from angst to action: talking about climate change and health
DESCRIPTION
Climate communication training for health professionals.TRANSCRIPT
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FROM ANGST TO ACTION
Talking about Climate Change and Health
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HEALTH IS WHAT MAKES PEOPLE CARE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE
(WHO 2007)
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SIX OPINION GROUPS
Alarmed
Concerned
Cautious
Disengaged
Doubtful
Dismissive
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Response to Public Health Frame
Maibach BMC Public Health 2010 10-299
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Response to Health Co-Benefits
Maibach BMC Public Health 2010 10-299
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Maibach BMC Public Health 2010 10-299
Health Frame Induces Hope, even in the Disengaged and Dismissive
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GALLUP POLL 2013 HONESTY AND ETHICS BY PROFESSION Highest Lowest
Nurses
Pharmacists
Teachers
Doctors
Military Officers
Police
Clergy
Lawyers
TV Reporters
Advertising Agents
State Office Holders
Car Salespeople
Congresspeople
Lobbyists
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AMERICA'S CLIMATE CONVERSATION
Where are we?
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Krosnick, 2013 Stanford
60-75% OF AMERICANSSUPPORT CLIMATE ACTION EVEN IF UNILATERAL
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83% SUPPORT CLIMATE ACTION EVEN WITH ECONOMIC COSTS
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62% WILLING TO PAY MORE FOR ENERGY IF IT LOWERS EMISSIONS
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80% of Americans ( 75% of Republicans) support expanding clean energy
68% support energy portfolio standards
63% total (57% of Republicans) support programs to decrease car use
67% of Americans believe CO2 should be regulated as an air pollutant
59% of Americans think we should stop subsidizing fossil fuel
60% of Americans support a carbon tax
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MAJORITY OF AMERICANS WANT OUR GOVERNMENT TO ACT
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Low confidence that politicians will respond
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Low confidence that our society will respond
Can and will 6%
Could but won't 22%
Can't 22%
Unsure 50%
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One third are willing to join a campaignto generate political will
to act on efficiency and clean energy: 36%
to act on global warming: 29%
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Willing to vote for climate action
2.5x more likely to vote for candidate who supports
3x more likely to vote against candidate who opposes climate action
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WHO SHOULD WE BE TALKING TO?
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WHAT do they need to know?
HOW do we get them to act?
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HOW PEOPLE THINK
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www.isthishowyoufeel.weebly.comFrustrated Betrayed Depressed
Guilty Angry Sorry
Helpless Nervous Glimmer of hope
Anxious Apathetic Despair
Worried Optimistic Perplexed
Dumbfounded Distressed Exasperated
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I DON'T CARE
"I'm sick and tired of hearing about..."
"I don't want to hear (or think) about this, because it makes me feel..."
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TWO PROCESSING MODES
Analytic Experiential
Logical, abstract, deliberative,Learned, slow
Intuitive, concrete, immediate,Visual, emotional
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STATIC vs DYNAMIC PERSONALITIES
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ALL THINGS NOT BEING EQUAL
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THE SILENT MAJORITY
80% of Americans believe that the US has a responsibility to respond to climate change.
70% rarely or never discuss climate change with friends or family.
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Why?
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REASON STRATEGY
Denial
Finite pool of worry
Individualism
Single action bias
EMOTIONS
SOLUTIONS
SOLUTIONS
POLICY, SOLUTIONS, Health Benefits
POLICY, SOLUTIONS
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REASON STRATEGY
Spiral of silence
Lack of confidence
Learned helplessness
Fear of change and loss
MAJORITY
MASTERY
MORAL ARGUMENT, FAKE IT till you make it
Return to familiar past
SOLUTIONS as LOSS PREVENTION
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE WHO ACTED
Understanding
Collective and personal efficacy
Invitation from someone they know and respect
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SOLUTIONS-BASED EDUCATION
What are the solutions?
Will they work? (climate-wise, cost, technical)
What's in it for us? (savings, health, jobs)
How do we get there from here (policies)?
What can I do (and how do I do it)?
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Drawing from our clinical experience with changing behavior
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State The Problem
Cut GHG emissions in half by 2030
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Case One
9 year old athlete turns into couch potato
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20 Years Ago
Coffee(with whole milk and sugar)
Today
Mocha Coffee
45 calories 8 ounces ?
