Building Public and Political Will for Climate Action

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Sally Kohn: There are millions of Americans out there who want to get involved, but they don't know where to go. She says we need a climate activism dating service. Kohn: It's about engaging with actual people in your community and learning from each other.

We agree more than we think we do, but tech platforms distort our perceptions by amplifying the loudest, angriest and most dismissive voices online. In reality, they’re just a noisy faction. This Earth Day we ask Anthony Leiserowitz, Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, how he shifts public opinion on climate change. We’ll see how tech platforms could amplify voices of solidarity within our own communities. More importantly, we’ll see how they could empower 2 billion people to act in the face of global threats.