APRIL 21, 2013
Table of Contents
1.0 Abstract 3
2.0 Introduction 4
4.0 Communicating Climate Change 5
5.0 Challenges of Climate Change Communication 7
6.0 Global Climate Change Communication 7
7.0 Public Communication and Perception of Climate Change 10
8.0 Climate Change and Politics 12
9.0 Climate Change Education and Communication 12
10.0 Central Communicators of Climate Change 14
11.0 Conclusion 15
1.0 Abstract
The purpose of this term paper is to investigate the extent and nature of global warming and climate change through environmental communications and to shed light on a few of the current delusions about climate change, the natural communication problems inherent to climatic change, to list some challenges ahead, describe the barriers one encounters in communicating the crisis of climate change and global warming and express a number of actions that can be taken to improve and more broadly communicate them.
Although, the matter has an important scientific relevance and has gained a lot of attention, still there are communication difficulties and misconceptions among the industries, media, government and the public in general.
The findings of this report suggest that it is the world’s priority to find feasible, cost effective and realistic solutions to climate change and global warming concerns. It is precisely this that connects the non-government and government organizations in a way never witnessed before. To bring about the predictable outcomes, present initiatives should be supported by reasonable communication and education methods.
2.0 Introduction
The compelling scientific accord on the origins, sources and threat of climate change and global warming is in strong contrast to the general contentment and confusion among the public. (John D. Sterman, October 2008). Even though these concerns are not new to us, much has come to pass in the past twenty years. First of all, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was founded in…