Kyoto: timely and enthralling play about first climate treaty reveals potent power of consensus

With a climate change denier as US president, Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson’s politics-as-glossy-spectacle could not be more on point.

Steve Waters, Professor of scriptwriting and playwright, University of East Anglia • conversation
Jan. 21, 2025 ~6 min

Fallen ancient civilizations show us why we must not ignore climate warnings

Archaeology teaches us that we are not immune to extinction.

Jay Silverstein, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Forensics, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Nov. 26, 2024 ~7 min


Three ways for schools to make climate education inclusive for all children

Researchers have identified three ways that schools can address inequalities to reach and connect with all children to deliver quality climate and sustainability education.

Nicola Walshe, Professor of Education, UCL • conversation
Oct. 30, 2024 ~7 min

If you want Americans to pay attention to climate change, just call it climate change

Phrases like ‘climate crisis,’ ‘climate emergency’ or ‘climate justice’ might seem to escalate the urgency, but a large survey shows they don’t help and may actually hurt.

Gale Sinatra, Professor of Education and Psychology, University of Southern California • conversation
Aug. 12, 2024 ~5 min

New nature writing genre brings wild and tricky aspects of climate crisis to life

This collective of more than 30 new and established writers offer bright, fresh voices on our sense of place, our place in nature.

James Canton, Lecturer in Literature, University of Essex • conversation
July 22, 2024 ~5 min

School’s out: how climate change is already badly affecting children’s education

Teaching children about the environmental crisis can help fight climate change, but climate change is already negatively affecting children’s education around the globe.

Kelton Minor, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Computational Social and Behavioural Science, Columbia University • conversation
March 21, 2024 ~7 min

Climate quitting: the people leaving their fossil fuel jobs because of climate change

Grace Augustine talks about her interviews with people who’ve chosen to leave their jobs over climate change concerns on The Conversation Weekly podcast.

Gemma Ware, Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation • conversation
March 21, 2024 ~4 min

The Anthropocene is not an epoch − but the age of humans is most definitely underway

Scientists have been debating the start of the Anthropocene Epoch for 15 years. I was part of those discussions, and I agree with the vote rejecting it.

Erle C. Ellis, Professor of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County • conversation
March 5, 2024 ~7 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

Climate disaster movies resonate in ways that news never will

This powerful new eco drama suggests “cli-fi” could play a crucial role in climate communication.

Oli Mould, Professor in Human Geography, Royal Holloway University of London • conversation
Jan. 24, 2024 ~6 min

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