Research Handbook on Communicating Climate Change
Deep Insights
Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing (2020), xv, 362 pp.
Contains illustrations, index
Series: Elgar Handbooks in Energy, the Environment and Climate Change
ISBN 978-1-78990-040-8 (digital)
"Drawing together key frameworks and disciplines that illuminate the importance of communication around climate change, this Research Handbook offers a vital knowledge base to address the urgency of conveying climate issues to a variety of audiences. International scholars survey the key disciplinary foundations of climate change communication including: climate science, audience studies, sociology, and the efficacy of diverse communication forms ranging from science communication, political communication and visual communication to film, theatre and the novel. Featuring key ideas critical to the contemporary climate discussion, such as climate denial, psychology, the use of images, journalism, campaigns, health, justice and climate change fiction, this timely Research Handbook intervenes in the global debate to offer a pathway for researchers and communicators to stimulate new methods of conceptualising and communicating climate mitigation." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Communicating Climate Change / David C Holmes, 1
THEME I: COMMUNICATING CLIMATE SCIENCE
2 Introduction to communicating climate science / Simon Torok and Ailie JE Gallant, 22
3 Confidence and certainty in climate science / Ailie JE Gallant and Sophie C Lewis, 24
4 Communicating climate change science with different audiences / Simon Torok, Karen Pearce and Susan Joy Hassol, 33
THEME II: CLIMATE SCIENCE DENIAL
5 Introduction to climate science denial / John Cook, 47
6 Sources and amplifiers of climate change denial / Riley E Dunlap and Robert J Brulle, 49
7 Deconstructing climate science denial / John Cook, 62
8 Responding to climate science denial / Emily Vraga and Sander van der Linden, 79
THEME III: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION
9 Introduction to the psychology of climate change communication / Kelly S Fielding, 93
10 The role of psychological variables in developing effective climate change message frames / Anna Klas and Edward JR Clarke, 95
11 The role of social norms in communicating about climate change / Kelly S Fielding and Winnifred R Louis, 106
12 Communication to change climate-related behaviour / Christian A Klöckner, 116
THEME IV: VISUALIZING CLIMATE CHANGE
13 Introduction to visualizing climate change / Mike S Schäfer, 127
14 Stakeholders’ visual representations of climate change / Antal Wozniak, 131
15 News media images of climate change: reviewing the research / Mike S Schäfer, 143
16 Climate change visuals: a review of their effects on cognition, emotion and behaviour / Julia Metag, 153
THEME V: CLIMATE CHANGE REPORTING
17 Introduction to climate reporting / Elisabeth Eide and Risto Kunelius, 162
18 Climate reporting: challenges and opportunities / Elisabeth Eide and Risto Kunelius, 164
19 Reporting extreme weather events / James Painter and Susan Joy Hassol, 183
20 Reporting from vulnerable countries in the Global South / Goretti L Nassanga and Mofizur Rhaman, 196
THEME VI: CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS
21 Introduction to climate change communication campaigns / Lucy M Richardson, 212
22 Climate change audience segmentation: an international review / Benjamin H Detenber and Sonny Rosenthal, 214
23 Designing theory-based interventions to change behaviour effectively / Sebastian Bamberg and Maxie Schulte, 230
24 Practitioner engagement with communication and behavioural science research / Lucy M Richardson, 242
THEME VII: HEALTH COMMUNICATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE
25 Introduction to health communication of climate change / Anneliese Depoux, 257
26 Communicating the public health implications of climate change / Melinda R Weathers, Marceleen M. Mosher and Edward Maibach, 259
27 A few points that communication on climate change could learn from the COVID-19 crisis / Anneliese Depoux and François Gemenne, 272
28 Communicating the health co-benefits of climate change mitigation to households and policy makers / Alina Herrmann, Dorothee Amelung, Helen Fischer and Rainer Sauerborn, 279
THEME VIII: CLIMATE JUSTICE COMMUNICATION
29 Introduction to climate justice communication / Anna Roosvall and Matthew Tegelberg, 291
