The challenge of communicating unwelcome climate messages

The challenge of communicating unwelcome climate messages

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With the probability that global temperature rise can be kept below the 2°C target continuing to diminish, citizens as well as economic and political decision makers need to engage with knowledge about the likelihood and implications of severe future impacts, and the scale of mitigation required to avoid them, the likes of which few want to hear. This working paper reflects on the challenges and offers guidance for the way ahead.

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A Global Public Referendum on Cutting Climate Change – a Simple Yes or No?

A Global Public Referendum on Cutting Climate Change – a Simple Yes or No?

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon this week invites World Leaders to his Summit in New York to break the deadlock on negotiating what to do about the international challenge of climate change. So far we have had 20 years of stalemated bureaucratic negotiations a process completely out-of-date from when India and China were called developing countries.

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