Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service

Serious action on climate change has been stalled in the U.S. for a number of reasons, but perhaps the most salient is the longstanding lack of public acceptance of well-established climate science. How can we address that?

We are joined this week by Matthew Slater, the John Howard Harris Professor of Philosophy at Bucknell University.

Protests organized by climate activists have increased in frequency and intensity. Are these acts of defiance enough to inspire change in policy?
Aseem Prakash is the founding director of the Center of Environmental Politics at the University of Washington and Nives Dolšak is director of the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs at the University of Washington.