Since 2008, Ed has served as Co-Principal Investigator (with Anthony Leiserowitz and Connie Roser - Renouf) of the Yale / George Mason University Climate Change in the American Mind audience research project, which tracks public
opinion about climate change, including the Global Warming's Six Americas audience segments.
Some of the gaps in Chapter 3 on ethical issues raised by climate change policy - making include: (1) ethics of decision - making in the face of scientific uncertainty, (2) whether action or non-action of other nations affects a nation's responsibility for climate change, (3) how to spend limited funds on climate change adaptation, (4) when politicians may rely on their own uninformed
opinion about climate change science, and (5) who is responsible to for climate refugees and what are their responsibilities.
Why Politicians May Not Ethically Rely on Their Own Uninformed
Opinion About Climate Science and 10 Questions That The Press Should Ask Politicians About Climate Science In Light of This Responsibility.
Public
opinion about climate change, observes the New York Times» Andrew Revkin, can be compared to «waves in a shallow pan,» easily tipped with «a lot of sloshing but not a lot of depth.»
Their opinion about climate science seems to be driven by their political opinion, rather than vice versa.
And as quoted at Romm's blog, Bob Brulle asserted that «The shift in public
opinion about climate change is linked to the nature of mainstream media coverage of the so - called «climategate scandal.»
«Nobody without a PhD in radiative physics is even entitled to have
an opinion about climate science»
There are a number of ways to canvass
opinion about climate change issues.
He was the lead author of a 2013 analysis that found 97 percent of all scientific papers expressing
an opinion about climate change concluded it was human - caused.
At a time when public
opinion about climate change is all over the map, we are excited to share this new interactive maping tool, Yale Climate Opinion Maps (from the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication).
Since 2008, Ed has served as Co-Principal Investigator (with Anthony Leiserowitz and Connie Roser - Renouf) of the Yale / George Mason University Climate Change in the American Mind audience research project, which tracks public
opinion about climate change, including the Global Warming's Six Americas audience segments.
Nisbet's prior research examining public
opinion about climate change and energy insecurity also revealed for science communicators that understanding the public in more precise ways than partisanship or ideology allowed for improved outreach.
After plugging all this information into computer models, they found that access to scientific information has a minimal effect on the public's
opinion about climate change, while weather extremes have no noticeable effect whatsoever (which slightly contrasts with a 2011 study).
Blaming big oil and big coal for the broad array of
opinions about climate change is disingenuous.
Krosnik is a thoughtful scholar of the interplay between media coverage and public understanding of and
opinions about climate change whose views are worth a gander if you're interested in this question.
Informed scientists clearly have a range of
opinions about climate change — compare Judith Curry with Phil Jones for example.
While
opinions about climate change vary greatly, even among experts in climate science, the consensus is that short - range weather events have little to do with the climate change debate.
Although he has not published any climate - related research in his scientific career, Happer nevertheless seems to enjoy making
his opinions about climate science known, as we have previously examined here and here.
Changing either of these two groups»
opinions about climate change is nearly impossible, Leiserowitz said.
I always promise myself not to get surprised by the illogic of public
opinions about climate change... but check out that interactive graphic..
Going back to your always amusing extrapolation from your own views about climate scientists to your ill - founded and unsupported views on public
opinions about climate scientists:
On the other hand, using that device to introduce your own
opinions about climate sensitivity unrelated to a mislabeled table struck me the same way it struck David Wojick — as a means to promote your views publicly rather than to communicate a concern about the ostensible reason for your letter.
The impression it leaves is that addressing the letter to Gabi is being used as an excuse to gain wider attention for
your opinions about climate sensitivity than you would enjoy simply by making comments in this blog.
As the head of the Regulatory Unit at the Institute for Public Affairs, a right - wing think tank with close ties to greenhouse sceptics, Moran's role has been to support the Government and the fossil fuel corporations with anti-environmental
opinions about climate science, the costs of emission reductions and the pitfalls of renewable energy.
In contrast, science comprehension should polarize
opinions about climate scientists along ideological lines.
