Climate Communication and New Directions for Impact
On the backdrop of the planetary challenges, global political tensions, and an upcoming Danish general election, the need for solutions is at the forefront. However, deliberations about environmental issues in our lives at the science-policy-society interface can often get stuck, and the question remains:
How do we collectively advance societal engagement, action, and impact?
Join the conversation on 16 March when we welcome Professor Max Boykoff from the University of Colorado Boulder for a keynote on climate change communication to advance conversations, engagement, and action.
During the session, Professor Boykoff highlights what kinds of climate communications work where, when, why, how, and under what conditions to enact productive and positive changes. The session centers around three main touchpoints:
- Analyses of news-based communications about climate change.
- A walk-through exploration/experimentation with comedy as a vehicle to productively, positively, and powerfully advance climate change awareness, engagement and action.
- A presentation of larger, intersecting considerations of creative climate communications at multiple scales and contexts that seek to influence attitudinal and behavioral changes more effectively.
The keynote is followed by a series of talks and perspectives by representatives from Danish media and organizations with a final Q&A session from a student panel from the University of Copenhagen.
The symposium is open to all but please register here
About the Keynote speaker
Max is a Professor in the Environmental Studies department at the University of Colorado Boulder, and is a Fellow in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. Max is the inaugural Faculty Executive Director of the SPIKE Center for Sustainability Education. He has ongoing research interests in science and environmental communications, science-policy interactions, political economy, business and the environment. Max has experience working in several country contexts, and is a co-author and editor of seven books and edited volumes, along with many articles, reports and book chapters. He also leads the Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO) while he co-Directs Inside the Greenhouse.