20161130社課講座：從川普反氣候變遷談資本主義

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Democrat Republican

Climate change isnt real.

Democrat Republican4% 25%

Climate change is real but not caused by humans.


Climate change is real and caused by humans.


Cultural worldview explains individuals belief about global warming more powerfully than any other individual characteristics.

- Naomi Klein

Egalitarian & communitarian world views

Collective action, social justice, inequality, suspicion of corporate power

Hierarchical & individualistic world views:

Opposition to government assistance of poor/minority, support industry, believe people get what they deserve

Yales Cultural Cognition Project: http://www.culturalcognition.net/dan-kahans-publications/

http://www.culturalcognition.net/dan-kahans-publications/

Science literacy

Kahan, Dan M. and Peters, Ellen and Wittlin, Maggie and Slovic, Paul and Ouellette, Lisa Larrimore and Braman, Donald and Mandel, Gregory N., The Polarizing Impact of Science Literacy and Numeracy on Perceived Climate Change Risks (December 23, 2012). Nature Climate Change, Vol. 2, pp. 732-735, 2012

Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2193133

Open mindedness

Kahan, Dan M. and Corbin, Jonathan, A Note on the Perverse Effects of Actively Open-Minded Thinking on Climate-change Polarization (August 7, 2016). Research & Politics, October-December 2016: 1-5; Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 563.

Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2819820

https://ssrn.com/abstract=2819820

If climate denial is an echo chamber, who started the echo?

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Global Climate Coalition formed by coal industry National Coal Association and Western Fuels. Begins to hire scientists to publish paper and for media attention.

Exxon and Mobil turned to front groups and conservative think tanks to campaign.

American Petroleum Institutes Communications PlanCreated by Exxon, Chevron to inform the media about uncertainties in climate science and thereby educate and inform the public, stimulating them to raise questions with policymakers.

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Third Assessment Report Skeptics can maintain the appearance of an unsettled debate on climate science by repeatedly referencing the considerable uncertainties involved in this complex area of study.

Fourth Assessment ReportAmerican Enterprise Institute offer $10,000 for for 10,000 words scientists who would be willing to criticize the IPCC. The Heartland Institute and Hudson Institute published an article by Denis Avery, entitled 500 Scientists Whose Research Contradicts Man-Made Global Warming Scares

Heartland Institute organized the first of its climate sceptic conferences in New York, offering $1000 to anyone who wanted to speak at it.14 out of19 sponsors were Exxon-funded front groups and conservative think tanks.

Since 1990, the oil and gas industry has

channelled 75% of its funding to Republicans;

25% to Democrats.

During the 2000 presidential campaign debates, George W. Bush declared that global warming was an

issue that we need to take very seriously.

He promised to sign up to the Kyoto Protocol, but backed off that promise soon after coming into power.

Environment

20161130社課講座：從川普反氣候變遷談資本主義