In his answer, Obama re-iterated
his acceptance of climate science and discussed how progress on tackling climate change might proceed in his second term, though he also noted that he wouldn't put action on the climate ahead of the economy.
The results show a rise in public
acceptance of climate change, Dr Stuart Capstick, a research associate from Cardiff University and lead author of the study, tells Carbon Brief:
I see that the argument challengeing global warming deniers to be in favour of
the acceptance of climate change refugees can easily backfire.
The public
acceptance of climate - change conspiracy transcends the typical wide - ranging domain of conspiratorial belief; a 2013 investigation by Lewandowsky et al [8] found that while subjects who subscribed to conspiracist thought tended to reject all scientific propositions they encountered, those with strong traits of conservatism or pronounced free - market world views only tended towards rejecting scientific findings with regulatory implications at odds with their ideological position.
While these results indicate high public
acceptance of climate science, there is still a significant gap between public opinion and the views of climate scientists.
public understanding and
acceptance of climate science may not be a precondition for supporting action to reduce greenhouse gas emission
A new Cornell University study finds that labels matter when it comes to
acceptance of climate science.
James Taylor is vice president for external relations and senior fellow for environment and energy policy at the Heartland Institute, an organization that has received funding from ExxonMobil and the Charles Koch Foundation and is perhaps best known for running a billboard campaign associating
acceptance of climate science with «murderers, tyrants, and madmen» like the Unabomber and Charles Manson.
In fact, the link between perception of scientific consensus and
acceptance of climate change has been demonstrated by researchers.
Consensus messaging has been shown empirically to increase
acceptance of climate change.
People's awareness of the scientific consensus affects
their acceptance of climate change, and their support for climate action.
Furthermore, much of this coverage denigrated climate science by either promoting distrust in scientists and scientific institutions or placing
acceptance of climate change in an ideological, rather than fact - based, context.
Shortly after the storm, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg endorsed Barack Obama for a second term, largely due to
his acceptance of climate science and his support of programs to decrease greenhouse gas emissions.
That they choose not to link those events, when appropriate, to human actions is a disservice to their science and to those who depend on them — and in fact, it may partially explain the public's lack of
acceptance of climate science.
It seems that for many such individuals,
acceptance of climate science and the response it calls for conflict with one or more of their fundamental beliefs.
The thinking is that their preference for traditional power structures and individual freedom colors
their acceptance of climate science.
one thing I would like challenged (from a philosophical standpoint) is the view that
acceptance of climate change science is an ideological choice.
If the question was posed in such a way, would it show a much broader support in the science community for
the acceptance of climate change and the need to act?
We can therefore anticipate that a stronger cultural cohesion could make it even harder for ideas that challenge existing worldviews to be voiced or accepted - creating even further obstacles for
the acceptance of climate change in societies that are currently skeptical.
A plan: See: http://climateprogress.org/2010/11/28/winning-climate-messages-combine-dire-scientific-threat-with-solutions-for-a-just-world/ «New psychological research finds that dire messages about the threat of global warming will strengthen people's
acceptance of climate science when combined with solutions, which is the approach taken by leading climate activists.
He also asked about comments she made that likened
acceptance of climate change science to a «kind of paganism» and suggested that top United Nations climate policy advocates were effectively supporting communism.
Still, the Senate results this week mark some progress in advancing the GOP's
acceptance of the climate science, said Julian Zelizer, a history professor at Princeton University who studies the presidency.
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of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market
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Even though the intellectual
climate within the Reserve Bank and other economic policy agencies was already moving in favour
of deregulation in the early 1970s, wider community
acceptance of the case for change did not come until after the Government set up a broad - ranging inquiry, conducted by a group
of independent experts.
A useful group - life checklist allowing participants to rate a group on communication,
acceptance of persons, leadership,
climate of relationships, and other aspects can be found in Philip Anderson's Church Meetings that Matter.10 Evaluation is not a frill; rather it is essential to discovering what you are accomplishing in groups and how you can do better.
It's important for pastors to feel and to create a
climate of acceptance of persons that respects their right to differ on sexual standards.
Alcoholism education aimed at developing a
climate of understanding and
acceptance.
