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Handbook of Climate Change Communication: Vol. 3

Case Studies in Climate Change Communication

  • Describes research and innovation on climate change communication in a comprehensive way
  • Presents cases and material from over 40 countries
  • Provides government and non-government bodies with a sound basis to promote climate change adaptation efforts
  • The most comprehensive publication on the topic so far

Part of the book series: Climate Change Management (CCM)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Assessing High School Student Perceptions and Comprehension of Climate Change

    • Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, P. Bacelar-Nicolau, P. T. Santos, L. Bacelar-Nicolau, F. Morgado
    Pages 21-34
  3. Loving Glacier National Park Online: Climate Change Communication and Virtual Place Attachment

    • Salma Monani, Sarah Principato, Dori Gorczyca, Elizabeth Cooper
    Pages 63-83
  4. Climate: The Great Maestro of Life on Earth. History, Didactics and Case Studies

    • Maria Rosário Bastos, Joana Gaspar de Freitas, João Pedro Cunha Ribeiro
    Pages 99-111
  5. Assessment of Outdoor Workers Perception Working in Extreme Hot Climate

    • Haruna Musa Moda, Abdullah Alshahrani
    Pages 183-195
  6. Climate Impacts for German Schools—An Educational Web Portal Solution

    • Ines Blumenthal, Carolin Schlenther, Simon Hirsbrunner, Manfred Stock, Thomas Nocke
    Pages 209-223
  7. Communicating Climate Change in a Museum Setting—A Case Study

    • Bettina C. Lackner, Sajeev Erangu Purath Mohankumar, Matthias Damert, Daniel Petz, Lukas Meyer, Roman Klug et al.
    Pages 225-240
  8. Climate Change Communication in Higher Education Institutions: The Case of the North-West University in South Africa

    • Paola Villavicencio Calzadilla, Romain Mauger, Anél Du Plessis
    Pages 241-255
  9. Climate Change Communication and User Engagement: A Tool to Anticipate Climate Change

    • Marta Terrado, Isadora Christel, Dragana Bojovic, Albert Soret, Francisco J. Doblas-Reyes
    Pages 285-302

About this book

This comprehensive handbook provides a unique overview of the theory, methodologies and best practices in climate change communication from around the world. It fosters the exchange of information, ideas and experience gained in the execution of successful projects and initiatives, and discusses novel methodological approaches aimed at promoting a better understanding of climate change adaptation. Addressing a gap in the literature on climate change communication and pursuing an integrated approach, the handbook documents and disseminates the wealth of experience currently available in this field.

Volume 3 of the handbook provides case studies from around the world, documenting and disseminating the wealth of experiences available. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  • Department of Forestry and Management, Democritus University of Thrace, Orestiada, Greece

    Evangelos Manolas

  • Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  • Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    Ulisses M. Azeiteiro

  • Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Henry McGhie

About the editors

Walter Leal is a Professor of Environment and Technology at MMU and at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, in Germany. Prof Leal directs the International Climate Change Information Programme (ICCIP) which is a leading programme on climate change education, information and communication. His research interests are on sustainable development, climate change and renewable energy.



Evangelos Manolas was born in Naxos, Greece, in 1961. He has received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Essex (1983), a Master of Arts in International Relations from the University of Kent at Canterbury (1985) and a Philosophy Doctorate from the University of Aberdeen (1989). He is Associate Professor of Sociology and Environmental-Forest Education in the Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, School of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Orestiada, Greece.


Anabela Marisa Azul is a researcher at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology at the University of Coimbra. Her main research activities focus on ecology, biology and biotechnology of fungi, particularly mycorrhizal symbioses. Her interests encompass both basic and strategic research, ranging from functional traits of native soil fungi, ecology and biotechnology of native fungi, toxins of higher fungi, science dissemination, education and citizenship, forestry and mycology guidance.



Ulisses M Azeiteiro is a Senior Professor (Associate Professor with Habilitation and Tenure), Coordinator of the Climate Change and Biodiversity Assets Unit from the Biology Department and Integrated Member/Senior Researcher of the Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) at University of Aveiro in Portugal. His main interests are the Impacts of Climate Change in the Marine Environment (Biology and Ecology of Global Change) and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Context of Sustainable Development (Social and Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change). Research Coordinator since 2008 he was a member of several evaluation panels from research projects and grants (International European and National-Portuguese and outside Portugal), member of the organizing and scientific committees of more than 100 international and national congresses, supervised over 50 postgraduate students (MSc and Ph.D students). Professor Ulisses M Azeiteiro has written, co-written, edited or co-edited more than 250 publications, including books, book chapters and papers in refereed journals.



Henry McGhie is the head of collections and curator of zoology at Manchester Museum, part of the University of Manchester. With a background as a bird ecologist, his work connects the public with contemporary issues and research through exhibitions, and promotes the use of collections for research. He has a keen interest in finding ways for museums to contribute effectively to the sustainability agenda, promoting positive environmental and social outcomes. More broadly, he sees this area as reflecting museum’s key role as civic spaces, which can support, encourage and enable critical thinking and personal action around global challenges. He has published widely on historical ecology, the history of ornithology and natural heritage collections.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of Climate Change Communication: Vol. 3

  • Book Subtitle: Case Studies in Climate Change Communication

  • Editors: Walter Leal Filho, Evangelos Manolas, Anabela Marisa Azul, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, Henry McGhie

  • Series Title: Climate Change Management

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70479-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-70478-4Published: 19 January 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88946-7Published: 06 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-70479-1Published: 09 January 2018

  • Series ISSN: 1610-2002

  • Series E-ISSN: 1610-2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 398

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 34 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Climate Change, Climate Change Management and Policy, Communication Studies, Environmental Economics

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Softcover Book USD 199.99
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