Presentation Abstract
The Skagit Climate Science Consortium (SC2) and the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication partnered to conduct a public opinion poll in the spring of 2015 regarding Skagit County resident’s attitudes and perceptions regarding global warming. The effort, part of Yale’s renown 6 America’s Project, also is providing SC2 critical information to help understand local concerns and beliefs about climate change in order to better provide relevant and timely climate science to a broader Skagit community. This presentation will provide an overview of SC2’s theory of change regarding the role of climate science in supporting local communities as they seek to increase their climate resilience and show the results of the polling which confirm both the need for and interest in climate information. This informative talk will provide cutting edge thinking about where and how climate science can be used to move beyond partisanship and a broken discourse to provide locally relevant information to a public concerned about their future.
Session Title
Building coastal ocean social-ecological resilience in the Salish Sea: what does it mean and how can it be done?
Conference Track
People
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2016 : Vancouver, B.C.)
Document Type
Event
Start Date
2016 12:00 AM
End Date
2016 12:00 AM
Location
2016SSEC
Type of Presentation
Oral
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Global warming--Washington (State)--Skagit County--Public opinion
Geographic Coverage
Skagit County (Wash.); Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
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Fresh Water Studies Commons, Marine Biology Commons, Natural Resources and Conservation Commons
Skagit Climate Science Consortium: Using Local Polling to Provide Relevant Science
2016SSEC
The Skagit Climate Science Consortium (SC2) and the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication partnered to conduct a public opinion poll in the spring of 2015 regarding Skagit County resident’s attitudes and perceptions regarding global warming. The effort, part of Yale’s renown 6 America’s Project, also is providing SC2 critical information to help understand local concerns and beliefs about climate change in order to better provide relevant and timely climate science to a broader Skagit community. This presentation will provide an overview of SC2’s theory of change regarding the role of climate science in supporting local communities as they seek to increase their climate resilience and show the results of the polling which confirm both the need for and interest in climate information. This informative talk will provide cutting edge thinking about where and how climate science can be used to move beyond partisanship and a broken discourse to provide locally relevant information to a public concerned about their future.
Comments
Yale's effort to downscale national opinion polling (Skagit was used for county validation, you will note the tremendous variance in what the model predicted and Skagit county results on SC2 website. Yale will be updating the model based on validation spring 2016): http://environment.yale.edu/poe/v2014/
SC2's general website: http://www.skagitclimatescience.org
SC2 Skagit County polling overview: http://www.skagitclimatescience.org/polling-deck/