A couple of years ago, political scientist Michael Jones published the results of a study in the Policy Studies Journal, on the most effective ways to educate and persuade the public about the threats of climate change. His research clearly demonstrated that when climate information is conveyed in narrative story…
Done your tax returns yet? Here’s something to think about as you finish your 1040. Flood insurance. Fire suppression. Crop insurance. Hurricanes. Turns out American taxpayers are already footing huge bills for climate change impacts. Here are just a few of the costs we’ll be paying in federal and state…
Guest blog by Kathleen Mogelgaard Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about resilience. And I know I’m not the only one. In some ways, resilience is the new “it” concept, resonating throughout the climate change community, the disaster risk reduction community, and the mental health field. The US Agency for…
Today, March 8, is International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate the achievements of women around the globe. It’s also a moment to think about the issues that concern women the most: equal access to education and jobs, health and safety, reproductive rights. Oh, and the environment. Wait, what? As…
Our friends over at Al Gore's Climate Reality Project just launched a new online game to fight the climate deniers, called Reality Drop. Here's a post from President and CEO Maggie Fox introducing their new toy, er, tool. Reality Drop: A New Way to Fight Climate Denial…
Alaska Governor Sean Parnell and energy companies are pushing to take away Alaskans’ voice in how oil and gas drilling, mining, road building and other development is balanced with protection for clean water, fish and wildlife. Several bills now being debated in the Alaska Legislature would strip public input and…
"Close to Home: Communicating Climate Impacts” is a 20-minute video webcast produced by Climate Access and Climate Nexus. It features an interview with Dr. Ed Maibach, director of George Mason’s Center for Climate Change Communication, and co-chair of the Engagement & Communication Working Group of the NCA Development and Advisory Committee.…
Family planning and conservation – mutually exclusive topics, or entirely inseparable? Resource Media has spent the last several years looking at the connections between environmental and public health, and, specifically, at the benefits of addressing unmet family planning needs to curb climate change. Climate, like population, is one of those…
One cardinal sin of communications strategy is to assume that two different people given the same set of facts will reach the same conclusion. The environmental community has been as guilty of this sin as any social change sector…beating people senseless with facts and recoiling in frustration when their targets…
Our super-smart friends at Climate Nexus just put together a climate change polling synthesis that features good news, more good news, and some very good advice. Here’s the headline: Americans are really starting to get it, even Republicans. That’s what Hurricane Sandy, epic wildfires, insane drought and the hottest summer…
