Dr. Lucky Tran Jun 21, 2023

Let’s get this right. Scientists didn’t fail to communicate the risks of #climatechange, they have been warning us for a century. Our policies are failing because after knowing the risks, fossil fuel companies spent billions of dollars blocking meaningful action on #climate.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4057045-catch-22-scientific-communication-failures-linked-to-faster-rising-seas/

Catch-22: Scientific communication failures linked to faster-rising seas

Scientists failed for decades to communicate the coming risks of rapid sea-level rise to policymakers and the public, a new study has found. That has created a climate catch-22 in which scientists have soft-pedaled the kinds of catastrophic risks most easily headed off by cutting emissions. While scientific communication has improved in the 2020s, this…

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Show threadRenéeJun 21, 2023

@luckytran jfc this is infuriating. Remembering the "hockey stick hoax" and before that "if it's global warming why is there winter?" I remember the IPCC from one end and David Suzuki from the other getting smeared viciously in the press for clear urgent statements.

I remember various climate accords getting shot down by political cowardice and venality. But beyond that, there were constant and coordinated propaganda campaigns against anyone communicating the urgency of scientific consensus.

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@reneestephen @luckytran And in the press, call anyone who cares an “environmental activist.”
Jun 21, 2023 at 6:55amWeb