at every level
by collective action problems that appear to be beyond our
existing ability to resolve. ..." - essential reading. Direct
link to the report pdf. RSARoyal Society
for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce:
"21st
Century Enlightenment" great video on RSA
strapline. (speeded-up cartoon
drawing to graphically illustrate points being put across)
23may14 'How
framing can move climate change from scientific to social fact'
Jonathan Rowson & Adam Corner, in Guardian Sustainable
Business theguardian_com Other useful reference-links,
in no particular order: (NB:
though I link to them here - it does not necessarily mean I've fully
read them)
'Enabling
the messenger: How can the IPCC get its message across to the public'
Ros Donald 23may14 in Carbon Brief. Refers to new report by
COIN: " 'Science & stories: Bringing the IPCC to life',
communications group Climate Outreach & Information Network (COIN)
interviewed 16 communications experts from UK media organisations and
NGOs.". Also mentions that "COIN isn't the only organisation examining how
the IPCC communicates its message and how we draw meaning from the IPCC's
scientific findings. Research presented at Exeter University's
Transformational Climate Science conference last week also examined how
the IPCC communicates its work. At Leeds University, Dr Ralf
Barkemeyer is conducting a linguistic analysis of all the IPCC reports,
and the media coverage of them. He is testing for two things: how
optimistic the publications are, and how easy they are to understand." COIN: Climate Outreach & Information Network – 'Science & stories
Bringing the IPCC to life' May 2014.
Common
Cause The Case for Working with Values
and Frameshttp://valuesandframes.org/
- thanks Gwen and Karen for that one. George Monbiot refers to Common Cause for
Nature in 'Saving
the world should be based on promise, not fear' 16jun14, The
Guardian. PIRC - PIRC -
'Sustainability, Equality, Democracy' "PIRC is an independent charity
conducting and communicating research for a more democratic, equitable
& sustainable society." Links to Common Cause which is part
of its work: http://publicinterest.org.uk/values/ which states: "To build a more sustainable,
equitable and democratic world, we need an empowered, connected and
durable movement of citizens. We cannot build this kind of movement
through appeals to people’s fear, greed or ego. Such motivations tend to
produce a shallow, short-lived types of engagement. Rather, we need to
foster intrinsic values — those values centred on concern for others and
the natural world, connectedness, and self-acceptance. Common
Cause is a network of people working on this premise — aiming to help
rebalance cultural values to create and maintain a fairer world. Since
authoring the popular Common
Cause Handbook , PIRC has
been facilitating the network and coordinating a number of the
initiatives. Find
out more about Common Cause ."
Karen Mitchell (formerly Natural England (who are sadly getting their
values reframed by government to extrinsic financial values), now
Director of Nurture Lakeland as from July 2014) is enthusiastic about
discussing the concept of values and
frames, and also about the classification of people into pioneers, prospectors and settlers: [Karen on
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreenClout.]
The latter subject comes under hashtag #valuesmodes e.g. The
Campaign Company @campaigncompany 25 Jul Are you a
Pioneer, Prospector or Settler? Take our Values Modes test and tweet us
your result! #valuesmodeshttp://www.thecampaigncompany.co.uk/why-values-matter/values-modes-questionnaire.php#.UfDtYtJO98E …
Janine Johnhttp://janinejohn.co.uk/https://twitter.com/JanineMJohn
"Research, Technical communication, Environmental communication,
Copywriting, Photography" Cumbria "I
have a specialist interest inhow
we
communicate about environmental issues,
and dedicated my master’s dissertation to researching the mechanisms by
which we communicate aboutclimate
change,
achieving a distinction. For
the
past four years I have acted as a researcher on multiple important issues
including
food and water security,resource
useand
depletion,energy
securityand the effects of
climate change,
and so am familiar with many of these areas of debate." 'Seeing
the invisible – how should we visualise climate change' - Janine
John, 7apr14.
14mar14 'Government
survey reveals huge support for windfarms compared to fracking'
National News News Click Green re BIS-commissioned survey. I
doubt if gov will want to broadcast these results! - "More
than three-quarters of Britons say they support offshore wind energy
while only 36% say they are in favour of fracking for shale gas, according
to the results of a new Government poll."
14mar14 'How
to read the latest data on public attitudes to science' Alice
Bell Science theguardian_com
Public Attitudes to Science 2014 survey: Ipsos Mori BIS: http://www.ipsos-mori.com/Assets/Docs/Polls/pas-2014-topline.pdf
A few of the many Q's: (I have yet to look at them all):
Q8F: Taking action to address climate change Base: all who have heard of
this (1,732 adults; 506 16-24 year-olds)
Q81 Renewable energy
Q12C Human activity does not have a significant effect on the climate
Q42 What would you say are the main benefits, if any, of genetically
modified (GM) crops?Base: all who have heard of genetically modified (GM)
crops (429 adults; 127 16-24 year-olds)
Q43 What would you say are the main risks, if any, of genetically modified
(GM) crops?Base: all who have heard of genetically modified (GM) crops
(429 adults; 127 16-24 year-olds)