ECRR seminar
Wednesday May 5, 2010
The University of Edinburgh
This meeting looked at public responses to climate change in respect to:
- Scientists’ and policy makers’ ideas about climate change
- Policies such as the promotion of renewables
- Public perceptions of the key environmental challenges and the effect on lifestyle choices.
Event report
Slide presentations from the seminar are available here.
The challenge for Scotland – The Scottish Environmental Attitudes and Behaviours Survey 2008
Chris Martin, Ipsos-MORI (PDF, 1.8 MB)
scrr.ac.uk/downloads/martin_iposmori.pdf
The challenge for society
Rachel Nunn, Going Carbon Neutral Stirling (PDF, 2.8 MB)
scrr.ac.uk/downloads/nunn_stirling.pdf
The challenge for knowledge – Understanding informed opposition to environmental policies and projects
Dr Mhairi Aitken, Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation (PDF, 123 KB)
scrr.ac.uk/downloads/aitken_issti.pdf
The challenge in practice – Responses to/through forestry
Dr Chris Quine, Centre for Human and Ecological Sciences, Forest Research (PDF, 1.1MB)