OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #206, NOVEMBER 25, 2024.

 

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #206, NOVEMBER 25, 2024.  Compiled by Dick Bennett

Yale Program on Climate Change
Inside Climate News Weekly
Rachel Myslivy.   “Create Climate Justice.”   UUA.   

[I’m thankful for Yale Program on Climate Change and Inside Climate News, now my main regular climate news sources.   Tell me of others.  Here are selections from each.  These two reforming sources mainly nibble around the margins.  If we need to change the economic system, to cope with the climate emergency, we must look elsewhere.   –D]

“Climate Change’s Four Irelands and the 2023 Irish Climate Opinion Maps.”   Yale Program on Climate Change Communication  <climatechange@yale.edu> 

 

Dear Friends,

The Irish Environmental Protection Agency commissioned the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication to collaborate on a nationally representative survey of public climate change beliefs, risk perceptions, policy preferences, and behavior in Ireland. Today, we announce two releases from this partnership: Climate Change’s Four Irelands, 2023 and the Ireland Climate Opinion Maps, 2023. For more insights from this research, please see the full climate note on our website.

Across Ireland, most people understand the challenges posed by climate change to their own country and to people worldwide. This widespread awareness has led to strong concern about climate risks and support for climate and clean energy policies, making Ireland a role model of successful public engagement. . . .

However, significant misperceptions still linger, even in Ireland. Many people in Ireland still don’t fully understand that climate change is human-caused and an immediate threat. Climate change is still perceived as a distant problem to many – affecting other people, in other places, at some future time – rather than a direct threat to their own lives and communities. This highlights the ongoing challenge of communicating the urgency of climate action.

Climate Change’s Four Irelands, 2023

Our analysis identified four climate change audiences in Ireland. The Alarmed (34% of the Irish population) understand that human-caused climate change is a real and immediate threat. The Concerned (48% of the Irish population) are convinced that climate change is serious, but compared to the Alarmed are less worried and view it as a less immediate threat. The Concerned also have lower levels of support for climate change policies. For instance, only 35% of the Concerned think climate change should be a very high priority for the Government of Ireland, compared to 66% of Alarmed. The Cautious (14% of the Irish population) think climate change is happening but are less sure of the causes and are less likely to think it will affect them personally. The Doubtful (4% of the Irish population) are not worried about climate change, and do not perceive it as a threat.  . . .  MORE      [Sounds like a useful methodology for the US.  -D]

. For more insights about this research, please see the full climate note on our website. . . .

Anthony Leiserowitz, Ph.D.
Director, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
Yale School of the Environment
(203) 432-4865
Twitter: @YaleClimateComm
climatecommunication.yale.edu
yaleclimateconnections.org

 

 

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Governments and advocacy groups are urgently pushing countries to address greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, especially livestock production.

 

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Disinformation Threatens Climate Action, UN Warns BY BOB BERWYN.
Top officials in Baku for COP29 say the spread of false climate narratives undercuts the annual climate talks.

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Rachel Myslivy.   “Create Climate Justice.”   Unitarian Universalist Association.   <Environment@uua.org>   

 

 

 

 

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 You are welcome to share the recording of our meeting or watch the conversation only and use these discussions for your own small group conversations.  Video: UU Theological Grounding for Climate Justice Fireside Chat (32 min).  Discussion questions:   How does your personal faith call you to climate justice?   How can this growing understanding of the faithful call to climate justice transform your current climate actions?