Description
Studies show that once an opinion has been formed, it will not change without good reason, even if it is based on misunderstandings or incorrect information. People who know more about climate change tend to be more likely to accept measures against it. Hence, climate change must be understood if we as a society want to embark on a transformation to a climate friendly future. Thus, FutureNow! developed a number of low-threshold concepts for knowledge transfer on climate change tailored towards schoolchildren and citizens. But only the support by various members of AWls4Future who invested their free time to act as authentic advocates of climate science enabled our project to carry out a large number of interventions and events. The work in our project has brought to light an enormous demand for such interventions and at the same time fuels the question of our responsibility as scientists for science communication and the value placed on such communication in the scientific system.
Speaker: Björn Suckow (10min pres, 5min disc)
