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Handbook of Climate Change Communication: Vol. 1

Theory of Climate Change Communication

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• Walter Leal Filho 0 ,
• Evangelos Manolas 1 ,
• Anabela Marisa Azul 2 ,
• Ulisses M. Azeiteiro 3 ,
• Henry McGhie 4

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Center for neuroscience and cell biology, university of coimbra, coimbra, portugal, department of biology and cesam, university of aveiro, aveiro, portugal, university of manchester, manchester, united kingdom.

• 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
• Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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

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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 1 of the handbook provides a unique description of the theoretical basis and of some of the key facts and phenomena which help in achieving a better understanding of the basis of climate change communication, providing an essential basis for successful initiatives in this complex field.

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Front matter, africa’s dilemmas in climate change communication: universalistic science versus indigenous technical knowledge.

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Evaluating the Suitability of Community-Based Adaptation: A Case Study of Bangladesh

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How Aesthetic Style Can Influence Reception of Visual Communications of Climate Change

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Montreal and Kyoto: Needs in Inter-protocol Communications

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Communicating Climate Change: Theories and Perspectives

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Reconsidering Fictional Films for Communicating Climate Change Issues: An Analysis of the Filmmaking Strategies Behind Sustainable Energy Narratives

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Role of Emotions in Climate Change Communication

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Climate Change Communication in Australia: The Politics, Mainstream Media and Fossil Fuel Industry Nexus

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Inclusion of Gender in Africa’s Climate Change Policies and Strategies

• Mary Nyasimi, Ayansina Ayanlade, Catherine Mungai, Mercy Derkyi, Margaret O. Jegede

Balancing Paradigms in Climate Change Communication Research to Support Climate Services

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Communicating Climate Change Through Narratives: A Cross Pollination of Science and Theology

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Framing Climate Change: A Multi-level Model

• Renée Moernaut, Jelle Mast, Luc Pauwels

Mass Media and Climate Change Induced Disaster Risk Reduction and Mitigation in Coastal Area of Bangladesh: A Sociological Study

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Engaging People with Carbon and Climate Change Using Landscape Scale Conservation and Biodiversity Monitoring

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Formulation of an Ethics of Response to Climate Change: The Need for Effective Communication in Higher Education

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Climate Change: Doing Little Can Change a Lot! Children’s Knowledge-Action About Cimate Principles and Effects

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Walter Leal Filho

Evangelos Manolas

Anabela Marisa Azul

Ulisses M. Azeiteiro

Henry McGhie

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Book Title : Handbook of Climate Change Communication: Vol. 1

Book Subtitle : Theory of 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/10.1007/978-3-319-69838-0

Publisher : Springer Cham

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

Copyright Information : Springer International Publishing AG 2018

Hardcover ISBN : 978-3-319-69837-3 Published: 02 February 2018

Softcover ISBN : 978-3-319-88851-4 Published: 04 June 2019

eBook ISBN : 978-3-319-69838-0 Published: 29 December 2017

Series ISSN : 1610-2002

Series E-ISSN : 1610-2010

Edition Number : 1

Number of Pages : VI, 397

Number of Illustrations : 22 b/w illustrations, 36 illustrations in colour

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

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Introduction to the Research handbook on communicating climate change

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This chapter is an introduction to the field of climate change communication research. It contextualizes the importance of climate science, politics, psychology and communication science in understanding how the climate crisis is communicated. The contemporary nexus between politics and science is highlighted as one of the main challenges for communicators and policymakers on national and international scales. Comparing the political and discursive responses to the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 with responses to climate change reveals the source of many of the communication problems. But the chapter also argues that understanding interpretive audiences in both sectoral and public communication is a precondition for evaluating the effectiveness of campaign communication, as much as the relevance of different kinds of climate reporting. Visual communication of climate change is explored as well as health and justice forms of message framing. The relevance of climate fiction, theatre and film is also outlined.

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Most researchers do not have formal training or knowledge of the growing literature which suggests that how we communicate and who communicates these issues is often just as important as the message itself. Therefore, this handbook aims to provide a short toolkit and real world examples to help UCL staff and students who communicate climate change, in whatever aspect and with whatever experience. It will provide a brief guide of best practice and top tips, important contacts at UCL, an introduction to the literature, case studies and further reading.

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