Policies that help people reduce their energy use through energy efficiency improvements thus receive wide support, regardless of individual
opinions about climate change.
Related issues arise from mis - specified or ambiguous survey questions, and from the obvious fact that
opinions about climate in general are quite varied and sometimes can't easily be placed in neatly labelled boxes.
New research shows that Republicans have more varied
opinions about climate change than their political leaders suggest
Opinions about climate change and policies intended to mitigate it are even more fraught.
Not exact matches
Even if my views and
opinions about the markets and economy were different, that currently identified
Climate would still be sufficient to hold us to a defensive position.
With regard to the stock market, I've often noted that I usually have no
opinion about near - term market direction except in unusual instances where stocks are overbought in an unfavorable Market
Climate, or oversold in a positive one.
But it's always puzzled me that no matter how apathetic people are
about politics, international news, or even the general artistic
climate of the country, they always seem to have an
opinion about music.
In this respect the report can not be «objective» but must remain a somewhat personal effort to clarify and organize ideas
about Church, ministry and theological education that seem to be «in the air» or that seem to be developing in «the
climate of
opinion.»
Despite our constitutional protection of freedom of speech and despite our vaunted openness, we do not now enjoy a
climate of
opinion that encourages us to improve our
opinions, or to replace them with knowledge or truth — partly because we have become too sophisticated to believe that there are any truths
about this subject, separate, of course, from the ones which those in power allegedly «construct.»
Despite rapidly changing public
opinions about cannabis, the current political
climate is likely to pause any further liberalization in how leagues approach the substance.
Despite the severe flooding, the public remain unconvinced
about climate change, according to the latest
opinion poll.
A key goal of the study was to understand how creationist interest groups, science interest groups, public
opinion about evolution and political
climate influence the political - reform process related to how evolution is taught in schools.
That became clear as soon as the article was published, when just
about everyone with an
opinion on
climate change jumped on it.
The questionnaire asks
about how IPCC has gone
about its business since its inception in 1988, how it has handled the range of scientific
opinions on
climate change, how it responds to criticism and errors, and how it deals with governments and the media.
Tillerson suggested that although he would share his
opinion about the reality of
climate change with senators, the president - elect's «priority in campaigning was America first,» and the Paris Agreement could put us at a «disadvantage.»
'' [Weber and Curry] may have different views on
climate change, but I think that's a strength of our department that we can have academic freedom and host faculty members with different
opinions about subjects,» Huey said.
In the experiment, we asked a national sample of the US population to participate in a public
opinion poll
about popular topics (participants did not know that the study was really
about climate change).
Connolley charges that environmental sceptics like Will, Crichton or Limbaugh distort the truth
about the
opinions of
climate scientists who wrote
about cooling in the seventies.
They do, however, raise serious questions
about the validity of
climate models (which are, of course, used to predict future warming and are used to set public policy and sway public
opinion) and how much we are actually warming.
Because Heartland has spent the last decade pushing mythology
about climate science, working to bend the public
opinion needle back, attacking Al Gore and legitimate
climate scientists including Peter Gleick and Michael Mann.
I Always find dressing easy on a holiday, you just put it on and «tadaa» you outfit is finished (topped of with some sandals and accesoiries of course) The best part
about this dress in my
opinion is that it's a) made out of cotton (eazy breezy for the humid Asian
climate), b) has longer sleeves (so the shoulders are covered from the sun) and c) the loose fit was so comfortable while traveling:) What do you think of this dress?
In my
opinion, more often than not we either talk
about the hard things — the tough things we're going through or our latest rant
about the political
climate we've found ourselves in.
Damien Chazelle has finally joined Twitter (@DSChazelle) to voice his
opinion about President Donald Trump and the current political
climate.
Every year, MMSD asks parents to voice their
opinions about the «
climate» or feeling at their children's schools.
Authors» note: The My Voice Survey, developed by Russell J. Quaglia, gives students in grades 6 — 12 an opportunity to voice their feelings and
opinions about their classes, their relationships with teachers, and their school's
climate and culture.