Pictures — it’s a matter of perspective
This meme was circulating on Facebook yesterday courtesy of Greenpeace UK. At last check it was running at 8,007 likes and 7,532 shares. Pitting a wind turbine against a coal-fired power station is a...
View ArticleYou say “Global Warming”. I say “Climate Change”- Let’s call the whole thing...
This article originally appeared on the Climate Denial and was excerpted, in part, from George Marshall’s new book, Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change, which...
View ArticleThe language that leaves people behind
This is a guest post by Jeremy Porter, a communications strategist and writer based in New York. He writes regularly at his communications blog where this article first appeared. Jeremy is on Twitter....
View ArticleBring climate change to the front door
Climate change is easily the most confounding ‘collective action’ problem we have ever faced. We must act – collectively – in the best interests of not only today’s global population, but also the...
View ArticleCommunicating climate change: the view from Sweden
In this guest post based on her recent review paper, Victoria Wibeck (Linköping University) asks why despite widespread concern about climate change, more meaningful action is not forthcoming… The...
View Article5 strategies for better climate communication
This is a guest post by Per Espen Stoknes and Sigrid Møyner Hohle. Stoknes is a psychologist and economist, co-leader at Center for Climate Strategies at the Norwegian Business School. This post in...
View ArticleDo you know what they know about climate change?
Today saw the launch of a new climate change communication initiative – the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU). Staffed by some familiar faces – including ex-BBC Environment Editor Richard...
View ArticleHow social psychology can help us understand – and even alter – people’s...
Based on the European Journal of Social Pscyhology’s August Special Issue on the subject, guest blogger Kelly Fielding from Queensland University looks at the role social psychology can play in...
View ArticleThe language that leaves people behind
This is a guest post by Jeremy Porter, a communications strategist and writer based in New York. He writes regularly at his communications blog where this article first appeared. Jeremy is on Twitter....
View ArticleBring climate change to the front door
Climate change is easily the most confounding ‘collective action’ problem we have ever faced. We must act – collectively – in the best interests of not only today’s global population, but also the...
View ArticleCommunicating climate change: the view from Sweden
In this guest post based on her recent review paper, Victoria Wibeck (Linköping University) asks why despite widespread concern about climate change, more meaningful action is not forthcoming… The...
View Article5 strategies for better climate communication
This is a guest post by Per Espen Stoknes and Sigrid Møyner Hohle. Stoknes is a psychologist and economist, co-leader at Center for Climate Strategies at the Norwegian Business School. This post in...
View ArticleDo you know what they know about climate change?
Today saw the launch of a new climate change communication initiative – the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU). Staffed by some familiar faces – including ex-BBC Environment Editor Richard...
View ArticleProtecting communities from flooding
Announcing a new collaboration between COIN and Exeter University After a series of workshops around the UK helping communities affected by the flooding of early 2014 to begin facing the reality of...
View ArticleA sense of energy
At the Welsh Government Senedd building in Cardiff Bay, 100s of people – from national politicians to school children – have been taking in the ‘A Sense of Energy’ exhibition, put together by Cardiff...
View ArticleFor the love of…what exactly?
At the London Climate March last month, there was one message that seemed to dominate all others: the ‘For the Love of…’ campaign, which was out in force with banners, heart-shaped placards, and a wide...
View ArticlePictures — it’s a matter of perspective
This meme was circulating on Facebook yesterday courtesy of Greenpeace UK. At last check it was running at 8,007 likes and 7,532 shares. Pitting a wind turbine against a coal-fired power station is a...
View ArticleTop climate scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe on climate change communication
This is a guest blog by Kirk Englehardt, Director of Research Communication and Marketing for the Georgia Institute of Technology. He blogs about strategic communication & #scicomm on LinkedIn and...
View ArticleCommunicating climate change: the view from Sweden
In this guest post based on her recent review paper, Victoria Wibeck (Linköping University) asks why despite widespread concern about climate change, more meaningful action is not forthcoming… The...
View Article5 strategies for better climate communication
This is a guest post by Per Espen Stoknes and Sigrid Møyner Hohle. Stoknes is a psychologist and economist, co-leader at Center for Climate Strategies at the Norwegian Business School. This post in...
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