{"id":1645,"date":"2015-05-20T17:20:07","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T17:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2015-05-20T17:20:07","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T17:20:07","slug":"consensus-and-contrarianism-on-climate-change-how-the-usa-case-informs-dynamics-elsewhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/2015\/05\/20\/consensus-and-contrarianism-on-climate-change-how-the-usa-case-informs-dynamics-elsewhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Consensus and Contrarianism on Climate Change: How the USA Case Informs Dynamics Elsewhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2015\/05\/flag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1646\" src=\"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2015\/05\/flag.jpg\" alt=\"flag\" width=\"660\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2015\/05\/flag.jpg 660w, https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2015\/05\/flag-300x136.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>by Maxwell T. Boykoff<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ojs.uv.es\/index.php\/Metode\/article\/view\/4182\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>M\u00e8tode<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nApril 2015<\/p>\n<p>Abstract: Against a contrasting backdrop of consensus on key issues on climate science, a heterogeneous group dubbed climate \u00abskeptics\u00bb, \u00abcontrarians\u00bb, \u00abdeniers\u00bb have significantly shaped contemporary discussions of climate science, politics and policy in the public sphere. This essay focuses on the USA context, and explores some of the intertwined social, political and economic factors, as well as cultural and psychological characteristics that have together influenced public attitudes, intentions, beliefs, perspective and behaviors in regards to climate change science and governance over time. This article makes the case that the USA example can inform developments elsewhere; as such it is important to consider these contextual elements to more capably appraise \u00abcontrarian\u00bb, \u00abskeptic\u00bb, \u00abdenier\u00bb reverberations through the current public discussions on climate change. <a href=\"https:\/\/ojs.uv.es\/index.php\/Metode\/article\/view\/4182\" target=\"_blank\">Read more &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Maxwell T. Boykoff M\u00e8tode April 2015 Abstract: Against a contrasting backdrop of consensus on key issues on climate science, a heterogeneous group dubbed climate \u00abskeptics\u00bb, \u00abcontrarians\u00bb, \u00abdeniers\u00bb have significantly shaped contemporary discussions of climate science, politics and policy in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/2015\/05\/20\/consensus-and-contrarianism-on-climate-change-how-the-usa-case-informs-dynamics-elsewhere\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publications"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-23 08:51:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1647,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645\/revisions\/1647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/prometheus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}