Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

This article references a study led by Visiting IBES Professor Robert Brulle.

Visiting IBES Professor Robert Brulle noted that surveys showing high levels of public concern about nature tend not to compare the environment with other issues, like the economy, health care and national security.

New research from the Climate and Development Lab and Climate Social Science Network, fueled by IBES alums.

"[Trump is] trying to breed a resentment, which speaks to people’s sense of powerlessness, about how elites are running our lives, making us drive these crappy cars and stopping us from buying an incandescent lightbulb," Visiting IBES Professor Robert Brulle commented.

Visiting IBES Professor Robert Brulle noted that the U.N. secretary general’s call for a ban on fossil fuel advertising is a turning point in raising the public’s awareness of misinformation.

"I don't think that this issue is going to go away at all, and I believe that these calls will result in some jurisdictions actually banning fossil fuel advertising," commented Visiting IBES Professor Robert Brulle.