Communicating Climate Change

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Communicating Climate Change is a podcast dedicated to helping you do just that. By digging deep into the best practices, the worst offenses, the pitfalls, and the paragons, we'll be looking for ways to help you – and me – improve our abilities to engage, empower, and ultimately, activate audiences on climate-related issues. We’ll hear from experts producing the latest science, activists working at the front lines of the crisis, artists, NGOs, players from the private sector, and many more, bringing together a wide range of perspectives to help us be more impactful in the ways that we communicate climate change. Each and every episode is an attempt to add to our toolkits. To help us develop the muscles we’ll need for this grand task. So, if you want to start communicating climate change more effectively, then tune in, subscribe, and tell your friends and colleagues about Communicating Climate Change. Find out more at communicatingclimatechange.com

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Transforming Newsrooms With Katherine Dunn

Apr 14 2024 31 mins

Talking to Katherine Dunn from the Oxford Climate Journalism Network, a program led by the University of Oxford’s Reuters Institute, about what makes an effective climate news story, the obligations of newsrooms when it comes to addressing climate issues, and the unique role of meteorologists in delivering relevant and actionable local climate insights.

Navigating Politics and Polarization With Josh Garrett

Mar 31 2024 31 mins

Talking to Josh Garrett, CEO and co-founder of Redwood Climate Communications, about the state of political polarization on climate issues in the United States, what this poster child of partisanship can teach us about communicating climate change across the aisle, and which bright spots we might look to for inspiration.

Spotlighting Climate Solutions With Matt Scott

Mar 10 2024 29 mins

Talking to Project Drawdown's Director of Storytelling and Engagement, Matt Scott, about the power of spotlighting climate solutions and the people working to implement them, how telling such stories can propagate hope and action, and the importance of passing the mic to diverse voices that often go unheard, as well as what happens when we don’t.

Making Meaning With Laura Santamaria

Feb 25 2024 24 mins

Talking to communication designer, researcher, and semiotician, Dr. Laura Santamaria about how humans – whether as individuals or in communities – construct meaning, how meanings can become appropriated or changed over time, and why deep contextual knowledge is vital to understanding how climate messages might be received by given audiences.

The Psychology of Stories With Markus Appel

Feb 04 2024 24 mins

Talking to psychologist and professor of media communication, Markus Appel, about the ability of stories to impact people’s attitudes and behaviours, what makes some stories more persuasive than others, and some caution that communicators should keep in mind when using the powerful tool that is storytelling.

Playing for the Planet With Matt Leacock

Jan 21 2024 20 mins

Talking to game designer, Matt Leacock, about the role of play in learning, the ways that games can help people understand and model complexity, and how increased interactivity can deepen audience engagement on climate issues.

Engaging the Persuadables With Florencia Lujani

Jan 07 2024 29 mins

Talking to Florencia Lujani, Strategy Director at ACT Climate Labs, about new research conducted to better understand a key new audience for climate action called the Persuadables, the ways that information we’re exposed to shapes our perceptions of the world, and lessons that those working in the climate space could learn from marketing and advertising.

The Power of Framing With Funmibi Ogunlesi

Dec 17 2023 30 mins

Talking to Funmibi Ogunlesi, Acting Head of Framing at NEON, about the impact that different framing strategies can have on people’s perception of an issue, why pointing the finger at those responsible for the harms around us is essential, and how doing so can combat fatalism and help give people agency to act.

Creating Viral Climate Content With Nick Oldridge

Nov 26 2023 26 mins

Talking to co-founder of Climate Science Breakthrough, Nick Oldridge, about the rationale behind the project’s work bringing together climate scientists and comedians to create viral climate content, what makes comedians a useful vehicle for this kind of information in the first place, and the value that marketing minds can bring to the climate context.

From Climate Shocks to Climate Action With Dana R. Fisher

Oct 29 2023 30 mins

Talking to Dana R. Fisher, about the role of disruptive tactics within the broader climate movement, the relationship between such tactics and the media, and what the future will likely hold when it comes to activism associated with the climate crisis.