Skip to main content
Climate
Search

Main navigation

  • Climate 101
    • What We Know
    • What Can Be Done
    • Climate Primer
  • Explore
    • Explainers
    • Ask MIT Climate
    • Podcast
    • For Educators
  • MIT Action
    • News
    • Events
    • Resources
  • Search
MIT

Main navigation

  • Climate 101
    • What We Know
    • What Can Be Done
    • Climate Primer
  • Explore
    • Explainers
    • Ask MIT Climate
    • Podcast
    • For Educators
  • MIT Action
    • News
    • Events
    • Resources
  • Search
PostAugust 15, 2017

Where are the Biggest Climate Action Payoffs?

Everyone seems to have a different idea of "meaningful action.”  Some see it as primarily getting an institution to stop a practice they believe contributes to a worsening climate.  Others see it as taking the form of raising people’s awareness of how they as individuals make a difference. Still others believe educating the next generation about climate-friendly careers is paramount.  Tell us in a couple of sentences (in a comment to this post below) what high impact “action” means to you and why. 

If you have a moment, have a look at The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.  In particular, find out about “Global Warming’s Six America’s.”  It turns out that high impact climate action often varies by which audience you’re trying to engage. 

If you live outside the US, please let us know how audiences vary in your country.  Future posts will explore the differences around the globe.

 

by Dave Damm-Luhr
Topics
Education
Finance & Economics
Government & Policy
Advocacy & Activism

Related Posts

PodcastJune 12, 2025

E7: Cleaner air

TILclimate Podcast
TILclimate logo
PostJune 11, 2025

A vision for transportation resilience in the energy transition

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy
Rethinking resilience of low-carbon transportation
PostJune 11, 2025

As labor costs rise, AI is learning to farm

MIT Climate
Agricultural workers place stakes in the ground among jalapeño plants.
PostJune 8, 2025

Crop insurance costs taxpayers billions. But it only benefits big farms and...

MIT Climate
A person in a blue shirt and a baseball cap looks at a tractor that's installing fenceposts in a field.

MIT Climate News in Your Inbox

 
 

MIT Groups Log In

Log In

Footer

  • About
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility
  • Contact
MIT Climate Project
MIT
Communicator Award Winner
Communicator Award Winner