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The challenge of communicating unwelcome climate messages

November 5, 2019November 7, 2019by glymey

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With the probability that global temperature rise can be kept below the 2°C target continuing to diminish, citizens as well as economic and political decision makers need to engage with knowledge about the likelihood and implications of severe future impacts, and the scale of mitigation required to avoid them, the likes of which few want to hear. This working paper reflects on the challenges and offers guidance for the way ahead.

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Training

Climate Change Communications Training

November 5, 2019November 20, 2019by glymey

There is a wealth of scientific evidence for climate change – enough to fill five IPCC reports – but there is much less focus on how to communicate climate change research to the public.

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Research

Project Helix

November 5, 2019November 7, 2019by glymey

Photo by Lorenzo Alfieri

HELIX is an EU-funded collaborative research project assessing the potential impacts of climate change. Scientists from 16 organisations worldwide have worked together to develop a number of future scenarios of the natural and human world as a consequence of 1.5°C, 2°C, 4°C and 6°C global warming.

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