Dale Jamieson, Paul Lewis, Anthony Leiserowitz, and Kate Orff Recorded October 2, 2013 On October 2, 2013, during the opening event of The Five Thousand Pound Life, Anthony Leiserowitz gave a talk (excerpted above) framing the different ways in which Americans perceive the threat of climate change, how we understand our collective and individual capacity to address it, and how willing we are to act on our understanding. Leiserowitz examined the underlying values that are reflected in our various views of climate change, and the extent to which those views are based on cultural predispositions rather than scientific data. Following Leiserowitz’s presentation, Dale Jamieson, Paul Lewis, and Kate Orff offered responses (excerpted above). As the director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, Anthony Leiserowitz has led research studies, repeated over a number of years, that have identified “six Americas,” each responding differently to climate change. His work is based on the premise that communication about climate change can only be effective if it is based on an understanding of the factors that influence how that communication is received. The Five Thousand Pound Life (5KL) is an initiative of The Architectural League on new ways of thinking, talking, and acting on architecture, climate change, and our economic future.

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