‘The Science Is Clear’: Why the Climate Crisis Needs New Narratives

 

Allison Carruth, professor of American studies and the High Meadows Environmental Institute, presented “‘The Science Is Clear’ — Why the Climate Crisis Needs New Narratives” for the third talk in our spring 2022 HMEI Faculty Seminar Series.

Carruth discussed how appeals to both big data and apocalyptic alarm define the most widely circulated environmental stories. While powerful for some groups, these appeals do not speak to the increasingly unequal impacts of global warming. Carruth made a case for narratives that develop localized, lived accounts of climate change by drawing from examples that at once contribute on-the-ground knowledge and envision possible futures beyond catastrophe.

‘The Science Is Clear’: Why the Climate Crisis Needs New Narratives

Publish Date

April 5, 2022

Presenter(s)

Allison Carruth

Link to Video

https://youtu.be/OnHNGvaTlwY

Video Length

55:09

 

Allison Carruth, professor of American studies and the High Meadows Environmental Institute, presented “‘The Science Is Clear’ — Why the Climate Crisis Needs New Narratives” for the third talk in our spring 2022 HMEI Faculty Seminar Series.

Carruth discussed how appeals to both big data and apocalyptic alarm define the most widely circulated environmental stories. While powerful for some groups, these appeals do not speak to the increasingly unequal impacts of global warming. Carruth made a case for narratives that develop localized, lived accounts of climate change by drawing from examples that at once contribute on-the-ground knowledge and envision possible futures beyond catastrophe.