Main topic: What complicates acceptance and willingness to act on climate change? 

Overarching theme: Resilience of energy sector to change.

Outline: The mechanism of climate change and the role fossil fuels play in it.  A discussion of the economic, social, and political factors that have influenced and are influencing the climate change debate. 

Sources: Explanation of the mechanism of climate change - a popular science version and a very detailed version. The role of fossil fuel companies in shaping the public debate is well illustrated in this BBC article, and the psychological factors associated with the climate change debate are illustrated in this YouTube video.   Interesting is also this text on the public subsidies that flow into fossil fuel consumption. 

Get ready: Think about your own attitude to climate change. Do you see it as a real problem with major impacts on your life? Or as an issue imposed on you by your peers? As a theoretical problem that you do not dispute, but at the same time do not acknowledge? Do you have a completely different opinion?