Earth System Visioning  
RSS icon Email icon Home icon
  • Home
  • About Visioning
  • Step 1
  • Step 2
  • Step 3
  • How can decision makers, the media, and the general public be made aware of the future’s unexpected problems?

    Posted on August 6th, 2009 Submitted by ghabbour
    Categorized as Social-Ecological Systems Tagged as awareness-raising, education, media

    1
    How to Vote:
    You need to log in or register in order to vote.


    Scientists work diligently in their labs and publish in scientific journals results of their work. However, the media pick only stories about the man who bit the dog, neglecting the background. How can media be made aware of the importance of telling the truth, the whole, truth, and nothing but the truth?



 

Search Questions


View Questions


Sort Order



Popular Tags

adaptation agriculture anthropogenic factors atmosphere Biodiversity biosphere carbon sink climate change climate model CO2 communication conservation consumption data decisions & choices economy ecosystems education extreme events feedback food global warming governance greenhouse gas Health human behavior human dimension human well-being institutions knowledge land-use mitigation natural resources natural variability oceans policy population rain resilience soil sustainability sustainable development technology threshold water
       
Strengthening international science for the benefit of society

subscribe to the ICSU newsletter | Creative Commons License