Climate scientists and campaigners have long debated how to better communicate the message to non-experts so that climate science can be ___2___ into action. According to Christopher Rapley, the usual tactic(策略)of climate experts to provide the public with information isn’t ___3___ because “it does not address key potential causes.” We are all exposed to the evidence of climate change on an almost a daily basis. The information is almost
___4___.
Then what’s wrong? ___5___ our brains.
Daniel Gilbert mentioned our brains’ failure to accurately notice gradual change. Robert Gifford also ___6___ the point about our brains’ difficulty in grasping climate change because of limited cognition and social ___7___ with other people (“Why should we change if X won’t?”) “A more powerful barrier is the ___8___ of perceived(感知的)behavioral control; ‘I’ m only one person; what can I do ?’ is certainly a big one. For many, the first challenge will be in recognizing barriers ___9___ they can overcome them”
But for those of us who understand that climate change is a problem yet make little effort to cut the number of overseas trips we make or the amount of meat we consume, neither the uncaring attitude nor denial really explains the ___10___ between our actions and beliefs. Lertzman has come to the conclusion that the conflict between ___11___ both the planet and our way of life is too painful to bear. “When we don’t ___12___ the pain of that, that’s when we get ___13___ and can’t move forward.” Lertzman refers to this ___14___ as “environmental melancholia(忧郁症),” and points out that there’s a lot to be said for providing a means ___15___ acceptable to talk about.”
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