A STUDY GUIDE BY ROBERT LEWIS ATOM 2012 http://www.metromagazine.com.au ISBN 978-1-74295-167-6 http://www.theeducationshop.com.au
Presenters Anna Rose and Nick Minchin Max Bourke, Director Peter Coleman, DOP Simon Nasht, Producer Australians have never been more divided on the question of climate change and what to do about it. A recent poll by the CSIRO found that just 50% of Australians attribute climate change to human actions. The issue is no longer only a scientific argument - it s political, and increasingly becoming personal. We ve never been more divided about who to believe and what to do. The discordant attitudes towards climate change reveal our different ethical, ideological and political beliefs, our different interpretations of the past and our competing visions of the future.can one side of the argument convince the other? Can we break through the trenches and find a new way of engaging in this vital discussion? In I Can Change Your Mind About Climate (Max Bourke, 2012, 60 minutes) two passionate, intelligent and successful Australians, former senator Nick Minchin and youth activist Anna Rose, separated by a generation, and divided by their beliefs, go on a journey of mutual discovery to see if they can change each other s minds about one of the most divisive issues in Australia today: climate change.it s an adventure that will challenge both their beliefs, while giving the Australian public a much-needed opportunity to think afresh about where they stand on the defining issue of our times: what to do about global warming? Curriculum Applicability I Can Change Your Mind About Climate is a resource that can be used with senior secondary students in 2
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B. Exploring ideas and issues in the film CHARACTER SUMMARY NICK MINCHIN Recently retired Senator, Nick Minchin has been the kingmaker of conservative Australia politics for a decade. A senator for 18 years, he spent 11 years in Cabinet. He is a committed climate skeptic. ANNA ROSE Anna is co-founder of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. With 70,000 members, it has more members than the Liberals and ALP combined. 28, Anna has led AYCC delegations to the UN, Copenhagen and Montreal climate conferences. Defining the issue 1 2 3 Meeting the two people 4 4
MAUNA LOA SUNSET, HAWAII NICK MINCHIN JOHN BARNES ANNA ROSE MAUNA LOA HAWAII NICK MINCHIN MAUNA LOA HAWAII The evidence Jo Nova and David Evans 11 12 13 14 PROF. MATTHEW ENGLAND HILO HAWAII 15 The evidence Geoff Vickers 16 17 Dr David Evans 5 6 18 The evidence John Barnes 7 8 9 19 20 Joanne Nova 10 21 22 23 Dr John Barnes 5
NICK MINCHIN, PROF. RICHARD MULLER, ANNA ROSE, UC BERKELEY, USA The evidence Matthew England 35 24 The evidence Richard Muller 25 26 27 The evidence Richard Lindzen 28 29 36 37-38 39 The evidence Marc Morano Professor Matthew England 30 31 40 32 33 34 41 42 43 Professor Richard Lindzen Professor Richard Muller 6
ANNA ROSE NICK MINCHIN, MARC MORANO AND ANNA ROSE, CAPITOL, WASHINGTON DC, USA ANNA ROSE, MAX BOURKE AND LEO SULLIVAN, PENN STATION, NY ANNA ROSE, BJORN LOMBORG & NICK MINCHIN NY, USA 44 - - 51 The evidence Bjorn Lomborg 45 The evidence Anthony Leiserowitz 46 47 52 53 54 55 56 57 Bjorn Lomborg 48 49 50 The evidence Zac Goldsmith 58 59 Zac Goldsmith 7
ANNA ROSE AND NICK MINCHIN HILO HAWAII LEO SULLIVAN AND PETER COLEMAN, MAUNA, LOA, HAWAII NICK MINCHIN AND ANNA ROSE 67 - ZAC GOLDSMITH, ANNA ROSE AND NICK MINCHIN, WESTMINSTER, LONDON, UK 60-61 The evidence Ben Goldacre Conclusion 68-69 - 70 71 62 63-64 The evidence Mike Hume 72 73 74-75 65 66 76 77 8
ISSUE Are polar bears in danger? Is the sea rising? Yes: REFERENCES www.skepticalscience.com/polarbears-global-warming.htm Latest data: http://sealevel.colorado.edu/ OTHER RESOURCES Are global temperatures increasing? Latest data: No: http://wattsupwiththat. com/2012/04/05/nunavutgovernment-study-the-polar-bearpopulation-is-not-in-crisis-aspeople-believed/ www.drroyspencer.com/latestglobal-temperatures/ Is polar ice melting? Latest data for the Arctic: http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/ Latest data for Antarctica: http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/ cryosphere/ Is the Hockey stick, which showed a huge rate of global warming, accurate? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Hockey_stick_controversy PETER COLEMAN AND ANNA ROSE, HAPPISBURGH, NORFOLK, UK Are glaciers melting? Are there climate refugees? Are hurricanes increasing due to climate change? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Retreat_of_glaciers_since_1850 www.theaustralian.com.au/ national-affairs/world-stillwaiting-for-50-million-climaterefugees-by-2010/storyfn59niix-1226042490227 Yes www.nytimes. com/2011/08/28/us/28climate. html No http://wattsupwiththat. com/2011/06/26/global-hurricaneactivity-at-historical-record-lowsnew-paper/ Maybe www.huffingtonpost. com/2010/02/22/global-warmingto-bring-s_n_471227.html Websites - - - - - 9
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