Rapley, CG;
De Meyer, K;
Carney, J;
Clarke, R;
Howarth, C;
Smith, N;
Stilgoe, J;
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(2014)
Time for Change? Climate Science Reconsidered: Report of the UCL Policy Commission on Communicating Climate Science, 2014.
UCL Policy Commission on Communicating Climate Science, University College London: London, UK.
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Abstract
The UCL Policy Commission on the Communication of Climate Science, chaired by Professor Chris Rapley comprises a cross-disciplinary project group of researchers from psychology, neuroscience, science and technology studies, earth sciences and energy research. The Commission examined the challenges faced in communicating climate science effectively to policy-makers and the public, and the role of climate scientists in communication. / The Commission explored the role of climate scientists in contributing to public and policy discourse and decision-making on climate change, including how highly complex scientific research which deals with high levels of uncertainty and unpredictability can be effectively engaged with public and policy dialogue. The Commission also examined the insights that scientific research and professional practice provide into how people process and assimilate information and how such knowledge offers pathways for climate scientists to achieve more effective engagement. Finally, the Commission sought to identify the approaches that climate scientists can adopt to effectively communicate their messages and to make clear recommendations to climate scientists and to policy-makers about the most effective ways of communicating climate science. / The Commission's activity included a one day experimental event, 'Seeing Yourself See', with a number of climate scientists to discover how they saw their role and their perspectives on the communication of climate science.
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