Research Handbook on Communicating Climate Change

Edited by David C. Holmes and Lucy M. Richardson, Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University, Australia

'This book takes a fiercely needed leap forward to systematically improve climate change communication. We're well acquainted with intersectional challenges associated with 21st century climate change, but work remains to improve how we talk about climate change. Interdisciplinary contributions here guide productive discussions as pathways to improved engagement and action.'

• Contents:1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Communicating Climate Change 1David C HolmesTHEME I COMMUNICATING CLIMATE SCIENCE2 Introduction to communicating climate science 22Simon Torok and Ailie JE Gallant3 Confidence and certainty in climate science 24Ailie JE Gallant and Sophie C Lewis4 Communicating climate change science with different audiences 33Simon Torok, Karen Pearce and Susan Joy HassolTHEME II CLIMATE SCIENCE DENIAL5 Introduction to climate science denial 47John Cook6 Sources and amplifiers of climate change denial 49Riley E Dunlap and Robert J Brulle7 Deconstructing climate science denial 62John Cook8 Responding to climate science denial 79Emily Vraga and Sander van der LindenTHEME III THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION9 Introduction to the psychology of climate change communication 93Kelly S Fielding10 The role of psychological variables in developing effective climatechange message frames 95Anna Klas and Edward JR Clarke11 The role of social norms in communicating about climate change 106Kelly S Fielding and Winnifred R Louis12 Communication to change climate-related behaviour 116Christian A KlöcknerTHEME IV VISUALIZING CLIMATE CHANGE13 Introduction to visualizing climate change 127Mike S Schäfer14 Stakeholders’ visual representations of climate change 131Antal Wozniak15 News media images of climate change: reviewing the research 143Mike S Schäfer16 Climate change visuals: a review of their effects on cognition, emotionand behaviour 153Julia MetagTHEME V CLIMATE CHANGE REPORTING17 Introduction to climate reporting 162Elisabeth Eide and Risto Kunelius18 Climate reporting: challenges and opportunities 164Elisabeth Eide and Risto Kunelius19 Reporting extreme weather events 183James Painter and Susan Joy Hassol20 Reporting from vulnerable countries in the Global South 196Goretti L Nassanga and Mofizur RhamanTHEME VI CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS21 Introduction to climate change communication campaigns 212Lucy M Richardson22 Climate change audience segmentation: an international review 214Benjamin H Detenber and Sonny Rosenthal23 Designing theory-based interventions to change behaviour effectively 230Sebastian Bamberg and Maxie Schulte24 Practitioner engagement with communication and behavioural science research 242Lucy M RichardsonTHEME VII HEALTH COMMUNICATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE25 Introduction to health communication of climate change 257Anneliese Depoux26 Communicating the public health implications of climate change 259Melinda R Weathers, Marceleen M Mosher andEdward Maibach27 A few points that communication on climate change could learn fromthe COVID-19 crisis 272Anneliese Depoux and François Gemenne28 Communicating the health co-benefits of climate change mitigation tohouseholds and policy makers 279Alina Herrmann, Dorothee Amelung, Helen Fischer and Rainer SauerbornTHEME VIII CLIMATE JUSTICE COMMUNICATION29 Introduction to climate justice communication 291Anna Roosvall and Matthew Tegelberg30 The importance of the matters, geographies, and mediations of justice 293Anna Roosvall and Matthew Tegelberg31 The unearthed and contagious logics of pluralist climate justice in theRussian Arctic 305Dmitry YagodinTHEME IX CLIMATE CHANGE FICTION32 Introduction to climate change fiction 317Roman Bartosch33 Beyond communication: climate change fiction 320Axel Goodbody34 Popularizing climate change: cli-fi film and narrative impact 330Alexa Weik von Mossner35 (In)attention to global drama: climate change plays 340Julia Hoydis36 Reading and teaching fictions of climate 349Roman BartoschIndex 353