Will Don’t Look Up wake people up? Here’s what the research on climate communication says.
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New normal. Record-breaking. Unprecedented. In recent days, as Western Canada and the United States have been broiling under a climate-fuelled heat crisis, all sorts of superlatives have been used to describe…
An academic expert in environmental storytelling reads the Sun and the Express.
Major new survey shows big national variations in levels of concern, polarisation and media usage.
The best way to inoculate the public against climate disinformation campaigns is to tell them what’s coming.
‘Two polar bears walk into a bar …’ is an unlikely opener for a joke, but memes and parodies are surprisingly effective ways to get people talking about climate change.
Decarbonizing the global economy would help the climate change problem – but also many others. Would putting all those additional co-benefits center stage help drum up support for climate action?
Climate engagement still tends to increase with education and income.
A recent survey in Indiana finds broad concern about climate change and support for addressing it in this red state, with one catch: Many Hoosiers don’t realize their neighbors agree with them.
Some climate scientists have spoken out about the dangers of climate change. But a new study shows those voices may not be very influential.
Many practicing U.S. Christians do not believe that human activities are warming the Earth, but they hold diverse views about the environment. Effective climate conversations recognize those nuances.
Good communication about climate change requires much more than just alarming messages about all the scary impacts of a warming planet.
The results of a study that measured public responses to a policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions contradict a common environmental concern.
Facts will only get you so far when it comes to climate change. To get conservatives on side, climate communicators must focus on the values conservatives hold dear, such as preserving the status quo.
Unlike the more abstract idea of global climate change, pollution is tangible and its effects are obvious.
Why assembling two teams to debate climate change is all about political spectacle and sowing doubt – and has nothing to do with actual climate science.
An experiment in getting people to care about climate change uses slick videos, charismatic scientists and calls to action.
Cognitive dissonance: scholars need to confront the undeniable conflict of pushing for action on climate change, while maintaining a high-energy lifestyle.
Coverage was generally positive – though there were also two entirely different types of naysayer.
If we can convince people that climate change is real and important, then surely they will act: this intuitive idea underlies many efforts to communicate climate change to the public. But it may not be the best way.
Top contributors
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PhD candidate in the School of Communication, Simon Fraser University
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Chair of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bristol
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Adam Corner is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Research Fellow in Psychology, Affiliate of the centre for Climate Change & Social Transformations (CAST), Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Director, Glasgow University Media Group, University of Glasgow
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University Associate, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Director, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Griffith University
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Professor of Management & Organizations; Professor of Environment & Sustainability; Holcim (US), Inc. Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Environmental Decision-Making, UMass Amherst
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Research Associate, Reuters Institute, University of Oxford
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Richard B. (Ricky) Rood is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
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Senior Lecturer in Media, Communications and Culture, Keele University
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Professor of Urban Studies and Public Health, Georgia State University
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Reader in Psychology, University of Bath
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Adjunct Assistant Professor and a founder of the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles
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Lecturer in International Relations, Nottingham Trent University
