Creating a climate for change : communicating climate change and facilitating social change / edited by Susanne C. Moser and Lisa Dilling.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moser, Susanne C., editor.

Dilling, Lisa, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Communication in the environmental sciences.

Communication in social action.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 549 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The need for effective communication, public outreach and education to increase support for policy, collective action and behaviour change is ever present, and is perhaps most pressing in the context of anthropogenic climate change. This book is the first to take a comprehensive look at communication and social change specifically targeted to climate change. It is a unique collection of ideas examining the challenges associated with communicating climate change in order to facilitate societal response. It offers well-founded, practical suggestions on how to communicate climate change and how to approach related social change more effectively. The contributors of this book come from a diverse range of backgrounds, from government and academia to non-governmental and civic sectors of society. The book is accessibly written, and any specialized terminology is explained. It will be of great interest to academic researchers and professionals in climate change, environmental policy, science communication, psychology, sociology and geography.

Contents:

Introduction

Weather or climate change? / Ann Bostrom and Daniel Lashof

Communicating the risks of global warming : American risk perceptions, affective images, and interpretive communities / Anthony Leiserowitz

More bad news : the risk of neglecting emotional responses to climate change information / Susanne C. Moser

Public scares : changing the issue culture / Sheldon Ungar

The challenge of trying to make a difference using media messages / Sharon Dunwoody

Listening to the audience : San Diego hones its communication strategy by soliciting residents' views / Linda Giannelli Pratt and Sarah Rabkin

The climate-justice link : communicating risk with low-income and minority audiences / Julian Agyeman ... [et al.]

Postcards from the (not so) frozen North : talking about climate change in Alaska / Shannon Mcneely and Orville Huntington

Climate change : a moral issue / Sally Bingham

Einstein, Roosevelt, and the atom bomb : lessons learned for scientists communicating climate change / Lucy Warner

Across the great divide : supporting scientists as effective messengers in the public sphere / Nancy Cole with Susan Watrous

Dealing with climate change contrarians / Aaron M. McCright

A role for dialogue in communication about climate change / Kathleen Regan

Information is not enough / Caron Chess and Branden B. Johnson

Stuck in the slow lane of behavior change? : a not-so-superhuman perspective on getting out of our cars / John Tribbia

Consumption behavior and narratives about the good life / Laurie Michaelis

Educating for "intelligent environmental action" in an age of global warming / Tina Grotzer and Rebecca Lincoln

Education for global responsibility / Mary Catherine Bateson

Changing the world one household at a time : Portland's 30-day program to lose 5,000 pounds / Sarah Rabkin with David Gershon

Changing organizational ethics and practices toward climate and environment / Keith James, April Smith, and Bob Doppelt

Change in the marketplace : business leadership and communication / Vicki Arroyo and Benjamin Preston

The market as messenger : sending the right signals / John Atcheson

Making it easy : establishing energy efficiency and renewable energy as routine best practice / Lisa Dilling and Barbara Farhar

Forming networks, enabling leaders, financing action : the Cities for Climate Protection campaign / Abby Young

Ending the piecemeal approach : Santa Monica's comprehensive plan for sustainability / Susan Watrous and Natasha Fraley

States leading the way on climate change action : the view from the Northeast / Abbey Tennis

West Coast Governors' Global Warming Initiative : using regional partnerships to coordinate climate action / Pierre duVair ... [et al.]

Building social movements / David S. Meyer

Climate litigation : shaping public policy and stimulating debate / Marilyn Averill

The moral and political challenges of climate change / Dale Jamieson

An ongoing dialogue on climate change : the Boulder Manifesto / Robert Harriss

Toward the social tipping point : changing a climate for change / Susanne C. Moser and Lisa Dilling.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-17126-1

1-280-85019-1

9786610850198

0-511-27836-5

0-511-27894-2

0-511-27716-4

0-511-33173-8

0-511-53587-2

0-511-27775-X

OCLC:

437178937