What types of information successfully increase pro-environmental behavior? When are these types of information effective?The DeSombre chapter suggests that fear (of climate change, of a disease, etc.) can actually lead to a decrease in the behaviors that might address the source of the fear. Why is this? Do you find that this is true in your life?

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Politics & Global Warming, 2019: Executive Summary- https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/politics-global-warming-april-2019/

http://www.footprintcalculator.org

1.Use the footprint calculator link to calculate your own ecological footprint (here: http://www.footprintcalculator.org/). Were you surprised by your results? What did you learn? Do you think the ecological footprint is a helpful metric? Why or why not?

2.Why doesn’t information always increase pro-environmental behavior?

3.What types of information successfully increase pro-environmental behavior? When are these types of information effective?

4.The DeSombre chapter suggests that fear (of climate change, of a disease, etc.) can actually lead to a decrease in the behaviors that might address the source of the fear. Why is this? Do you find that this is true in your life?

5.Why do you think there are such strong partisan patterns in the Yale survey responses to questions about climate change? How does the DeSombre chapter help to explain these patterns?