What is a climate literate person and why is it important for people to become climate literate? Keep reading:
From "Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science":
What is climate literacy?
Climate Science Literacy is an understanding of your influence on climate and climate’s influence on you and society.
A climate-literate person:
• understands the essential principles of Earth’s climate system,
• knows how to assess scientifically credible information about climate,
• communicates about climate and climate change in a meaningful way, and
• is able to make informed and responsible decisions with regard to actions that may affect climate.
Why does climate literacy matter?
Over the 21st century, climate scientists expect Earth’s temperature to continue increasing, very likely more than it did during the 20th century. Two anticipated results are rising global sea level and increasing frequency and intensity of heat waves, droughts, and floods. These changes will affect almost every aspect of human society, including economic prosperity, human and environmental health, and national security.
Society needs citizens who understand the climate system and know how to apply that knowledge in their careers and in their engagement as active members of their communities.
People who are climate science literate know that climate science can inform our decisions that improve quality of life. They have a basic understanding of the climate system, including the natural and human-caused factors that affect it. climate science literate individuals understand how climate observations and records as well as computer modeling contribute to scientific knowledge about climate. They are aware of the fundamental relationship between climate and human life and the many ways in which climate has always played a role in human health. They have the ability to assess the validity of scientific arguments about climate and to use that information to support
their decisions.
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