ABSTRACT

2019 saw a wave of youth-led climate strikes that demanded states ‘listen to the science’. Some of these states are committed to protecting free speech through neutrality on climate change. That commitment inhibits informed democratic deliberation by remaining neutral between climate science and denial. In response, using the United States as our example, we argue that the state can and should use its expressive capacity to promote climate literacy and doing so does not violate free speech commitments. Public deliberation must move on from whether climate change exists to the urgent question of how we should respond.

中文翻译：

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中立与行动之间：国家言论与气候变化

摘要

2019 年出现了一波由青年主导的气候罢工浪潮，要求各州“听从科学”。其中一些州致力于通过在气候变化问题上保持中立来保护言论自由。该承诺通过在气候科学和否认之间保持中立来抑制知情的民主审议。作为回应，以美国为例，我们认为国家可以而且应该利用其表达能力来促进气候知识普及，并且这样做不会违反言论自由的承诺。公众审议必须从气候变化是否存在转移到我们应该如何应对的紧迫问题。