Climate Change Attitudes of Southern Forestry Professionals: Outreach Implications

The influence of climate change communication on cognitive, emotional and behavioural engagement with adaptation among forest owners in Sweden

“…Lay people's ability to recognise the impacts of climate change is matched by improvements in the science of attributing extreme events to climate change (Fischer and Knutti 2015;Huggel et al 2015). In terms of individual engagement with adaptation, research has shown that for personal experience to result in increased awareness (Reser et al 2014), intention (Morris et al 2016) and behavioural change (Blennow et al 2012), it matters that people believe that their experiences of extreme events or changing weather conditions are a consequence of climate change. (Swim et al 2009) (Swim et al 2009) (Swim et al 2009) (Swim et al 2009) The APA model also acknowledges that individual engagement with adaptation includes affective responses (Lorenzoni et al 2007).…”

“…to improve understanding of the effects of communication on individual engagement with climate change.Experience of extreme events and attribution drive individual engagement with adaptationIn addition to the direct and indirect effects of climate change communication, the study provides insights into the effect of having personal experience of extreme events. There is disagreement in the literature about the effect that personal experience of extreme events has on individual engagement with climate change(Dessai and Sims 2010;van der Linden 2015) and the importance of individual belief in a causal relationship between such experiences and climate change in decisions to consider taking adaptive action(Morris et al 2016). …”

Visually Communicating Future Climate in a Web Environment

“…A study of Southeast forestry professionals' climate change attitudes revealed a substantial need and potential appeal for weather-and climate-related tools to assist with forest management while considering likely future climates (Boby et al 2016). In addition, the study highlighted that effective climate change outreach to this audience should focus on ways to reduce risks, incorporate uncertainty into decision-making processes, and manage for resilience to future climate change impacts in this region (Morris et al 2014;Boby et al 2016). A web-browser-based climate futures visualization platform was developed according to this recommended model for communicating with the target audience with an emphasis on the three limitations above.…”

Forest Management for Climate Change in New England and the Klamath Ecoregions: Motivations, Practices, and Barriers

“…Likewise, Wojcik et al [23] documented attitudes and perceptions of Cooperative Extension professionals toward climate change by surveying 2758 respondents in eight Southeastern states; they found that extension professionals are critical to addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation in their working regions. Surveying 1398 foresters in the southern United States [24,25] studied the climate change attitudes of southern forestry professionals. Morris et al [24] revealed that demographic characteristics, particularly political ideology, highly correlate with acceptance of climate change by forestry professionals.…”

“…Surveying 1398 foresters in the southern United States [24,25] studied the climate change attitudes of southern forestry professionals. Morris et al [24] revealed that demographic characteristics, particularly political ideology, highly correlate with acceptance of climate change by forestry professionals. Boby et al [25] reported that 61% the respondents agreed that climate change is occurring in the southern United States.…”