Costly Knowledge—Unaffordable Denial: The Politics of Public Understanding and Engagement on Climate Change

Organization: Routledge

This chapter from "The Politics of Climate Change" (edited by Maxwell Boykoff) looks at the cognitive, affective and behavioral challenges to fostering public engagement in climate change policy in the developed world and the structural, institutional and economic issues that should be considered when addressing different groups.  Key Takeaways: The public can be motivated to...