by Matthew Nisbet Medium October 10, 2018 We have focused too heavily on public mobilization and exposing denial, ignoring other strategies likely to accelerate societal change. More than 170 countries pledged as part of the 2015 United Nations climate treaty … Continue reading →

CU Boulder Today September 5, 2018 For hundreds of years, barn swallows have signaled the coming of spring. In many cultures, it is considered good luck to have barn swallows build nests on a person’s property. Artifacts depicting barn swallows … Continue reading →

The Daily Caller August 30, 2018 News anchor Dan Rather said global warming is “causing real damage and death” in a tweet excoriating the media for supposedly ignoring “one of the most important stories of our time.” But is it … Continue reading →

Sierra Magazine August 27, 2018 Last October, Katharine Wilkinson, the vice president of communication and engagement for Project Drawdown, addressed an auditorium full of eighth graders in Jackson, Mississippi. She was there to deliver a message that global warming is real, and … Continue reading →

CU Connections highlight on CSTPR Faculty Affiliate Deserai Crow – Environmental policy, natural disasters prove fertile research ground for lover of the outdoors Growing up in Colorado made a huge impact on Deserai Crow, both personally and professionally. “My family … Continue reading →

Grist Magazine August 10, 2018 Climate change is about to start hitting us where it really hurts: our champagne. With temperatures heating up in France’s normally cool region of Champagne, Bloomberg reports that it might be hard for “the taste we love” … Continue reading →

CU Boulder Today June 2018 Beth Osnes likes to have fun. When she created Shine, a musical performance about how energy, climate and humans are interrelated, she did what came naturally and made it joyful. Set against a hand-drawn backdrop representing … Continue reading →

by Eric J. Lyman, Pacific Standard June 13, 2018 It’s been two and half years since representatives of nearly 200 countries gathered in Paris and, to great fanfare, produced the world’s first global climate agreement. Here is a short and disheartening summary of what … Continue reading →

by Elizabeth Arnold Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center May 29, 2018 The Climate Change Narrative: “Fear, Misery, and Doom” The importance of narrative in telling the climate change story cannot be underestimated. American sociologist Herbert Blumer developed the view that … Continue reading →

by Elizabeth Arnold Los Angeles Times May 27, 2018 Overwhelmed by climate change? It’s not your fault. Actually, you are to blame for climate change. But it’s the media’s fault for making you feel completely hopeless about it. That includes me. As … Continue reading →