A tangible point of reference : how to transform the obstructive public attitude towards climate change in the United States?

摘要: The scientific consensus on climate change is clear, but the social in United States has yet to concur. Mainstream explanations for failure of American public engage problem often refer an information deficit or lacking political will, have not proven sufficient accounting such behavior. A deeper look reveals that lies at socio-cultural level, where obstructive cultural-hegemony influences civil society’s engagement with and maintains undesirable status quo. Understanding how when it may be possible overcome this hegemony essential developing increased support addressing change. Utilizing a neo-Gramscian approach, combining contributions from substantial literature review, critical realism, evidence field, I suggest climate-related disasters prove extremely effective calling into question provide opportunities bridging divide. However, experience alone enough, relevant credible intervention crucial achieving convergence perspectives. These conclusions highlight need context specific strategies activism further call transdisciplinarity problem-driven action-oriented research fields like Sustainability Science.