Climate Change Communication Resources
Communicating about climate change and adaptation responses can be difficult, but understanding how to successfully communicate these concepts to various audiences is critical for gaining community support, building trust, and moving projects forward. This collection includes resources that describe communication best practices, strategies, and approaches designed to get the climate converstion started, and keep it going with effective messaging.
Toolkits, handbooks, and best practices lists:
- LTA Climate Change Communications toolkit Communicating about climate change - Land Trust Alliance
- Talking climate handbook – how to have a climate change conversation, Climate Outreach
- Canada ICLEI Climate Communications toolkit
- Canda ICLEI Climate Communications Playbook: Behavioural strategies for community action
- The Nature Conservancy: Let’s Talk Climate Guide
- The sustainable living association: Communicating Climate: Strategies and Support for Engaging in the Climate Change Conversation
- United Nations Communicating on Climate Change
- IPCC Principles for effective communication and public engagement on climate change
- KimLundgrenAssociates.com Climate Conversation Guide Turn Your Words Into Action
- Harvard Center for Health Communication Climate communication: 10 research-backed tips
- University of Minnesota Duluth How to Have a Conversation about Climate Change
Scientific literature:
- A list of literature curated by University of Wisconsin extension agent, Sky Hershberger. Putting Into Practice the Principles of Effective Climate Change Communication – Sky Hershberger
- CH2, the Complexities of Communicating Science from Communicating Science Effectively: A Research Agenda by the National Academics of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Other resources:
- Degrees Podcast Katharine Hayhoe on how to start climate conversations.
- The Climate Ready Communities: Climate Conversation Tips.
- Yale Climate Communications, opinion maps
- Stanford Buisness Question Everything: Why Curiosity Is Communication’s Secret Weapon Podcast