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Hosted by: The Department of International Development and The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
It doesn’t have to be True, it just has to be Believed
• Ecosystems respond
Imperfectly Adapted
Climate TO PROSPER
$306bn in 2017
2007-2010 Syrian Drought
Threat Multiplier
Rising global temperatures, changing precipitation patterns,
climbing sea levels, and more extreme weather events will
intensify the challenges of global instability, hunger, poverty,
and conflict.
Diplomatic Triumph
Common Goal - To hold temperatures to well below 2oC
relative to preindustrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit
the temperature increase to 1.5oC
Urge to Know
Anxiety, Fear, Loss, Grief, Guilt, Helplessness
Threatens deeply established Practices and cherished Lifestyles
Nature Individuality
Threat Hoax
Reducing Harm State Interference
Reflective Thought
Keep You Alive
Avoid Disadvantage
Seek Advantage
Meaning in Context - Fast
Machine for Jumping to Conclusions
evolutionary history / species-
level biological factors
decisions / actions
pressures from the social
environment
Tribe B
Capable of Believing Almost Anything
We ALL have the Mk1 Brain!
What to Do?
Constant Vigilance
&
The Scientific Method
Engage Others
• Who is your Audience?
General Public
CLIMATE
&
ACTION
- Narrative
Thought Leaders
- Dialogue
Opponents Influence
of Climate Influence
Action Influence
General Public
Arts CLIMATE
Collaboration
&
Museums ACTION
- Narrative Sci Ctrs
Thought Leaders
- Dialogue
Opponents Influence
of Climate Influence
Climate Science Community Action Influence
- Individuals
- Groups
- Research Centres Influence
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-
Funding Agencies
Professional Bodies Media
- Meta-Programmes Evidence &
- Advisory Bodies Briefings
Influence
Influence
General Public
Arts CLIMATE
Collaboration
&
Museums ACTION
- Narrative Sci Ctrs
Thought Leaders
- Dialogue
Meaningful Influence
Action
Evidence & Proponents
Workshop
Briefings of Climate
Influence
Action
General Public
Arts CLIMATE
Collaboration
&
Museums ACTION
- Narrative Sci Ctrs
Thought Leaders
- Dialogue
×
Debate Dialogue
✓
• Assuming there is one right answer • Assuming others have pieces of the
• Adversarial answer
• About winning • Collaborative
• Listening for flaws • About finding common ground
• Defending assumptions • Listening to understand
• Pursuing your outcome • Exploring assumptions
• Asymmetries of engagement • Discovering new possibilities
• Entertainment • Seeking constructive progress
Mode of Delivery
Information Deficit
Mode of Delivery
- Engaging
- Meaningful
- Hopeful
- Actionable
- Experiential
the Earth
be hurt
Joe Miller
‘atmosphere’
Playwright Scientist
What kind of a Future do We want to Create?
It doesn’t have to be True, it just has to be Believed
we have to
change