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Experiencing the impacts of climate changeor climate silence? 1 in 100 year event4 th time in 6 years in Oxford ! Scepticism Nigel Lawson on R4 Today programme 2 mins; 5mins45 Language matters climate-smart


  1. Experiencing the impacts of climate change…or climate silence? 1 in 100 year event…4 th time in 6 years in Oxford !

  2. Scepticism • Nigel Lawson on R4 Today programme 2 mins; 5mins45

  3. Language matters ‘climate-smart’ ‘climate-resistant’ ‘climate-resilient’ ‘climate (or weather)-ready’ ‘climate-proofing’ ‘preparedness’ ‘readiness’ ‘adjustments’ ‘planning’ ‘coping’ ‘triage’

  4. Four narratives Protecting the ‘green & pleasant land’ (BEAUTY/ NATURE/CONSERVATION) Securing our energy future (SECURITY/SENSE OF BELONGING) ‘New environmentalism’ (FREEDOM/CREATIVITY) The good life (HEALTH/RESPONSIBILITY) …for adaptation: place attachment & identity?

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