Gates recently called for a ‘strategic pivot’ in climate strategy. That appears to have hit a nerve.
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Most Australians are still able to be convinced on climate change. As climate action drops off the radar, that’s good news
The findings of a new study suggest mistrust in climate science and uncritical faith in “alternative science” lead people to reject consensus science and generate alternative explanations.
Understanding the moral dimensions of climate decisions could help promote fairer and more effective climate action
Environmentalists say the new film has caused untold damage at a time when change has never been more urgent. So why is it so controversial?
The best way to inoculate the public against climate disinformation campaigns is to tell them what’s coming.
The science says that more or better climate education won’t convince sceptics. Here’s what we can do instead.
Climate deniers have joyously laboured to create a world potentially uninhabitable for our children. Our activism has failed, and rebellion may be the only answer.
Climate deniers recently gathered to talk shop at Donald Trump’s hotel in Washington DC. There’s more to their links with the president than a reservation, though.
Ten years ago, politicians such as Tony Abbott would routinely voice disdain for climate science. Now, while the policy debate remains fierce, the battleground has shifted to economics and jobs.
The UN climate talks are being held in a nation dominated by cheap coal.
An Anglican priest teaching about climate change says people have a naïve view of how science really works.
As climate extremes mount, let’s reflect on Victorian London’s ‘Great Stink’ sewage crisis - when things finally became so bad authorities were forced to accept evidence, reject sceptics, and act.
Facts will only get you so far when it comes to climate change. To get conservatives on side, climate communicators must focus on the values conservatives hold dear, such as preserving the status quo.
Tony Abbott will deliver a speech to the Global Warming Policy Foundation. Has the human weathervane stopped spinning? What does it mean for climate politics?
Laser-like focus on a tiny, unimportant detail can mean you miss the gorilla in the room – a tactic climate change deniers use to cast doubt on the science.
Sceptics are not necessarily less intelligent or knowledgeable.
One of Donald Trump’s senior advisers has recommended cutting NASA climate research because the science has become “heavily politicised”. The question is: by whom?
Can concern for the environment survive in the age of Trump and Brexit?
Ten years have passed since Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth hit the US box office. Has the film been successful in increasing awareness and action on climate change?
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Former Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor of Earth Sciences , Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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Professor of Human Geography, University of Cambridge
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Post-doctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland
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Director, Climate Change Communication Research Hub, Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow, Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
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Lecturer, Executive Director of ISCAST–Christians in Science, and Anglican minister, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Criminology, De Montfort University
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Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University
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ARC DECRA Fellow, James Cook University
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University Associate, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania