The Effective Communication of Climate Change Risk

Session ID#: 124310

Session Description:
The effective communication of the severity and impacts of climate change to the general, non-scientific public is necessary to enable public support for widespread mitigation and adaptation actions. Submissions are welcomed that describe strategies and practices used within the community to communicate climate change risk, including but not limited to: the quantification of climate change impacts on individuals or communities; descriptions of the impacts of specific climate perils including flood, wildfire, heat, drought, sea level rise, hurricanes and convective storms; the quantification of climate change’s effects on our economy and society; the integration of climate change information into decision-making processes in governments, businesses, and communities; and novel ways of the reduction of complex climate change science data to easily-understandable and actionable information. Submissions are welcomed from scientists, policy-makers, educators, businesses, nonprofits, government agencies, and communication professionals. We wish to highlight those strategies and practices that have demonstrated their effectiveness through evidence-building and sustained public engagement.


Primary Convener:  Edward Joseph Kearns, First Street Foundation, New York City, United States
Conveners:  Jaremy Porter, City University of New York -Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences, New York, United States, Jeremy Martinich, U.S. EPA - Climate Change Division, Washington, DC, United States and David S Saah, University of San Francisco, Geospatial Analysis Lab, San Francisco, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Edward Joseph Kearns, NOAA, NOAA Chief Data Officer, Asheville, NC, UNITED STATES
Chairs:  Edward Joseph Kearns, NOAA, NOAA Chief Data Officer, Asheville, NC, UNITED STATES and Jaremy Porter, City University of New York -Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences, New York, United States