Reorienting climate change communication for effective mitigation: Forcing people to be green or fostering grass-roots engagement?

Science Communication

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-327

  Ockwell, David ^a   Whitmarsh, Lorraine ^b   O'Neill, Saffron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Climate change; Communication; Environmental policy; Legislation; Low carbon; Public engagement; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 60049100302     PISSN: 10755470     EISSN: 15528545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1075547008328969     Document Type: Article

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