Effective Climate Advocacy in an Overly Politicized World
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Effective Climate Advocacy in an Overly Politicized World. [email protected]. Clean Energy Action January 17, 2013. The Timothy E. Wirth Chair. Appointed in January of 2011 following Gary Hart. WCS2: monthly meeting at the Wynkoop highlighting cutting edge - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Educating the Next Generation of Environmental Stewards
The Timothy E. Wirth ChairAppointed in January of 2011 following Gary Hart.
WCS2: monthly meeting at the Wynkoop highlighting cutting edge developments in sustainability. Next events are Feb 5 / Mar 12.The Wirth Chair Sustainability Awards: The 14th Annual will be in early June.
Teach SPA Masters students: Political Advocacy.
Environmental Literacy Plan & Report: middle/high school Combining STEM with experiential environmental-focused curriculums. Rocky Mtn Science & Sustainability Network (NSF) The Academy: increasing the # of college students, particularly minorities, who study sciences related to sustainability through place-based learning (Tetons).
Global Women Scholars Network (primary investigator NSF) Rio+20: women’s retreat re networking; spoke at US Center (water/gender). On line class: Networking Women in Sustainability Science & Action. June Uganda Retreat: emerging leaders in east Africa.
Communicating Climate Science
Know your Stuffwww.world.org/weo/climate
Lists top 100 CC sites
www.skepticalscience.com“Skeptics vigorously criticize any evidence that supports man-made global warming and yet embrace any argument, op-ed, blog or study that purports to refute global warming.” Addresses 173 arguments.
- It’s cold out.- It isn’t man made so there is nothing we can do.- Climategate proved its all a conspiracy.- CO2 limits will hurt the economy.
Watch the movie Chasing Ice (take a skeptic!)www.spa.ucdenver.edu/wirthchair
- LIKE the WC Facebook Page!
Our Quality of Life is at Risk
Tony Leiserowitz’s researchYale Project on Climate Change
Communication
The Six Americas 16% = The Alarmed29% = The Concerned25% = The Cautious — on fence13% = The Doubtful — all natural/nothing we can do 8% = The Disengaged 8% = The Dismissive — a Hoax (Iraq did have WMDs)
Hierarchy
Egalitarianism
Cultural Cognition Worldviews Dan Kahan, Yale Law School
Perception KeyLow RiskHigh Risk
Individualism
Communitarianism
Environment: climate, nuclear
Gun Control
Gun Control
Environment: climate, nuclear
Gays military/gay parenting
Abortion
Gays military/gay parenting
Abortion
Chris Mooneye.g. Iraq had WMDs
Doonesbury by GB Trudeau
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John Jost, NYU System Justifiers engage in motivated reasoning to defend their status quo.
Know your audience’s language
Stability vs Change Order vs Complexity
Familiarity vs Novelty Conformity vs Creativity
WINNING HEARTS & MINDS using trusted messengers & stories they can relate to
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS FOR A STRONGER AMERICA
2013 General Assembly
2013 General Assembly
Four Discreet Credit Multipliers on RPS
1) Each eligible kW hr generated in-state can get 125% credit.
2) A community-based project: <30 MW, owned by individual residents or by an org controlled by residents, or by a local govt entity or tribal council -- can get 150% credit.
3) Solar electricity located in a coop or munie & begins operation before July 2015, can receive 300% credit.
4) <30 MW project installed on lines owned by a coop or munie before Dec. 2014 can get 200% credit (only on the 1st 100 MW of projects statewide.)
Blending IOUs , non-IOUs & multipliers: total RE will only reach ~18% by 2020.
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