1 30 1 https://database.ulinks.ca/files/original/95aa45ff8069f55748614dd658fab406.pdf bb06b7dd37d96056c8f1b5f89d0f3cb6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Trent University - Community Based Research Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Climate Change Opinion Survey Among Community Opinion Leaders in Haliburton County Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource April Blumberg and Alexander Salton Subject The topic of the resource Environmental Studies Climate Change Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Host Organizations: Environment Haliburton, Planet Haliburton, and Abbey Gardens Host Supervisors: Heather Ross, Terry Moore, Heather Reid Relation A related resource Hayley Goodchild, International Development Studies Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context TP-4761 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Haliburton county Abstract A summary of the resource. The purpose of this research was to assess the interests and capacity of the local community for undertaking local climate change mitigation activities. To accomplish this, the researchers set out to identify opinion leaders in Haliburton County and interview them to develop an in-depth understanding of climate change in the County. Our primary goal was to understand the level of threat posed by climate change as perceived by opinion leaders in the Haliburton County community. Our second goal was to examine what level of community-led action these opinion leaders feel is necessary, and what they would be willing to support. Our final goal was to find out what the key barriers are to initiating and sustaining community-led action against climate change in Haliburton, and how these barriers might be overcome. These goals were based on the research questions posed initially by the hosts. This study was also guided by other formative questions, like a) What are “the key sectors of the community”? b) Who are “the opinion leaders” within each of those sectors? and c) Do the answers to the research questions vary significantly within or across sectors and, if so, why? This study yielded some interesting findings that have the potential to inform future research on the same or related topics. The common concerns cited by participants were adverse economic effects and flooding resulting from climate change. The most common barrier to community-led action was difficulties with outreach, and the most widely supported solution for overcoming barriers was collaborative community actions. This report will begin with a brief overview of Haliburton County and a review of the literature on climate change mitigation. CBR climate change community action mitigation opinion Trent University