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Attitutes To Climate Change Using A Person-Centered Framework

The EPA published a fascinating review of climate attitudes conducted by researchers at DCU. The work reviewed 4610 studies on climate attitudes, which were then filtered down to 66 studies that were analysed using the Bronfenbrenner person-centred bioecological systems model. The results show that trust in institutions and the beliefs of one's social circle influence one's attitudes to climate change.

John Gibbons Puts The Valencia Floods In Context

John Gibbons wrote an excellent but sobering piece in The Journal about the floods in Valencia, and how political will is what is needed for us to limit the coming damage. "The system that is churning out more and more flying, more SUVs, more throwaway consumerism and ever more meat-rich diets is the very system that is accelerating humanity and much of the natural world towards the climate abyss."

Ireland's Complacency

The Currency published an interesting interview with Stripe co-founder John Collison, in which he talks about how Ireland has become complacent in national priority planning and economically strategic decision-making. It makes for refreshing reading, given the government wasted a surplus budget on buying people's votes rather than tackling any big problems this week.

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