Climate Change; Experiences and Scientific Evidence

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Caroline Damgaard

Abstract

Debate over climate change has persisted for several decades in the spheres of scientific inquiry, public policy, and the media. This essay discusses factors contributing to public perceptions of climate change, individual and societal barriers to behaviour change and acknolwedgement of the underlying science, in order to approach the question of how to close the gap between personal experience and perception, and scientific evidence.

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Caroline Damgaard

2nd Year, Geography and Social Anthropology