{"id":1776,"date":"2012-05-07T12:19:32","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T11:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=1776"},"modified":"2012-05-07T12:19:32","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T11:19:32","slug":"how-much-do-you-know-about-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2012\/05\/07\/how-much-do-you-know-about-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"How much do you know about climate change?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Preparing for a talk on communicating\u00a0sustainable development with the public, I've been reading far too many reports than are good for me.<\/p>\n

The following<\/a> is from a survey of attitudes and knowledge relating to biodiversity and the natural environment (2007 to 2011). \u00a0Results are based on 1,769 face to face interviews in England conducted in late March 2011, and similar surveys conducted in earlier years commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).<\/p>\n

No definitions or explanations of the concepts were provided to respondents; nor was any guidance given, as far as I can see, about what 'lot' \/ 'fair' \/ little \/ etc meant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Respondents' \u00a0self-declared knowledge (%) of \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Climate change<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Ecosystem services<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Biodiversity<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

A lot \/ a fair amount<\/td>\n\n

44<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

18<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

18<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Just a little<\/td>\n\n

44<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

33<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Nothing, have only heard of the name<\/td>\n\n

8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

18<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

18<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Nothing, have never heard of it<\/td>\n\n

2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

28<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

31<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

So, what's to be made of all this? \u00a0Not much, I suspect. \u00a0I think it was Norman Lamont who remarked that anyone who thought they understood (the ERM<\/a>) clearly didn't have all the facts. \u00a0 The climate change figures seem in this vein, but then the wrong questions were asked, and there was no check on what people actually do understand. \u00a0Back to the drawing board, then ... .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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