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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"climate activism"”.
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@GretaThunberg: Navigating Critique and Identity Within Youth Climate Activism on Twitter
<p>Youth climate activist Greta Thunberg sat alone on the steps of the Swedish Parliament building in September of 2018, holding a bold black and white sign and demanding action be taken in the face of the climate crisis. Ever since, her activism and Twitter presence have sparked media attention, …
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What Do Editorial Cartoons about the 21st United Nations Conference on Climate Change Have in Common?
… the humorous interpretations of negotiations on climate change by satirists from states bearing greatest responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions. It contemplates the question of what might constitute the essence of humor related to global warming. Editorial cartoons, which were reviewed, …
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Radical Transformation: How Climate Rebels are Facilitating the Imagination and Transition to a Sustainable Future
This thesis addresses the role that climate activism plays in the transformation to a sustainable future. It looks at radical movements on the different levels of change, with a particular emphasis on the imaginary. It addresses fossil fuels and capitalism, a tight-knit relationship that goes back …
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Radical Activism in the Misinformation Age - How can Social Movements Counter the Circulation of Online False Information About Climate Change?
… disinformation and misinformation concerning climate change have gained substantive attention within the scientific community. However, while the dynamics that drive the circulation of false online information have been analysed extensively, it remains unclear whether (and how) this phenomenon …
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Addressing Climate Change through Community Organizing and Machine Learning
Climate change is the challenge of our time. It is global, slow-moving, and impersonal – yet it has already impacted everyone from California to Kuwait. Humans are ill-adapted to this type of problem, as the scale – both in time and space – is too large to spur action. But to ignore the difficult …
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The psychological underpinnings of collective climate action
We are in the midst of a dangerous climate crisis, and collective mobilization is needed to push for urgent global transformations. Many people already perceive the risk that human actions are driving increasingly catastrophic climate impacts, but only a few are taking actions such as asking …
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Taking responsibility for climate knowledge in a warming world: Exploring responsibility assembled in and around the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
This thesis interrogates what it means for expert climate knowledge holders to take responsibility for what they know in a warming world. ‘Responsibility’ in the context of climate change is often invoked around historical responsibility for emissions and cause-effect relations. However, conceptual …