And while you're at it, it'd be great to hear your reaction to another recent admonition to Republican lawmakers to respect and support the
fundamental findings of climate science, from Sherwood Boehlert, the retired Republican of New York who headed the House science committee for many years:
Rather it suggests that Alarmists rely more on dismissing the opposition as «deniers» and exaggerating the
modest findings of climate science, precisely because the results of science to date are not alarming.
Other companies claim to accept the
core findings of climate science and the serious risks associated with continued reliance on their products, while acting in ways that belie that claim.
And in the absence of such a campaign, as in South Korea, there is no doubt about
the findings of climate science, said Sun - Jin Yun of Seoul National University.
> Hence the original topic of this thread — how to more effectively communicate
the findings of climate science.
[47] They include also the implementation of institutions that treat
the findings of climate science as foregone conclusions, and, thus, engage in climate science awareness, communication, education, and «solutions.»
I'd fully support Hulme's view that it's booth unwise and unnecessary to exaggerate
the findings of climate science.
Figure 1: Responses from people who reject
the findings of climate science when prompted to report their feelings when prompted with «climate change» (Smith & Leiserowitz, 2012).
An independent study (Smith & Leiserowitz, 2012) found that among people rejecting
the findings of climate science, when asked to name the first thing that came to mind regarding climate change, the most common answer was conspiratorial in nature.
There are many specific well - known communication failures, like that of the traditional news media to accurately relay
the findings of climate science to the public.