Why read Climate Change as Social Drama?

Book cover of Climate Change as Social Drama: Global Warming in the Public Sphere

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Climate change is not just a scientific fact, nor merely a social and political problem. It is also a set of stories and characters that amount to a social drama. This drama, as much as hard scientific or political realities, shapes perception of the problem. Drs Smith and Howe use…

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1 author picked Climate Change as Social Drama as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Mike Hulme

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For too long, too many earnest people have believed that the key to untying the Gordian knot of climate change lay in science—more science, better science, more precise science, more consensual science. In this beautifully written book, Smith and Howe decisively expose this belief as false. Culture, not science, shapes public perceptions of climate change. The key to acting in the world is to be found in understanding the different ways in which the social drama that is climate change is made meaningful to people. This book is an important read for climate scientists, policy advisors, and activists alike.

From Mike's list on the contested meanings of climate change.