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SUMMARY:No Policy Without Discourse? - Richard Dent\, University College L
 ondon's Environment Institute &amp\; CEO of Climatecom Strategies
DTSTART:20110705T110000Z
DTEND:20110705T120000Z
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CONTACT:paul haynes
DESCRIPTION:With international climate negotiations stalling due to the ab
 sence of a United States CO2 emission reduction policy\, the challenge rem
 ains for climate change mitigation advocates\; make sufficient policy and 
 programs politically viable.  Within the US and UK\, it is unclear whether
  the public will support further climate change mitigation policies like c
 arbon tax. An important part of this support will no doubt be influenced b
 y general climate and energy discourse.  However\, are climate and energy 
 communications\, news and PR campaigns leaving individuals confused and di
 sempowered especially when trying to reach out to peers?  Despite best int
 entions by environmental non-government organisations and other communicat
 ors\, embedded values and distortions in climate change communications may
 be having a detrimental effect toward making necessary policies politicall
 y viable.  What are the implications of this distorted climate discourse? 
 A recent Yale survey (Leiserowitz et al\, 2011) showed that whilst those o
 n the right of the US political spectrum do show care for the environment 
 they are not willing to pay for mitigation. 
LOCATION:4CMR board room\, 21 Silver Street
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