Citizens’ involvement could help our nation to make up its mind to act on climate change, according to Dr Ben Newell from the School of Psychology.

Julia Gillard’s recent proposal for a “Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change” was greeted almost universally with scepticism and derision. But are there any reasons for thinking that the basic idea is not all bad? In an article written in the latest edition of Uniken, he argues that such an assembly could educate the general public’s mental model of climate change.

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Related links:
Psychology provides insight into why people doubt climate change (Sydney Morning Herald, 20 Sept 2010)
Global Warming: Science and the Message (UNSW TV)