30 The importance of the matters, geographies, and mediations of justice / Anna Roosvall and Matthew Tegelberg, 293
31 The unearthed and contagious logics of pluralist climate justice in the Russian Arctic / Dmitry Yagodin, 305
THEME IX: CLIMATE CHANGE FICTION
32 Introduction to climate change fiction / Roman Bartosch, 317
33 Beyond communication: climate change fiction / Axel Goodbody, 320
34 Popularizing climate change: cli-fi film and narrative impact / Alexa Weik von Mossner, 330
35 (In)attention to global drama: climate change plays / Julia Hoydis, 340
36 Reading and teaching fictions of climate / Roman Bartosch, 349
THEME I: COMMUNICATING CLIMATE SCIENCE
2 Introduction to communicating climate science / Simon Torok and Ailie JE Gallant, 22
3 Confidence and certainty in climate science / Ailie JE Gallant and Sophie C Lewis, 24
4 Communicating climate change science with different audiences / Simon Torok, Karen Pearce and Susan Joy Hassol, 33
THEME II: CLIMATE SCIENCE DENIAL
5 Introduction to climate science denial / John Cook, 47
6 Sources and amplifiers of climate change denial / Riley E Dunlap and Robert J Brulle, 49
7 Deconstructing climate science denial / John Cook, 62
8 Responding to climate science denial / Emily Vraga and Sander van der Linden, 79
THEME III: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION
9 Introduction to the psychology of climate change communication / Kelly S Fielding, 93
10 The role of psychological variables in developing effective climate change message frames / Anna Klas and Edward JR Clarke, 95
11 The role of social norms in communicating about climate change / Kelly S Fielding and Winnifred R Louis, 106
12 Communication to change climate-related behaviour / Christian A Klöckner, 116
THEME IV: VISUALIZING CLIMATE CHANGE
13 Introduction to visualizing climate change / Mike S Schäfer, 127
14 Stakeholders’ visual representations of climate change / Antal Wozniak, 131
15 News media images of climate change: reviewing the research / Mike S Schäfer, 143
16 Climate change visuals: a review of their effects on cognition, emotion and behaviour / Julia Metag, 153
THEME V: CLIMATE CHANGE REPORTING
17 Introduction to climate reporting / Elisabeth Eide and Risto Kunelius, 162
18 Climate reporting: challenges and opportunities / Elisabeth Eide and Risto Kunelius, 164
19 Reporting extreme weather events / James Painter and Susan Joy Hassol, 183
20 Reporting from vulnerable countries in the Global South / Goretti L Nassanga and Mofizur Rhaman, 196
THEME VI: CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS
21 Introduction to climate change communication campaigns / Lucy M Richardson, 212
22 Climate change audience segmentation: an international review / Benjamin H Detenber and Sonny Rosenthal, 214
23 Designing theory-based interventions to change behaviour effectively / Sebastian Bamberg and Maxie Schulte, 230
24 Practitioner engagement with communication and behavioural science research / Lucy M Richardson, 242
THEME VII: HEALTH COMMUNICATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE
25 Introduction to health communication of climate change / Anneliese Depoux, 257
26 Communicating the public health implications of climate change / Melinda R Weathers, Marceleen M. Mosher and Edward Maibach, 259
27 A few points that communication on climate change could learn from the COVID-19 crisis / Anneliese Depoux and François Gemenne, 272
28 Communicating the health co-benefits of climate change mitigation to households and policy makers / Alina Herrmann, Dorothee Amelung, Helen Fischer and Rainer Sauerborn, 279
THEME VIII: CLIMATE JUSTICE COMMUNICATION
29 Introduction to climate justice communication / Anna Roosvall and Matthew Tegelberg, 291
30 The importance of the matters, geographies, and mediations of justice / Anna Roosvall and Matthew Tegelberg, 293
31 The unearthed and contagious logics of pluralist climate justice in the Russian Arctic / Dmitry Yagodin, 305
THEME IX: CLIMATE CHANGE FICTION
32 Introduction to climate change fiction / Roman Bartosch, 317
33 Beyond communication: climate change fiction / Axel Goodbody, 320
34 Popularizing climate change: cli-fi film and narrative impact / Alexa Weik von Mossner, 330
35 (In)attention to global drama: climate change plays / Julia Hoydis, 340
36 Reading and teaching fictions of climate / Roman Bartosch, 349
