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Why common climate messaging often backfires – and how to fix it
(news.stanford.edu)
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this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2025
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Maybe best not even talking about the temperature number. It's all but meaningless and a lot of people (uh) like warm climates. I'm thinking it would be better to talk exclusively about the numbers around things like flooding, fires, species loss.