Climate Change

This is a guest lecture by Therese Håkonsen Karlseng held as part of the course Media and Politics in the fall semester 2013. Since completing her thesis on German Climate Policy, Therese has worked with energy and environmental issues as a strategic advisor to the Hedmark County Council, political advisor in the Norwegian Parliament, as well as having worked in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.

Goals of learning

• What is a climate sceptic or - denier?
• How is climate change communicated through the media?
• How do you explain that substantial parts of the public opinion do not prioritize the climate change issue?
• Why is the international political system perhaps inappropriate for handling the climate issue?

You can watch Therese presenting the county climate report here on Norwegian broadcasting or browse through her presentation from the lecture below.

Usefuk links

• Aupers, S. (2012). “Trust No One”: Modernization, Paranoia and Conspiracy Culture.
• Cottle, S. (2009). Global crises in the news: Staging new wars, disasters and climate change.
• Nisbet, M. C. (2009). Communicating Climate Change: Why Frames Matter for Public Engagement.
• Gore, Al & Guggenheim, D. (2006). An Inconvenient Truth.
• Dan Miller: A REALLY Inconvenient Truth (Video)
• Baldegg, K. C.-M. von. (2013, August 12). Who’s to Blame for Climate Change? The Atlantic.
• Beck, C. (n.d.). How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic: Responses to the most common skeptical arguments on global warming. grist.
• Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. (2013a). An Inconvenient Truth. Carnegie Council.
• Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. (2013b, July 8). Ethics on Film: Discussion of “The Island President.” Carnegie Council.
• Cook, J. (2010, June 22). How many climate scientists are climate skeptics? Skeptical Science.
• Feldman, L. (2013). Breaking Boundaries| Cloudy with a Chance of Heat Balls: The Portrayal of Global Warming on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. International Journal of Communication, 7(0), 22.
• FORA.tv Exclusive Interview with Lord Monckton @ COP15. (Video).
• Global Governance Monitor. (2011). The Global Climate Change Regime. Council on Foreign Relations.
• Haas, P. M. (2012, August 16). The Road From Rio. Foreign Affairs.
• Harrison, K. (2009). How “inconvenient” is Al Gore’s climate message? M/C Journal, 12(4).
• Hickman, L. (2013, March 1). Climate sceptics “capture” the Bloggies’ science category. the Guardian.
• Hoffmann, T. (2013, June 6). Vil ha mer og bedre klimadekning på TV. forskning.no.
• Lahn, B. (2013). Kven tek ansvar for klimaendringane? Hvor hender det?, (19).
• Lomborg, B. (2012, July 1). Environmental Alarmism, Then and Now. Foreign Affairs, (July/August 2012).
• Loxton, D. (2009, December 22). What, If Anything, Can Skeptics Say About Science? Skepticblog.
• Marom, Y. (2013, July 30). Confessions of a climate change denier. openDemocracy.
• Mathismoen, O. (2013, August 21). Umulig å stanse klimaendringene. Aftenposten.
• Molinari, F., & Porquier, E. (2011). Social Networking on Climate Change. JeDEM 3(1): 118-135, 2011
• Nyborg, K. (2012, February 2). De små klimaavtalene. Aftenposten.
• Paasche, Ø. (2013, September 6). The IPCC and new climate paths. openDemocracy.
• Potter, E. (2009). Calculating interests: climate change and the politics of life. M/C Journal, 12(4).
• Prestrud, P. (2013, June 20). Misvisende, feilinformert og kunnskapsfattig. Aftenposten.
• Prestrud, P. (n.d.). Kritikk av Klimapanelet og klimaforskningen uten substans. Samtiden.
• Rahmstorf, S. (2013, September 18). The Known Knowns of Climate Change. Project Syndicate.
• Rosen, R. J. (2013, August 2). The Climate Is Set to Change “Orders of Magnitude” Faster Than at Any Other Time in the Past 65 Million Years. The Atlantic.
• Santini, J.-L. (2013, September 20). UN climate report will not sway US deniers. Yahoo News.
• Saul Griffith: Climate Change Recalculated. (Video).
• Sheppard, K. (2012, November). Climate Deniers. Foreign Policy.
• Simpson, C. (2011). Communicating Uncertainty about Climate Change: The Scientists’ Dilemma. M/C Journal, 14(1).
• Skeptical Science. (2013a). Arguments from Global Warming Skeptics and what the science really says. Skeptical Science.
• Skeptical Science. (n.d.). Global Warming and Climate Change skepticism examined. Skeptical Science.
• Solhjell, B. V. (2012, December 11). Slik blei Kyoto 2 til. Aftenposten.
• Sourcewatch. (2013, September 21). Global warming skeptics. Sourcewatch.
• ForaTV: Story Wars: Narratives On Carbon Pollution. (Video).
• Uldam, J., & Askanius, T. (2013). Online Civic Cultures? Debating Climate Change Activism on YouTube. International Journal of Communication, 7.
• Ward, B. (2013, June 11). Climate Change by the Numbers. Project Syndicate.

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