Video games like Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley can inspire players to look after nature

In Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley, restoring harmony with nature against exploitative forces is key to the game’s narrative.

Lucas Friche, PhD Candidate, Communication Studies, Université de Lorraine • conversation
March 26, 2024 ~6 min

Five fiction books to inspire climate action

Climate stories that focus on solutions are more likely to inspire positive environmental action.

Denise Baden, Professor of Sustainable Practice, University of Southampton • conversation
March 6, 2024 ~6 min


Jo Brand translated my science. I’m certain that comedy can connect people to climate change

Climate scientist Mark Maslin pairs up with comedian Jo Brand to explain the urgency of the climate crisis. Together, they find that humour cuts through in ways that plain facts just can’t.

Mark Maslin, Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL • conversation
Feb. 19, 2024 ~7 min

Extreme weather events are exactly the time to talk about climate change – here's why

Three tips from climate communication research on how to talk about climate change during extreme weather events.

Josh Ettinger, Doctoral researcher, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford • conversation
July 27, 2023 ~7 min

Climate change first 'went viral' exactly 70 years ago

In May 1953, scientist Gilbert Plass made some extraordinarily prescient comments.

Marc Hudson, Visiting Fellow, Science Policy, University of Sussex • conversation
May 12, 2023 ~7 min

How to talk to your family and friends about the new IPCC report – five tips from climate change communication research

Raising such a depressing topic can feel awkward. Speaking up about climate change therefore takes courage.

Josh Ettinger, Doctoral Candidate, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford • conversation
March 22, 2023 ~7 min

Don’t Look Up shows bashing people over the head with facts does not work

Will Don’t Look Up wake people up? Here’s what the research on climate communication says.

Josh Ettinger, Doctoral Candidate, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford • conversation
Jan. 6, 2022 ~7 min

Britain's right-wing tabloids have turned to 'green nationalism' to sell climate action

An academic expert in environmental storytelling reads the Sun and the Express.

Pawas Bisht, Lecturer in Media, Communications and Culture, Keele University • conversation
Feb. 17, 2021 ~6 min


How much do people around the world care about climate change? We surveyed 80,000 people in 40 countries to find out

Major new survey shows big national variations in levels of concern, polarisation and media usage.

James Painter, Research Associate, Reuters Institute, University of Oxford • conversation
June 16, 2020 ~7 min

/

1