How to respond to climate science denial JOHN

How to respond to climate science denial JOHN COOK

Should the public come to believe that the scientific issues are settled, their views about global warming will change accordingly. Therefore, you need to continue to make the lack of scientific certainty a primary issue in the debate

Standard Approach: Explain the science

Standard Approach: Explain the science Inoculation: Explain how the science gets distorted

Cook et al. (pending)

Cook et al. (pending)

http: //edx. org/understanding-climate-denial

http: //edx. org/understanding-climate-denial

Future steps • Build a comprehensive taxonomy of climate misinformation

Future steps • Build a comprehensive taxonomy of climate misinformation • Identify fallacies in each contrarian claim

Future steps • Build a comprehensive taxonomy of climate misinformation • Identify fallacies in each contrarian claim • Further research into how to most effectively inoculate against misinformation

Future steps • Build a comprehensive taxonomy of climate misinformation • Identify fallacies in each contrarian claim • Further research into how to most effectively inoculate against misinformation • Build resources for communicators/educators

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