Communicating the Climate: From Knowing Change to Changing Knowledge
About this issue
This volume explores the question of whether science should be centered in climate-change communication.
Content
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Rescuing Climate Data as a Scientific and Communication Bridge
Ashcroft explores how citizen science can connect professional scientists and the public.
Lessons from the Last Continent: Science, Emotion, and the Relevance of History
Shortis suggests that the World Park Antarctica campaign offers a positive example of an environmental campaign that includes but does not center scientific authority.
Between Science and the Expertise of the Elders
Brill explores the relationship between “Science” and “the sciences”, and the political potential of the two, in the context of research cooperations involving indigenous groups.
Science in Fiction: A Brief Look at the Potential of Communicating Climate Change through the Novel
Tabak explores the potential of novels for communicating about climate change.
Let's Say It in Their Own Words
Martinez emphasizes the importance of adapting climate communication strategies to local situations.
Telling Stories of a Changed Climate: The Laki Fissure Eruption and the Interdisciplinarity of Climate History
Kleemann argues that interdisciplinarity is key to successfully tackling climate change.
A Level Playing Field, or the Hope for Science as a Common Ground
Oomen argues that science has an important role in climate communication as a common ground and honest broker.
Decentering Science in Climate Communication
Walsh argues that science should be decentered in communicating about climate change.