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TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH IN US
RENAL
LRI
SUICIDE
HEART DISEASE
CANCER
ASTHMA/COPD
STROKE
UNINTENTIONAL INJURY
ALZHEIMERS
DIABETES
RENAL DISEASE
LOWER RESP. INFECTION
SUICIDE
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THE POWER OF GROUPS
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BRIDGING OUR POLITICAL DIVIDE
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RED AND BLUE DISTRICTS AGREE ON MOST SOLUTIONS
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WORDS
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CLEAN AIR, WATER, AND ENERGY
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CLIMATE WORDS
Climate Change
Environment
Mitigation
Emissions
Positive feedback
Celsius
Greenhouse gases
Carbon tax, cap & trade
Renewable energy
Sea level rise, melting glaciers, increased T
Fuel economy
Global Warming
Air we breath, water we drink etc
Stabilizing climate
Pollution
Vicious cycle
Farenheit
Pollution
Make polluters pay
Clean energy
Flooding, storms, wildfires, heat waves
Use less gas
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THE MESSAGEClimate change is here now.
We feel fear, anger, guilt and grief too, but there is hope
Solutions exist, here's what they are:
They are technically and economically within reach
They will make our future healthier
We need to change policies, not individuals
We can do it
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FINDING AN AUDIENCE
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CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE
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INTRODUCE YOURSELF
Summarize your professional and life experience
Personal story about what spurred you to act on climate
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FIND SOME COMMON GROUND
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SOLUTIONS-BASED EDUCATION
What are they exactly?
Will they work? (climate-wise, cost, technical)
What's in it for us? (savings, health, jobs)
How do we get there from here (policies)?
What can I do (and how do I do it)?
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THE ROADMAP
Healthy policies which escalate to 2030 goal.
Activated citizenry
Replace obstructionist politicians
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HUMOR
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Carbon is the building block of life
CHOCOLATE BUTTER
ALCOHOLSTARCH
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Everything that was ever alive has carbon in it.
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Burning things which were once alive releases the carbon into the air
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We burn twice as much carbon as the Earth can handle.
1/4
1/4
1/2
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Carbon Dioxide Is (pretty much) Forever.H
un
dre
ds
ThousandsTens of Thousands
YEARS TO REMOVE CO2 FROM ATMOSPHERE
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DEALING WITH DENIERS
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Blue Green Algae Blooms Increase with Water Temperature
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Dust Storm Fresno, CA Tenfold Increase in Valley Fever
US Centers for Disease Control
DROUGHT AND DUST
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Inhaler Use at Asthma Camp Increases with Ozone Level
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HEAT ILLNESS
9,000 US high school athletes/year 40 heat deaths in cars/year
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EMISSIONS SCENARIOS
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Dust Mite Allergen Required to Reduce FEV1 20% before and after Ozone Exposure
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DIOXINS and WildfiresSmoke from Idaho Fires 2013
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Ozono irrita los pulmones
Make it personal
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Make it local
Shellfish Closures, Whatcom County, WA Rat map NYC
Omaha's program to lower summer ozoneEffect of heat on crop yields- Iowa
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Make it concrete
Duluth, MN 2012 New Jersey 2012
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Tell a story
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Sam Moody Atlanta, GA
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Explaining Policy vs Consumer Choice
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Thinking globally vs NIMBYly
DEFORESTATION
EMISSIONS
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International Climate Talks
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“ In order for climate science information to be fully absorbed by audiences, it must be actively communicated with appropriate language, metaphor, and analogy; combined with narrative storytelling; made vivid through visual imagery and experiential scenarios; balanced with scientific information; and delivered by trusted messengers in group settings.”
Center for Research on Environmental Decisions
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PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
THE PROBLEM: our growing epidemic of chronic disease.
THE CAUSE: pollution, inactivity, bad diets (exacerbated by climate change)
THE SOLUTION: Change our systems of energy, transportation, housing, and food to make healthy choices easy and affordable, saving billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of lives every year.
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OBTW
These healthy solutions will also slow global warming, decreasing heat waves, droughts, wildfires, floods, and spread of infectious disease