The elephant on the left most closely aligns with my intuitive thinking, which has been shaped by my lived experiences and education (Roberts et al., 2021). My elephant is comprised of a multitude of factors, including my gender, age, job, role as a mother, and geographic location. Similarly, those who align with the elephant on […]
When asking about the risks of climate change, you will most certainly receive different answers, depending on who you ask. Although it is widely accepted that climate change will bring risks that affect our current way of life, the specific risks associated to a changing climate are still debated by many; particularly by those who… Read More »Talk About an Elephant in the Room
By Joanna Burris, for CALS501: Leading Climate Action in Society, Assignment Climate scientists and researchers have projected what the Earth’s climate will look like under different scenarios of future decisions, policies, and actions taken by humans….
You can not know what you do not know is a statement I have used throughout my professional and academic career to help humble myself and keep my mind open. … Continue readingBeginning to Know What I Do Not Know
As global warming continues to impact our climate, I recently noticed the lack of understanding of the science behind it. For instance, Bennet et al (2021) state despite widespread concern for climate change in Canada, “the public is still not clear about the major causes of climate change” (p. 1). So, while I addressed effective […]
In 2010, a climate change writer put a question to his readers, “What should we call people who care about climate change and clean energy?” and the winner was a Climate Hawk (Roberts, 2010). In a later article Roberts describes why he thinks “being a climate hawk is not easy for anyone” (2018). If you … Continue reading “Engaging emerging climate eyas”
Climate science informs us that humans have unequivocally caused global warming and details what is driving the warming (Chen et al., 2021, p. 150). For more on that, see my Climate Diagnosis Post. In addition, climate science identifies what planetary systems are changing and what climate impacts are already occurring. More importantly, these impacts can …
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Often, people ask me about climate change and the MACAL program. They ask. But they don’t always want to hear the answer. The question comes with an unspoken request, please don’t tell me too much, I can’t handle it. Truthfully, I can barely handle it myself some days. This is why, collectively, we need to care. I mean really, […]
Before taking MACAL CALS500 Climate Science, Impacts, and Services, I had the notion that the 2015 Paris target of “limiting global average temperature increase to well below 2°C above preindustrial levels” (Chen et al., 2021, p.161) would mean the world would be a different but still somewhat safe place. Striving for 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels …
When you say to someone put your back into it, of course you are not actually asking them to shove their back into something. However, for someone who does not have background knowledge of this idiom, they may not understand that you are simply asking them to work hard. Now, imagine someone tells you: ponte… Read More »Lost in Translation
