Matt Weaver
Thursday August 3, 2006
Guardian UnlimitedGovernment and media organisations were today accused of undermining efforts to tackle global warming by using alarmist language that amounts to "climate porn".The "apocalyptic" way in which climate change is often portrayed in the press and on government websites succeeds only in "thrilling" people while undermining practical efforts to tackle the problem, according to Labour's favourite thinktank, the Institute for Public Policy Research.
It analysed reports of climate change in 600 articles, 90 television adverts and news clips, as well as websites run by government and green groups.
A report on the project, published today, found that the issue was discussed in wildly divergent ways, and it argued that this meant the message to the public on climate change was "confusing, contradictory and chaotic".
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http://politics.guardian.co.uk/green/story/0,,1836545,00.html>
Here's a link to the Report that is refered to by The Guardian: <
http://www.ippr.org.uk/ecomm/files/warm_words.pdf>
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http://www.ippr.org.uk/latestnews/>