CLIMATE ACCESS BLOG

June 13, 2013
Janet Redman
Knowledge is power. Money is power. So knowledge of money must be a super power, right?
 
The importance of money is not news to the climate community. It’s long been at the heart of debates like how to create incentives for clean energy production, pay for adaptation and public infrastructure, and generate investment in local living economies. What does seem to be changing is the emphasis put on private sector money, and increasingly the financial sector, to finance the global fight against climate disruption.
May 30, 2013
Cara Pike

One of our goals at Climate Access is to provide a bridge from research to action so that leaders engaging the public in addressing climate disruption can develop evidence-based approaches that take advantage of new developments in the social sciences and campaigning techniques. We are fortunate to have leading authorities engaged with the network, including Dr. Riley Dunlap, Regents Professor of Sociology at Oklahoma State University, and editor of a special edition of the American Behavioral Scientist on climate change skepticism and denial.

May 14, 2013
Liz Banse

Recently I read an interview of Eli Pariser, CEO of Upworthy, in the Washington Post, where he reflected on the stunning success of Upworthy in its first year of operation as a website for viral content. Pariser said, “In general, I would say we focus on the things that are visual, meaningful and shareable — that’s our triad and I think that’s served us well.” 

May 10, 2013
Cara Pike

“Climate resiliency” is a new buzzword in environmental communications. Buzzwords are exciting because when successful, they convey important concepts in a compact and compelling way. At the same time, it is easy to assume audience understanding and for terms to be co-opted over time.

May 10, 2013
David Minkow

It’s not possible to do it alone. There have been many calls for environmental and climate leaders to expand and diversity the base of citizen support for action. 

April 22, 2013
Sarah Mazze

Majorities of Americans are concerned about climate change, yet we’ve arrived at another Earth Day with insufficient action at the federal and local level to address the severity of the climate crisis. 

Perhaps the messengers are carrying the wrong message by largely leaving out morals and values.

April 19, 2013
Jonathan Parfrey

Los Angeles is losing its bad reputation.

The land of traffic, smog and sprawl is rapidly changing. LA’s skies are cleaner today than anytime in the last sixty years. Today, eleven new rail and rapid bus lines are getting built. Today, Los Angeles is using 20% less water than just two years ago. Today, renewable energy constitutes over 20% of the municipal utility’s portfolio – going towards 33% by 2020.