Changing hearts instead of changing minds – another take on climate action

Journal article (2024)

Authors

B.J. Pearce Policy Analysis - TPM
Research Group
Policy Analysis (TPM) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2024 B.J. Pearce
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/27523349Y2024D000000006
Frames Climate action Implementation gap Self- and collective self-efficacy Transdisciplinary approaches
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Published Date

2024

Language

English

Faculty

Technology, Policy and Management

Department

Multi Actor Systems

Research Group

Policy Analysis

Abstract

This piece elaborates on a ‘new way of thinking’ (Einstein, 1946) that would contribute to overcoming the challenge of climate change and its impacts. This ‘new way’ will have us go beyond using facts and figures alone to persuade and cajole. It will have us stretching our moral imagination (Johnson, 2016) and empathising with people very different from ourselves. It will have us investing in processes of exchange which support the co-creation of knowledge and the future we want together.