People in economically developed societies demonstrate inherent human care for Earth and want to stop pollution. Yet efforts to clean Earth seem bogged in confusion from wildly contradictory and alarmist predictions of climate crisis'. Supposed experts openly disagree yet we're told there's universal agreement humans are causing the end of life as we know it'. The turmoil combines with people's feelings of fear, guilt, anger, hopelessness and even resignation and apathy to trigger climate alarm'._x000D_
The paper enables people to rediscover clarity, hope and support for Earth by understanding how climate alarm and confusion were created and how they actually increase pollution. Many people seem to think global warming is as serious as pollution and worry that questioning alarm will enable pollution. Yet they're different. We need be even more concerned about climate alarm because history shows repeatedly that when buried by ignorance and panic real problems grow overwhelming._x000D_
Environmental credibility is endangered by confused politicians and sensationalist media. When we're willing to re-evaluate what we've been told we replace fear and confusion with facts and freedom to identify opportunities._x000D_
Combining this with practical understanding of human behaviour and leadership enables opportunities to be identified and action taken._x000D_
The paper shows how confident, informed leadership leads and supports higher productivity and effective care for the natural environment._x000D_
FORMAL CITATION:Roberts, M, 2009. Climate alarm's lessons for new leaders - overcoming fear with facts for freedom, in Proceedings New Leaders' 2009, pp 71-84 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).