News & Views | 06 May 2019
Children teach their parents
Public education for youth can influence future generations, but it typically does not create outcomes for those who need to vote on policies and create change today. A new study suggests that well-designed instructional units can foster family interactions that increase adult concern about climate change.
Martha C. Monroe
译:
孩子们教育父母
青年的公共教育可以影响后代,但它通常不会为那些需要在政策上投票并在今天创造变革的人创造成果。一项新研究表明,精心设计的教学单元可以促进家庭互动,增加成年人对气候变化的关注。
News & Views | 27 May 2019
Costs of climate politics
Corporations devote massive amounts of resources to lobby policy makers in the United States. New research highlights the channels through which direct lobbying has blocked climate legislation, and evaluates the resulting social welfare loss.
Fabien Prieur
译:
气候政治的代价
公司投入大量资源来游说美国的政策制定者。新的研究突出了直接游说阻碍气候立法的渠道,并评估了由此产生的社会福利损失。
News & Views | 13 May 2019
Old Arctic carbon stability
The Arctic stores vast amounts of soil carbon, much of which is likely to be lost to the atmosphere as the climate warms. A clever new analytical approach suggests that even carbon that has been stored for hundreds to thousands of years is vulnerable to warming.
Richard Conant
译:
老北极碳稳定
北极地区储存了大量的土壤碳,随着气候变暖,大部分土壤碳可能会流失到大气中。一种聪明的新分析方法表明,即使储存数百至数千年的碳也容易受到变暖的影响。
News & Views | 13 May 2019
The potential cost of nudges
‘Nudge’ interventions, such as green energy defaults, may be simple and cost-effective ways to address climate change and can complement more substantive climate policies. But, new research finds that information about a nudge policy lowers support for a carbon tax, unless that nudge policy is described as part of a comprehensive approach.