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September 6th, 2017 · Beliefs and Attitudes, Climate Impacts, Maps, Risk, Weather and YCOM
Could Floridian Opinion about Global Warming Change in the Wake of Irma?
Hurricane Irma, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes recorded in recent history, is making its way toward the US just as we are starting to understand the enormity of the Hurricane Harvey...
August 30th, 2017
Can accurate forecasts alone keep the public safe in hurricanes? Lessons from Superstorm Sandy
In 2014, after Superstorm Sandy, we conducted a study of coastal Connecticut residents and found that many people lack basic awareness and understanding of hurricane risks. These...
April 27th, 2017 · International and Policy and Politics
Trump Can’t Cancel the Paris Agreement, and Americans Want the U.S. to Stay
Trump Can't Cancel the Paris Agreement, and Americans Want the U.S. to Stay Franz Hochstrasser, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies There has been much discussion of...
April 8th, 2017 · Beliefs and Attitudes, Climate Impacts, Energy, Policy and Politics and Republicans
The Clean Power Plan: Trump’s Executive Order Defies Public Opinion
This blog post is written by Sophie Wenzlau, third year law student at UC Davis. On March 28, President Trump issued an executive order directing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to gut...
February 26th, 2017 · Beliefs and Attitudes, Climate Impacts, Risk and Weather
Heat Wave Risk Perception
In the United States, extreme heat causes more deaths than any other weather-related hazard. Over seven thousand Americans succumbed to the impacts of extreme heat exposure between 1999 and 2009....
February 11th, 2017 · Beliefs and Attitudes, Demographics, Emotion, Policy and Politics and Six Americas
Trump, Climate Mobilization, and the Alarmed
This blog post was written by Nathan Lobel, Yale College '17. As those familiar with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication know, our research goes beyond whether people believe that...
January 17th, 2017
YPCCC 2016: Year in Review
As we begin the new year, we wanted to highlight some of our work from 2016 and to talk about the next steps for these projects in 2017. 1. Climate Change in the American Mind Since...
November 8th, 2016 · Audiences, Beliefs and Attitudes, Climate Impacts, Emotion, International and Media Studies
Reactions to “Before the Flood” in Taiwanese Media and Public Forums
As a visiting fellow affiliated with the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, I had a chance to watch Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary film Before the Flood a few days before its...
October 31st, 2016 · Climate Impacts, Demographics, Knowledge, Media Studies and Messaging
DiCaprio’s Visual Guide to Climate Change
Leonardo DiCaprio’s anticipated climate change documentary, “Before the Flood” is now available for viewing. The actor and UN Peace Messenger takes viewers on a narrated visual journey around...