Accelerating Climate Solutions: Pre-Workshop Content

In preparation for the workshop on April 1, please follow the instructions below:

(1) Explore the following reports and decide which one you’d like to work with at the workshop:

• Carbon Free Boston: Introduction (pp. 6 to 17)  Released January, 2019. https://www.bu.edu/ise/files/2019/05/CFB_SummaryRpt_FEB19.pdf
• Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report, Section 1: Climate change impacts, exposures, and vulnerability. Download here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32596-6/fulltext#seccestitle700 The Lancet.  November, 2019

(2) Review toolkit of Climate Communication principles from The 51 Percent Project:  

•   Talk About It. https://www.the51percent.io/talk-about-it
•   Activate Influencers.  https://www.the51percent.io/activate-influencers
•   Keep it Simple. https://www.the51percent.io/keep-it-simple
•   Lighten Up!  https://www.the51percent.io/lighten-up
•   The One-Two Punch. https://www.the51percent.io/the-onetwo-punch
•   Use Data.  https://www.the51percent.io/scientific-consensus
•   Share Reliable Resources.  https://www.the51percent.io/resources

(3) Watch video presentations (17m 36s total):

(4) Reflect on the video content and complete the following survey:

(5) Further reading and recommended resources:

• “How to Stop Freaking Out and Tackle Climate Change.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/opinion/sunday/how-to-help-climate-change.html
• J.P. Morgan special report. “Risky business: the climate and the macroeconomy.” JPM_Risky_business__the_climate_and_the_macroeconomy_2020-01-14_3230707
• Project Drawdown: Drawdown Review 2020 (download here) https://www.drawdown.org/drawdown-framework/drawdown-review-2020
• “So You Want to Convince a Climate Change Skeptic.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/opinion/climate-change-deniers.html
• Additional recommended Resources: https://www.the51percent.io/resources