Talking Climate
From Research to Practice in Public Engagement
Authors: Corner, Adam, Clarke, Jamie
Free Preview- Presents an interesting blend of valuable existing knowledge as well as new ideas from original research
- Offers new ‘narratives’ of how one can frame climate and energy-related issues
- Emphasizes the importance of appealing to society's values in order to stimulate behavioural changes
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- About this book
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This book describes a fresh approach to climate change communication: five core principles for public engagement that can propel climate change discourse out of the margins and into the mainstream. The question of how to communicate about climate change, and build public engagement in high-consuming, carbon-intensive Western nations, has occupied researchers, practitioners, and campaigners for more than two decades. During this time, limited progress has been made. Socially and culturally, climate change remains the preserve of a committed but narrow band of activists. Public engagement is stuck in second gear. By spanning the full width of the space between primary academic research and campaign strategies, this book will be relevant for academics, educators, campaigners, communicators and practitioners.
- About the authors
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Adam Corner is Research Director at Climate Outreach, and Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Psychology at Cardiff University, UK. He has written widely on public engagement with climate change, in leading academic journals such as Nature Climate Change and national media including the Guardian and New Scientist.
Jamie Clarke is Executive Director of Climate Outreach, guiding the organization to become Europe’s leading climate communication body. Passionate about addressing climate change, he champions the role that effective public engagement has in underpinning the necessary shifts in policy and practice.
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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A Fresh Approach to Public Engagement
Pages 1-13
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Is Climate Change Different?
Pages 15-34
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The Building Blocks of Public Engagement
Pages 35-49
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Language, Frames, and Narratives
Pages 51-70
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A More Holistic Approach to Behaviour Change
Pages 71-87
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Talking Climate
- Book Subtitle
- From Research to Practice in Public Engagement
- Authors
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- Adam Corner
- Jamie Clarke
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-46744-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-46744-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-46743-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-83576-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 146
- Number of Illustrations
- 4 illustrations in colour
- Topics