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Sat, 2013-01-19 07:00Jim Hoggan
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Communicating for Change: Anthony Leiserowitz on Climate Change Psychology

When it comes to climate change, Yale's Anthony Leiserowitz [1] says, "you almost couldn't design a problem that is a worse fit with our underlying psychology"; an insight that is all too apparent. 

In spite of the dramatic increase in extreme weather events and growing scientific concern, climate change is seldom mentioned by politicians, business leaders or the news media in Canada and the US. While public concern is on the rise, public pressure to fix the problem is flagging. 

In this recent interview, Bill Moyers [2] asks Leiserowitz to explain the state of public opinion surrounding climate change and what might be done to improve climate change communications.

Tags: 
climate change [3]
communicating climate change [4]
communications [5]
Yale Center for Climate Change Communications [6]
Anthony Leiserowitz [7]
Bill Moyer [8]
Moyer and Company [9]
Read more: Communicating for Change: Anthony Leiserowitz on Climate Change Psychology [10]

Source URL: http://desmog.ca/2013/01/19/communicating-change-anthony-leiserowitz-climate-change-psychology

Links:
[1] http://www.climatechangecommunication.org/our-team/anthony-leiserowitz
[2] http://billmoyers.com/
[3] http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/939
[4] http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/11600
[5] http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/7295
[6] http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/10628
[7] http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/4872
[8] http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/11601
[9] http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/11602
[10] http://desmog.ca/2013/01/19/communicating-change-anthony-leiserowitz-climate-change-psychology