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David Sleeth-Keppler: Getting Informal on Climate Change

  • October 10, 2024
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David Sleeth-Keppler, 2015 frank Prize winner, talks about trust. Specifically, he asks honestly who trusts what scientists have to say about climate change. Only about half of Americans think like scientists on the topic of climate change. The big question, Sleeth-Keppler asks, is “what can we do about this?” Perhaps the solution isn’t to get Americans to trust scientists he reveals, through a case study with American farmers.

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