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What we think about when we try not to think about global warming : toward a new psychology of climate action / Per Espen Stoknes ; foreword by Jorgen Randers.

by Stoknes, Per Espen.

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Chelsea Green Publishing, [2015]

363.73874 S874w

Climatic changes -- Psychological aspects.

Climatic changes -- Public opinion.

Global warming.

Environmental policy.

Environmental psychology.

Denial (Psychology)

9781603585835 (pbk.)

1603585834 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

What we think about global warming : toward a new psychology of climate action

Global warming : toward a new psychology of climate action

xxi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-275) and index.

Introduction: battering one another -- Thinking: understanding the climate paradox. They psychology of climate paradox ; "Climate is the new Marx": the many faces of skepticism and denial ; The human animal, as seen by evolutionary psychology ; How climate facts and risks are perceived: cognitive psychology ; What others are saying: social psychology ; The roots of denial: the psychology of identity ; The five psychological barriers to climate action -- Doing: if it doesn't work, do something else. From barriors to solutions ; The power of social networks ; Reframing the climate messages ; Make it simple to choose right ; Use the power of stories to re-story climate ; New signals of progress -- Being: inside the living air. The air's way of being ; Stand up for your depression! ; Climate disruption as symptom: what is it trying to tell us? ; Re-imagining climate as the living air ; It's hopeless and I'll give it my all.

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