ADAPTING TO ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE: COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES
Over the past year, I have had the great opportunity to work with faculty and students at the The University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute and their NSF-funded Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) – the first of its kind to focus explicitly on adaptation to abrupt climate change. Here is a short description on…
TIME Magazine on Climate Change as a Public Health Issue
Last week at Time magazine, Courtney Subramanian focused on the number of government agencies and professional groups working to focus public attention on the health implications of climate change. In doing so, she spotlighted our Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded research examining how the public understands and responds to information about climate change when the…
The Hill Newspaper on Obama’s Shift in Climate Messaging
This past week at The Hill newspaper, Ben Geman analyzed President Obama’s speech on climate change, highlighting remarks from environmentalists who welcomed Obama’s apparent shift in communication strategy. In the article, Geman also draws on comments by me and Harvard University scholar Theda Skocpol. Here’s how the article opens: President Obama is channeling his inner…
Global Warming Ranks Last as a Public Priority (Again). Why and Where Do We Go From Here?
Reposted from TBI’s The Public Square blog. In a report released today, the Pew Center for People and the Press details the issues that Americans view as the “top priority for the President and Congress,” with the economy and jobs dominating the list for the fourth straight year (the national debt is a close third). Out…