ENV221H1 Lecture Notes - Inflection Point
Document Summary
In 2005 schwarzenegger indicated that climate change was no longer debatable. But recently progress has been stalled by climate deniers. Many americans public accept the deniers allegations as true or at least are confused by them. Americans do not know who to trust. Science has been effectively undermined, which has eroded public support for the action needed to avoid the worst effects of global warming. Death threats to climate change scientist findings. Climate change threat to american way of life. Opposition to climate change is a belief system as central to american core values as freedom of expression and practice of religion. But overall message of growing local and statewide bottom up approaches. Where development and events change the way people and organizations think and act. Number of deniers of anthropogenic climate change 1/3 or more in us and. Previously thought give up trying to convince deniers and focus on how to promote behaviour changes in climate change believers.
