Earlier this year, hundreds gathered online and at the University of Michigan for a three-day conference on the shaping of public opinion around climate change.
?Increasing Public Understanding of Climate Risks and Choices: What We Can Learn from Social Science Research and Practice?, sponsored by U-M?s Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise and the Union of Concerned Scientists, brought together social and climate scientists; business, political and religious leaders; climate communication professionals; and students to share their perspectives from experience and research.
Participants reached a general consensus that an American response to climate change cannot be built without engaging the ?persuadable middle? - those who are neither alarmed nor dismissive about the issue. Other central themes included: the necessity of multiple messengers (not just scientists) for multiple audiences; the best ways for social scientists to disseminate their findings and maximise the applicability of their climate change research; and the necessity of considering climate communication a single project in the context of a much broader process.
A final report of the conference is available here.
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