Depolarizing climate change in the United States

Add to Calendar: Add to Calendar: 2023-10-04 16:30:00 2023-10-04 17:30:00 Depolarizing climate change in the United States Event Description Addressing climate change requires a society-wide effort sustained over decades. This simply will not happen without bipartisan cooperation and broad public support. Fortunately, there are signs of hope. There have been recent bipartisan climate policies passed at the state and federal levels, and polls increasingly suggest broad and bipartisan support for addressing climate change, especially among younger voters. What does a bipartisan approach to addressing climate change look like? Drawing on analyses of opinion polls, survey experiments, and legislative action from my research group and others, I will argue that strategies for building a big-tent climate movement include: carrots over sticks, optimism over pessimism, national pride over national shame, precise and plain-spoken discourse over hyperbole and histrionics, and kitchen-table-focused approaches to environmental justice rather than identitarian ones. Speaker Bio Matthew G. Burgess is an Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado, with a courtesy appointment in Economics.  Matt received his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota, 2014, and his B.Sc. University of Toronto, 2009 His research focuses on economic growth futures and their impacts on the environment and society, mathematical modeling of human-environment systems, and political polarization of environmental issues.  Matt uses a combination of mathematical and computer modeling, data synthesis, and collaboration with stakeholders, in order to make conceptual advances and link them to practice. CLE Reading Materials In-person event only.  Case Western Reserve University School of Law George Gund Hall Room A59, Moot Courtroom 11075 East Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44106 School of Law School of Law America/New_York public