The Promise and Limitations of Using Analogies to Improve Decision-Relevant Understanding of Climate Change.

ABSTRACT: To make informed choices about how to address climate change, members of the public must develop ways to consider established facts of climate science and the uncertainties about its future trajectories, in addition to the risks attendant to various responses, including non-response, to climate change. One method suggested for educating the public about these issues is the use of simple mental models, or analogies comparing climate change to familiar domains such as medical decision making, disaster preparedness, or courtroom trials. Two studies were conducted using online participants in the U.S.A. to test the use of analogies to highlight seven key decision-relevant elements of climate change, including uncertainties about when and where serious damage may occur, its unprecedented and pr

SUBMITTER: Raimi KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5279784 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature