Communicating Climate Change in the Media

The way in which the media communicates climate change to the public has come under scrutiny in the past, with controversies over the media providing an equal platform for both climate scientists and climate sceptics. A free event next week at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre will explore this and other issues in asking, ‘How do the UK media report climate change?’.

Twitter / Andy Revkin

Hacked climate emails all the rage w/ skeptics tonite, including at least 1 email to some journo Revkin > http://j.mp/41MPbs #climate #agw

Industrialized Nations Unveil Plans to Rein in Emissions - NYTimes.com

Despite the steady stream of new pledges, representatives of many of the world’s poorest countries have expressed frustration over a recent decision by world leaders to defer a binding agreement until next year.

“This is a major setback — we should not pretend otherwise,” Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad, Sudan’s United Nations representative, said Thursday, speaking for a coalition of developing nations.

Dr Ego vs The Elements in climate change video - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent

A video explaining climate change by presenting it as a good versus evil battle of superheroes is being released ahead of the Copenhagen summit to try to educate people about the problem.

Guardian Daily podcast: The road to Copenhagen | World news | guardian.co.uk

George Monbiot, Nicholas Stern and Greg Clark contribute to our discussion on the need to reach a deal at next month's crucial climate change summit in Copenhagen