Communicating #ClimateChange: @NinaWormbs reflects on using technology (satellites) as stand-in for "seeing with our own eyes"; a scientific gaze used to support an economic claim ("melting sea ice will opens Northwest Passage shipping") becc.lu.se/event/theme-me…
Scientific language needs to be precise and non-emotional; @NinaWormbs likens Rachel Carson and Jim Hansen as facing similar communication struggles to convey scientific problems in a way people understand emotionally. @becc_sweden
A re-evaluation of what is rational for people: @NinaWormbs gives overview of research that can help us make sense of #climatechange denial.
Why do people fail to#ActOnClimate?
4 justifications ppl use:
1. Budget Thinking: allowances; good outweighs bad
2. Compare w/ others who are worse
3. Infer non-climate values more important (family, education,...)
4. Practical constraints and context, e.g. time
-@NinaWormbs

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17 Nov
Martin Hultman finds 4 kinds of #ClimateChange denial:
1. Organized: groups that spread and support misinformation
2. Party political-ideological: political parties
3. Response: decisions incompatible with claimed climate goals
4. Everyday: ppl know but don't act.
@becc_sweden
Very relevant research questions from Martin Hultman. Focus on three key actors in #ClimateChange denial: extractive industries (since 1960), conservative think tanks (1989-), and right-wing nationalism (2008-). @GeoffreySupran, @BenFranta are you in touch with Martin?
Depressingly long history of #ClimateChange denial from Martin Hultman. Glaring gap between knowledge and action- partly explained by deliberate misinformation campaigns, as illustrated with #ExxonKnew tactics to delegitimize science, greenwash & mislead the public.
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18 Oct 19
Agriculture is the most destructive human activity invented. Major cause of biodiversity loss, water and ocean pollution, climate pollution. @LennartLUCSUS says the root cause is using annual plants instead of perennials - a 10,000 year old mistake. Thread on his talk 👇🏽
@LennartLUCSUS Annual crops (cereals, oilseeds, legumes) are 80% of food. This means overturning soil and destroying its structure & life at least 1-2x/year. @LennartLUCSUS
@LennartLUCSUS .@LennartLUCSUS quotes Wes Jackson on natural system agriculture. The key is diversity in space (polyculture) + perennial crops living for many years w/ large/deep roots. Jackson's vision for perennial ag he thought would take 100 years, closer to reality in 50.
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17 Oct 19
Goal of @wim_carton talk on #negativeemissions is for everyone to understand twitter joke about #beccs by @DoctorVive & why it’s funny. Great meta #scicomm!
Paris Agreement aims to stabilize climate thru “balance of sources and sinks”. @wim_carton gives overview of various negative emissions tech - all aim to prevent/remove carbon from atmosphere and transfer to land/geology/oceans.
Here’s what bioenergy with carbon capture and storage #BECCS looks like. Burn vegetation for energy, capture carbon. @wim_carton
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12 Jun 19
Seminar by Prof Alexandra Klass (of @UMNews @UMNIonE )
on #energy transitions (not just policy) under Trump
on now, I'll be live tweeting.
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Trump #energy priorities were a major shift: energy "dominance", revive coal industry, reduce env't regs on extractive #FossilFuels industry. "Underlying all this requires quite a bit of skpeticism on #climatechange" in DOT, EPA etc to implement. Prof. Alexandra Klass @IIIEElund
Trump's "Affordable Clean Energy Rule" = business as usual, states can do what they want. (replacement for Obama's clean power plan). No evidence that coal supports national security, DOE subsidies to coal don't make sense and may end soon. Prof. Alexandra Klass
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26 Apr 19
"In my research I try to understand ideologies and different ways of seeing the world" especially re #climate denial and right-wing ideology says @KirstiJylhae visiting for @LUCSUS_LU seminar. Thread to follow
#climatechange denial is rare but still a problem, shows @KirstiJylhae
#Climate denial can consist of 3 elements: trend (not occurring), attribution (not caused by us), impact (no serious consequences), and all are problematic, says @KirstiJylhae
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12 Feb 19
“Information is not enough for people to act.” #climate psychology, activism and anxiety by @FridaHylander at @SkaneXr @LUCSUS_LU
What's needed for people to #ActOnClimate? @FridaHylander uses "Model of helping" to understand #climate psychology.
To motivate action, people need to:
1. notice an event
2. interpret the problem as an emergency
3. feel personal responsibility.
1. Notice event- barriers to notice #climatechange include:
Humans perceive emotionally, not rationally
Slow gradual threats seen as risky as fast, vivid ones
"villains" are easier to blame than nature
Living in cities, far from nature
fragmented knowledge
-@FridaHylander
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