Climate change has been in debate for years in science and politics. A new paper published on climate change science argues that significant impacts from global warming could come much sooner than expected. The problem outlined in this new paper — people struggle to understand the long-term risks and how to prioritize fixing it. Communications Studies professor Matthew Lisbet was interviewed by public radio’s Marketplace discussing this issue.

“People not only discount a possible future risk, but also tend to have an optimistic bias,in that ‘these risks might affect other people but they’re not going to affect me.'”

Read and listen to the live interview with Professor Nisbet at Marketplace →