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1h 23m 59s
Why Do We Ignore Climate Change? George Marshall in conversation with Robert Manne
George Marshall is the author of Don’t Even Think About It: Why our brains are wired to ignore climate change. As part of La Trobe University's Ideas and Society program, he joins Professor Robert Manne at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne to discuss the complex psychology behind climate change denial.
George Marshall has become one of the leading European experts in climate-change communications. Throughout his research he has sought to answer a number of questions, including why most people never talk about climate change, even those with personal experience of extreme record breaking weather, and why scientists – normally the most trusted professionals in society – have become distrusted, hated, and the targets for abuse.
Melbourne, February 2015
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