A basic factor which influences the
acceptance -
climate of the relationship is whether or not the pastor really accepts the sickness conception
of alcoholism.
It does this by creating a
climate of acceptance —
of feelings and impulses (around which irrational guilt often forms)-- and by confronting the young person with the need to change irresponsible, self - other hurting behavior (the source
of appropriate guilt).
Despite any clinical evidence for or against the therapy, the APA denounces such therapy because, «In the current social
climate, claiming homosexuality is a mental disorder stems from efforts to discredit the growing social
acceptance of homosexuality as a normal variant
of human sexuality.
Through a program known as Project Unify ®, Special Olympics assists schools in initiating Unified Sports and whole - school involvement activities, where general education and special education students create
climates of inclusion,
acceptance and respect on campuses and in communities.
In terms
of proving progressive credentials to the Left my guess is that the Conservative leadership would also point to the party's
acceptance of homosexual rights, efforts to promote women and ethnic minority candidates and the significant emphasis that the party has placed on civil libertarianism and combating
climate change.
Leonardo DiCaprio used his Oscar
acceptance speech last night to declare that
climate change «is real» and to blast what he called the «politics
of greed.»
Traditional fossil - fuel energy is so abundant and inexpensive that
climate - friendly substitutes have little hope
of acceptance without robust policy support.
Explicit recognition
of citizen science in published papers could promote the communication linkages necessary for broader impacts by helping shift public discourse associated with modern
climate change from controversy to
acceptance.
In his
acceptance speech, the 70 - year - old took the opportunity to encourage young writers and directors to be unafraid to speak their mind, especially in regards to the tumultuous political
climate in the U.S. following the election
of President Donald Trump in November (16).
Visibility is very important in gaining trust and
acceptance - key components
of a school's
climate.
By encouraging empathy, respect, and
acceptance and giving students tools for communicating their feelings and confronting conflict positively, an effective social - emotional learning curriculum will likely improve school
climate and culture beyond just the mitigation
of bullying.
Education specialists identify school
climate as the sense
of acceptance, safety, and contentment experienced among both teachers and students within a school setting (Freiberg, 1998; Peterson & Skiba, 2000; Marshall, 2004; Jones, Yonezawa, Mehan, & McClure, 2008).
The principal sources
of our returns (and risk) are security selection, the
acceptance of aggressive investment positions during market
climates characterized by both favorable valuations and market action, and the
acceptance of defensive investment positions during market
climates characterized by neither.
«But there are encouraging signs that we are turning a corner in 2017, and whilst growth is more muted, there is definitely an
acceptance of the new normal, with a desire to move forward again in a
climate of lower - valued currencies, less government spending and lower GDP growth.
A global network
of art protest groups, including G.U.L.F. (Global Ultra Luxury Faction), Occupy Museums, Guerrilla Girls, Liberate Tate, People's
Climate Arts, Not an Alternative, The Yes Lab, Peng Collective, and many others, has been working hard to highlight the art world's complicit
acceptance of the status quo, no matter how immoral or unethical it may be.
It's something
of an abstract concept, but with real world implications, and the universality
of such physical models, based on things like radiative balance, atmospheric composition and density, distance from the local Sun, etc., is a very strong argument in favor
of general
acceptance of the results
of climate models and observations on Earth.
I tend to agree that it's a huge but last - ditch effort to stave off the inevitable
acceptance of the reality
of climate change.
There was a really interesting article in Physics Today this past October on the parallels between the slow
acceptance of the idea
of anthropogenic
climate change and
of the idea that the earth circles the sun.
In his
acceptance speech, Obama identified
climate change as one
of the three principal threats
of this century.
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acceptance of # 1 (that we can and are changing the
climate).
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I agree that cultural cognition — the idea that we shape our views so they agree with those in the groups with which we most closely identify, in the name
of acceptance by our group and thus
of safety — powerfully explains the polarized passions over whether
climate change is «real,» the «debate» that gets most
of the attention about public opinion.
Read on for some important sections, starting with Francis's reference to, if not direct
acceptance of, scientific reports concluding that humans are the dominant driver
of recent warming
of the
climate.