Enhancing learning, communication and public engagement about climate change – some lessons from recent literature

Wibeck, Victoria

doi:10.1080/13504622.2013.812720

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“…Public desire for integrated data may require novel partnerships among data providers such as the National Weather Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, municipal governments, and university researchers. In general, study findings support previous recommendations to create meaningful, usable science with which the public can readily engage [15][16][17][18], as specifically applied here to problems of urban environmental sustainability. As residents become more informed about their immediate environments and empowered with information and messaging, they may be more likely to invest in and support community-driven sustainability initiatives [12,13,22].…”

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“…Recent syntheses in science communication [15][16][17][18] recommend new approaches that (1) create usable science by incorporating stakeholder input from members of the public and official decision-makers; (2) use a variety of information and communication technology strategies that are targeted to different consumers; and (3) provide local, context-specific information that matters to people's everyday lives and resonates with their lived experience. In lieu of assuming what citizens and decision-makers would benefit from or prefer, multidisciplinary teams are encouraged to ask people's preferences, conduct analyses, and integrate results into the design of science communication systems.…”

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Public Interest in Microclimate Data in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

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New technologies can sense urban environmental conditions at finer scales than previously possible. This has paved the way for monitoring microclimates between and within neighborhoods. Equally vital, though much less studied, is stakeholder engagement in understanding and using such data. This study examines interests and preferences for accessing neighborhood-scale microclimate data among residents of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Data are from randomly sampled phone surveys (N = 200) and purposively sampled focus group participants (N = 25). Survey participants expressed high interest in neighborhood air quality, temperature, and rainfall. Focus groups revealed four themes for designing smartphone applications or websites for neighborhood-scale data: easy access to integrated data, clear and intuitive design, information for everyday living and healthy behavior, and tools for civic engagement. Results support the value of creating meaningful, usable science interfaces with which the public can readily engage.

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“…In addition, diversification of stakeholders is also considered an important principle of implementing social learning configurations successfully in practice. This has been reported elsewhere as well (Aytur et al, 2015;Wibeck, 2014).…”

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Developing adaptive capacity in times of climate change in central rural Vietnam: exploring smallholders’ learning and governance

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“…A persistent gap remains between concern and attitudes about climate-change impacts and climate-related behaviors , which may be due, in part, to learning about climate change through sensationalist messaging (e.g., dramatic glacial retreat), as opposed to through knowledge of the local impacts that occur in communities across the planet (Otieno et al 2014). Wibeck (2014) identified problems with the "information deficit model," recognizing that knowledge alone is insufficient to engage citizens in climate-related issues. Fritze et al (2008) argued that understanding the extent of short-term and long-term challenges posed by climate change can create distress and affect citizens' responses.…”

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“I know, therefore I adapt?” Complexities of individual adaptation to climate-induced forest dieback in Alaska

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Lambin³

2016

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ABSTRACT. Individual actions to avoid, benefit from, or cope with climate change impacts partly shape adaptation; much research on adaptation has focused at the systems level, overlooking drivers of individual responses. Theoretical frameworks and empirical studies of environmental behavior identify a complex web of cognitive, affective, and evaluative factors that motivate stewardship. We explore the relationship between knowledge of, and adaptation to, widespread, climate-induced tree mortality to understand the cognitive (i.e., knowledge and learning), affective (i.e., attitudes and place attachment), and evaluative (i.e., use values) factors that influence how individuals respond to climate-change impacts. From 43 semistructured interviews with forest managers and users in a temperate forest, we identified distinct responses to local, climate-induced environmental changes that we then categorized as either behavioral or psychological adaptations. Interviewees developed a depth of knowledge about the dieback through a combination of direct, place-based experiences and indirect, mediated learning through social interactions. Knowing that the dieback was associated with climate change led to different adaptive responses among the interviewees, although knowledge alone did not explain this variation. Forest users reported psychological adaptations to process negative attitudes; these adaptations were spurred by knowledge of the causes, losses of intangible values, and impacts to a species to which they held attachment. Behavioral adaptations exclusive to a high level of knowledge included actions such as using the forests to educate others or changing transportation behaviors to reduce personal energy consumption. Managers integrated awareness of the dieback and its dynamics across spatial scales into current management objectives. Our findings suggest that adaptive management may occur from the bottom up, as individual managers implement new practices in advance of policies. As knowledge of climate-change impacts in local environments increases, resource users may benefit from programs and educational interventions that facilitate coping strategies.

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Enhancing learning, communication and public engagement about climate change – some lessons from recent literature

Cited by 237 publications

References 102 publications

Public Interest in Microclimate Data in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Public Interest in Microclimate Data in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Developing adaptive capacity in times of climate change in central rural Vietnam: exploring smallholders’ learning and governance

“I know, therefore I adapt?” Complexities of individual adaptation to climate-induced forest dieback in Alaska

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Enhancing learning, communication and public engagement about climate change – some lessons from recent literature

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Public Interest in Microclimate Data in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Developing adaptive capacity in times of climate change in central rural Vietnam: exploring smallholders’ learning and governance

&#8220;I know, therefore I adapt?&#8221; Complexities of individual adaptation to climate-induced forest dieback in Alaska

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