Psychology re Climate Change and Energy Use  -  a collation of useful reference links by Henry Adams 
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 My Climate Change & Energy web-page
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.
RSA
Royal 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)

The Science of Science Communication

How Do You Get People to Give a Damn About Climate Change 18oct13 Chris Mooney -  Mother Jones

Cabot Institute blog  Who is responsible for communicating environmental science  30oct13

'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 Frames http://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! #valuesmodes http://www.thecampaigncompany.co.uk/why-values-matter/values-modes-questionnaire.php#.UfDtYtJO98E …

IPPR  @IPPR  "IPPR, the Institute for Public Policy Research, is the UK’s leading progressive thinktank" London · ippr.org
new-electorate-voter-values_Oct2013_11359 'THE NEW ELECTORATE - WHY UNDERSTANDING VALUES IS THE KEY TO ELECTORAL SUCCESS' - Nick Pecorelli (Associate Director of The Campaign Company) - October 2013. - via Karen.


'Most British People Are 'Climate Ignorers' and 'Stealth Deniers,' Study Finds'  Emily Atkin 17dec13 ThinkProgress - with comments by Karen Mitchell & Chris Rowley of SLACC-TT (www.slacc.org.uk).

The story of how greens became energy enemy number one George Marshall 6nov13  Greenpeace UK  How to frame a campaign to the public, eg  story-line such as enemy/foe and rescuer - but this may not work well re CC ....

 
Janine John 
http://janinejohn.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/JanineMJohn   "Research, Technical communication, Environmental communication, Copywriting, Photography"  Cumbria    "I have a specialist interest in how we communicate about environmental issues, and dedicated my master’s dissertation to researching the mechanisms by which we communicate about climate 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 use and depletion, energy security and 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)

16feb14 'The climate debate is changing this is what the next fight will be about - Interesting things about public opinion' Leo Barasi in Noise of the Crowd » Blog Archive »

'Why sustainability professionals need to show more compassion' Jo Confino, 2jun14  Guardian Sustainable Business   Guardian Professional.