The Challenges of Climate Change Communication
Channel: 30onClimate
Date: 2014-01-15

Yale Forum regular contributor Bruce Lieberman hosts a
discussion on the unique and demanding challenges that communicators must overcome when addressing climate change issues. What exactly is it about climate change that makes it what communicators call a "wicked" issue? Are climate scientists the solution ... or themselves part of the problem? And who, exactly, is best positioned to address which diverse audience segment?

NOTE: This webcast took place at 12 pm PST / 3 pm EST

Participants:

BRUCE LIEBERMAN (moderator) is a freelance science writer based in Southern California near San Diego. He has written about climate change for more than a decade.

RICHARD ALLEY, Ph.D., a professor in Penn State University's Department of Geosciences, is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the author of award-winning books such as The Two-Mile Time Machine and Earth: The Operators' Manual, the latter of which is also a PBS documentary. Widely recognized as an outstanding science communicator, Alley is a member of the United Nations' IPCC.

SUSANNE MOSER, Ph.D., directs her own independent research and consulting firm in Santa Cruz, California. A frequent speaker and author on science communication issues, Moser is a Social Science Research Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University and a Research Associate at the University of California-Santa Cruz, Institute for Marine Sciences. She has previously worked at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and with the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Questions Pre/Post-Webcast: 30onClimate@yaleclimatemediaforum.org.