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5 Stages of Climate Grief

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From www.friendsof2rivers.org - March 17, 3:00 PM
The 5 Stages of Climate Grief written by University of Montana Professor Dr. Steven W. Running.

 

I recently took a fresh look at the widely recognized concepts on the "5 stages of grief" that Elizabeth Kubler-Ross defined back in the 1970s to summarize how people deal differentially with shocking news, such as being informed that they have terminal cancer. It seems that these stages of grief provide a very good analogy to how people are now reacting to the global warming topic, so I have formulated my "5 Stages of Climate Grief".


Via Daniel LaLiberte
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Daniel LaLiberte's curator insight, March 17, 1:01 PM

My summary:

 

1. DENIAL - "There is no global warming, and in fact, it's actually cooling." 

 

2. ANGER -  "Climate may be warming, but it is not caused by us puny humans."  "It's all a huge hoax to enslave humanity!" 

 

3. BARGAINING - "OK, human activities are causing the warming, but it is not so serious, and it might even be good for us." 

 

4. DEPRESSION - "Oh God, it is serious, and it's way too late to stop it before global ecological catastrophes destroy half of all life and world wars destroy what remains of our civilization.  We're doomed!"

 

5. ACCEPTANCE - "Get a grip!  There are many things we can do to slow the damage, and reverse it in a very few decades.  We have enormous amounts of renewable energy available to us, but we have to get busy tapping into it as soon as possible."

 

By the way, the 5 stages are not so clear cut, and not universal to everyone, but they are a useful guide anyway.
Daniel LaLiberte's comment, March 17, 1:06 PM
"For Climate Hawks, The Five Stages of Grief Are Reversed" - http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/03/01/1644511/for-climate-hawks-the-five-stages-of-grief-are-reversed/
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Global Fuel Economy

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From www.economist.com - September 29, 2012 6:45 PM

MORE than half the world's oil supply is used for transport, and three-quarters of the energy used in transport is spent on the road.  

 

But without new policies to spur efficiency, the amount of fuel used for road transport will double by 2050, with severe implications for carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions.

 

Most of the technologies needed to improve fuel economy are already available and cost-effective, so what is needed are policies that steer businesses and consumers in the right direction.

 

Fuel-economy standards, taxes, CO2-based vehicle taxes, and better product labelling are the four key policies recommended by the IEA. To judge the extent to which countries have adopted these, the IEA has created a fuel-economy readiness index (see map). Many advanced countries, especially in Europe and Japan, already have the right policies in place, whereas in North America there is still room for improvement.


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