Understanding public complacency about climate change
Tags: American environmental movement, engaging public, politics and policy, reforming environmentalism
When it comes to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it can be demonstrated with a simple experiment that even well educated people have a difficult time understanding what it would take to reduce them. Many people advocate a “wait and see strategy”; uncertainty about the causes and consequences of climate change mean potentially costly actions to address the risks are likely to be deferred. The results suggest the scientific community should devote greater resources to developing public understanding of these specific principles to provide a sound basis for assessment of climate policy proposals.
Authors: John D. Sterman and Linda Booth Sweeney
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