What would it take to convince you that climate change is a significant and urgent problem? In this presentation, we start by asking citizens this question. We offer an interactive climate science literacy tool, dubbed eClear, to help them make informed decisions concerning the consequences of climate change. We have developed six eClear categories of climate change effects: personal economics, health, land threat, business trends, religious arguments, and global threats. Citizens may dig as deep as needed to satisfy their need for information and assess the threat that climate change poses on a personal level. Risk framing—what is the thing I value that is at risk—facilitates citizen engagement. We will also present climate science activities for the kitchen sink to facilitate an understanding of how climate change impacts our planet. These are useful tools for climate science warriors who would like to learn more so that they can engage family, friends, and neighbors—all citizens of this planet.

eCLEAR interactive climate science literacy tool

256th National Meeting (2018)

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