Canadians have witnessed catastrophic climate change-induced disasters over and over in recent years, but polling suggests it’s having little effect on the public’s understanding of the climate crisis.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40004729

Against that backdrop, only 63 per cent of Canadians understand that climate change is real and caused by humans — a drop from 71 per cent in 2021, according to a poll published by the Angus Reid Institute Friday.

  • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    12 hours ago

    Many feel the reverse, that global warming is accurate and unequivocal, while “change” is merely a weasel word that allows demagogues to obscure causes and minimize effects.

    Yes regional changes may differ. The planet getting hotter is what kills us all, though.

      • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        11 hours ago

        Yea, all these labels are true. I think the point many are missing about naming is that these terms can ideally be used rhetorically, i.e. to help people pay attention to a risk, by tailoring the terms to the context.

        Risk Communication is an interesting field, and we’ll all be needing to understand it better shortly.