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World Values Survey Database
2024-03-14 (or before) in worldvaluessurvey.orgWorld Values Survey Data-Archive Online Survey analysis website
Tagged under: Climate Change | Public Opinion
Public supports 'greater and greener' development, poll reveals
2024-03-09 in Business GreenBright Blue urges government to 'get building' after survey reveals high levels of support for green housing and clean energy development
Tagged under: UK | Public Opinion
Fury after Exxon chief says public to blame for climate failures
2024-03-04 in The GuardianDarren Woods tells Fortune consumers not willing to pay for clean-energy transition, prompting backlash from climate experts
Tagged under: Public Opinion | Net Zero | Exxon
Extinction Rebellion Strategy 2023-2024: Here comes everyone - Extinction Rebellion UK
2023-05-28 by in Extinction Rebellion UKExtinction Rebellion has successfully shifted public opinion on the climate and ecological emergency in the last four years, but we know that transforming the political system, social culture, and economy is necessary for a sustainable and equitable future. The Big One was the start of this strategy, but as we move into the summer and […]
Tagged under: Public Opinion
Cool rules for a hot debate
2023-3-27 in Law GazetteWhen there is conflict between public interest and the client's interest, what is the correct balance? The more we argue about this topic, the better.
Tagged under: Public Opinion
The fossil fuel industry’s deceptive campaign to kill offshore wind
2023-02-10 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackA climate denial group is trying to turn public opinion against clean energy by disguising their agenda as pro-environment.
Tagged under: Public Opinion | Wind Power
Agenda Seeding: How 1960s Black Protests Moved Elites, Public Opinion and Voting | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
2022-10-28 (or before) in Cambridge University Press & AssessmentAgenda Seeding: How 1960s Black Protests Moved Elites, Public Opinion and Voting - Volume 114 Issue 3
Tagged under: Public Opinion
Why the attack on oil and gas PR is a threat to free speech
2022-02-28 in Ad AgeAn activist campaign has profound implications for public relations, advertising, marketing and political consulting firms for industries addressing controversial issues.
Tagged under: Activism | Public Opinion
Context and Early Origins of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Climatic Change
2021-11-19 (or before) in Springer VerlagClimate change is a problem which is global both in terms of causes and consequences. The uncertainties are large and likely to persist. Meanwhile, the political and economic stakes of both action and inaction are much higher than those in other transboundary concerns such as acid rain and ozone depletion. The public policy impact of scientific opinions on climate change, therefore, not only depends upon what is being said, but also, who is advancing those conclusions and how they were arrived at. This was the rationale behind the setting up of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988. The paper examines the ...
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Public Opinion
Why Biden's Interior Department isn't shutting down oil and gas
2021-07-23 by in The HillThe prevailing political opinion is keeping these key moderate senators happy.
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Public Opinion | US Politics
Financial world greenwashing the public with deadly distraction in sustainable investing practices
2021-03-16 in USA TodayWall Street is greenwashing the financial world, making sustainable investing merely PR, which is a distraction from the problem of climate change.
Tagged under: Public Opinion | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance
The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
2021-03-05 (or before) in Yale Program on Climate Change CommunicationPublic opinion polls on climate change knowledge, attitudes, policies, and behavior.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Public Opinion
The 'Crying Indian' ad that fooled the environmental movement
2020-05-22 (or before) by in Chicago Tribune: Chicago news, sports, weather, entertainment - Chicago TribuneHow the beverage and packaging industries shifted the public conversation about litter.
Tagged under: Public Opinion
Politics & Global Warming, November 2019 — Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
2020-01-23 (or before) in Yale Program on Climate Change CommunicationOur latest report describes how Democratic, Independent, and Republican registered voters view global warming and related issues.
Tagged under: Public Opinion | Global Warming | US Politics | Climate Change
Majority of UK public back 2030 zero-carbon target – poll
2019-11-07 in The GuardianNearly half of Tory voters back plan, compared with 16% who back party’s 2050 target
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Net Zero | Public Opinion
Polls reveal citizen support for climate action and energy transition
2015-04-07 in Clean Energy WireTagged under: Public Opinion | Germany
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