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Climate Science Under Attack: how can we change the narrative?

Climate Science Under Attack: how can we change the narrative?. Dr Melanie Fitzpatrick, Climate Scientist Jean Sideris, Outreach Coordinator Union of Concerned Scientists 27 th April, 2010. NOAA. Talk Outline. Contrarians: 1990s to present Manufacturing doubt Recent events

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Climate Science Under Attack: how can we change the narrative?

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  1. Climate Science Under Attack: how can we change the narrative? Dr Melanie Fitzpatrick, Climate Scientist Jean Sideris, Outreach Coordinator Union of Concerned Scientists 27th April, 2010 NOAA

  2. Talk Outline • Contrarians: 1990s to present • Manufacturing doubt • Recent events • Public opinion polls • Restoring scientific integrity • What you can do

  3. Exposing the Campaign of Deception • Oil and coal industry • Junk science • Manipulated media • Orchestrated “astroturf”

  4. www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/global_warming/exxon_report.pdfwww.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/global_warming/exxon_report.pdf Smoke, mirrors and hot airUCS report, 2007 • ExxonMobil, Phillip Morris, R.J. Reynolds • Manufactured uncertainty • Front groups

  5. www.exxonsecrets.org www.sourcewatch.org Funding Disinformation David Legates Richard Lindzen Fred Singer Sally Baliunas John Christy Pat Michaels Craig Idso Willie Soon Tim Ball Sherwood Idso

  6. climateaufit.org The “blogosphere” blog noun : \blȯg, bläg\ Etymology: short for Weblog Date: 1999 : a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer; also: the contents of such a site — blog·gernoun — blog·gingnoun

  7. Photo: Indutiomarus, Wikimedia Commons *-gate* Climate, Glacier, Amazon, Sea, Pachauri, etc • Stolen emails from UEA • Himalayan glaciers • Amazon reference • Netherlands sea level • IPCC process review • Lawsuit against EPA

  8. Photo: US Navy 050210-N-2383B-253 Senator Inhofe’s Report ‘Consensus’ Exposed: The CRU Controversy Released by Minority Senate Committee February 23rd, 2010 Raymond Bradley Keith BriffaTimothy Carter Edward CookMalcolm Hughes Phil JonesThomas Karl Michael MannMichael Oppenheimer Jonathan OverpeckBenjamin Santer Gavin SchmidtStephen Schneider Susan SolomonPeter Stott Kevin TrenberthThomas Wigley “In our view, the CRU documents and emails reveal, among other things, unethical and potentially illegal behavior by some of the world’s preeminent climate scientists.”

  9. Global Warming’s Six Americas, January, 2010 Leiserowitz, Maibach, Roser-Renouf http://environment.yale.edu/uploads/SixAmericasJan2010.pdf What the Public Believes

  10. Scientists: Trusted Messengers http://woods.stanford.edu/research/surveys.html

  11. Maintaining Scientific Integrity Lizette Kabré/University Of Copenhagen • Lead with good science • Demystify science • Personalize science • Be visible and approachable

  12. Communication Training

  13. Examining the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change Doran and Zimmerman, EOS Transactions, January, 2009 tigger.uic.edu/~pdoran/012009_Doran_final.pdf Main Message: Climate Scientists Agree!

  14. AscensionTechnology, Inc What the Public Needs to Hear • Global warming is real (scientists agree) • Largely human-caused • Impacts humans (not just other animals, “outside” ecosystems) • Solutions exist

  15. Public understanding Union of Concerned Scientists, 2010 Union of Concerned Scientists, 2007 PPM Energy

  16. Photo: Regina Carns Photo by Brenda Ekwurzel Photo: NOAA Profiles of Scientists

  17. Letters-to-the-Editor and Op-Eds

  18. www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/global_warming_contrarianswww.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/global_warming_contrarians Debunking misinformation

  19. www.ucsusa.org/evidence Weight of the Evidence

  20. Useful Resources • UCS: www.ucsusa.org/evidence • Real Climate: www.realclimate.org • Skeptical Science: www.skepticalscience.org • Peter Sinclair – Crock of the Week • DeSmogBlog: www.desmogblog.org For more information: sciencenetwork@ucsusa.org Union of Concerned Scientists www.ucsusa.org

  21. What you can do! • Share upcoming publications with us • Build relationships between journalists and scientists • Monitor your local media • Submit op-eds, letters to the editor • Participate in targeted press conferences • Respond to online news articles (national, regional, local) • Seek out and speak at local events For more information: Jean Sideris sciencenetwork@ucsusa.org

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