Guides
Overview
Encouraging sustainable behaviour
There is now a great deal of information available about how to promote sustainable behaviours – but it can be confusing identifying the evidence that really matters.
Overview
Communicating climate science
The evidence for climate change is so overwhelming that you might expect the facts to speak for themselves. Unfortunately they don't - which means that using the most effective methods for communicating climate science is critical.
Overview
Communicating climate change
What is the best way to create written or spoken materials that really inspire people?
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Resources for communicating climate change
A comprehensive guide to the best climate change communication resources available online
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Public perceptions of climate change
Public opinion about climate change has become increasingly well documented over the last decade. But what are the take-home messages?
Guide
Language: words & phrases
Whilst ‘getting the language right’ is only one component of a good communication strategy, words and phrases are still very important.
Latest blog posts
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Could UKIP’s rise undo the climate change consensus?
With a surge in votes for the UKIP party - which is strongly sceptical about climate change - at the recent UK local elections, is the hard-won cross party consensus on climate change under threat?
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It’s (not just) the environment stupid!
Dr Rachel Howell describes some findings from her new research showing that concerns like altruism are more likely to motivate low-carbon lifestyles than concern about the environment per se.
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Climate change: bad for our health
Framing climate change as a public health risk may be a way of pushing climate change into the mainstream
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Time to ask the public: Why 2 degrees?
The public has never been asked about the most basic question of all: why two degrees?
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The ‘art’ of climate change communication
Mobilising cultural practitioners is critical for public engagement with climate change
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Flooding catalyses climate concern in Wales
Experience of extreme flooding seems to act as a trigger for enhanced concern about climate change.