Environmental Science and Public Policy
UND Faculty Researchers: Rebecca Romsdahl
Assessing National Discourse and Local Governance Framing of Climate Change for Adaptation in the United Kingdom
"Frames trump facts." This simple quote, with credit to George Lakoff, provides a concise summary of this research. The research is focused on communication at the interface of environmental science and public policy, including comparative analysis of local government adaptation planning for climate change impacts, narrative framing in environmental policymaking and in sustainability actions, collaboration between government and stakeholders in public land management, and decision support for climate policy.
Contact: Rebecca Romsdahl
This figure shows the change in prevalence in different topics in target British press articles, measured with a weighed factor index. Highly-correlated factors are grouped into the common topics, shown in the center of the chart and color-coded using the same hue. Created for the paper "Assessing National Discourse and Local Governance Framing of Climate Change for Adaptation in the United Kingdom" in Environmental Communication