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麻豆传媒视频网站 Policy Commission on Communicating Climate Science II
The 麻豆传媒视频网站 Communicating Climate Science Policy Commission (CCSPC) is an interdisciplinary body comprising experts from academia, policy, environment, business, media and the arts.
10 May 2018
The 麻豆传媒视频网站 Policy Commission on Communicating Climate Science (CCSPC) II, chaired by Professor Chris Rapley (麻豆传媒视频网站 Earth Sciences), comprised of a cross-disciplinary project group of researchers from psychology, neuroscience, science and technology studies, earth sciences and energy research. The commission was delivered in two phases, with the phase continuing to examine鈥痶he challenges faced in communicating climate science effectively to policymakers and the public, and the role of climate scientists in communication.鈥�
About
The 麻豆传媒视频网站 Communicating Climate Science Policy Commission (CCSPC II) is an interdisciplinary body comprised of experts from academia, policy, environment, business, media and the arts.听听
Chaired by Professor Chris Rapley (麻豆传媒视频网站 Earth Sciences), phase two of the Commission continued to examine the challenges faced in communicating climate science effectively to policymakers and the public, and the role of climate scientists in communication.听
The Commission鈥檚 vision was to facilitate the creation of agency (the ability to make change) to increase the effectiveness, scale, and pace of actions addressing the climate crisis.听
The 麻豆传媒视频网站 CCSPC II is supported by the 麻豆传媒视频网站 Grand Challenge for Sustainable Cities and 麻豆传媒视频网站 Public Policy. 麻豆传媒视频网站 Public Policy seeks to bring 麻豆传媒视频网站's academic expertise to bear on pressing public policy challenges by integrating knowledge and evidence from across disciplines to inform policy.鈥�
Mission
The commission is an incubator of projects that听aim听to:听
- Identify gaps in climate change communication and policy and create targeted interventions with significant impacts
- Help break down communication barriers within and between professional communities and the wider public
- Identify and work with 鈥榗ommunities of practice鈥� to allow scaling of successful encounters
Vision
The Commission鈥檚 vision is to facilitate the creation of agency (the ability to make change) to increase the effectiveness, scale, and pace of actions addressing the climate crisis.
The Commission draws on selected insights from the social, behavioural and mind sciences, from the varied and extensive experience of its membership, from the ideas and insights of invited experts, and from 鈥榣earning by doing鈥�.
The figure below is a schematic of the climate science-society domain, which the Commission uses as a map to guide its interventions:
Outputs and impact
- 麻豆传媒视频网站 Policy Commission on Communicating Climate Science (I) published a report 'Time for Change?' outlining five key recommendations for professional communities involved in climate science. In addition to the full report a policy briefing was produced.听
- Short report of the experiential event 鈥楽eeing Yourself See鈥� (pdf), held as part of the 麻豆传媒视频网站 Commission in 2013鈥�
- A commissioned review of psycho-sociology in the context of psychology and neuroscience 鈥楶sychosocial Contributions to Climate Sciences Communications Research and Practice鈥� (pdf)听
- Contributed written evidence to Select Committee, oral evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee as part of the 鈥樷�� 补苍诲听cited by the same committee in their report 鈥樷��.听听
- Developed and delivered training science communication training for NERC doctoral students with an increasing number of universities participating.听听
Completed projects听
Media engagement: BBC1 鈥淐limate Change 鈥� The Facts鈥�
Chris Rapley was the science consultant for the 鈥� aired in the UK in April 2019, and for the two-part version subsequently distributed worldwide. 麻豆传媒视频网站鈥檚 featured prominently. Professor Rapley and the Series Producer, , are working on the development of several potential follow-up programmes. Professor Rapley is also providing advice to Nutopia, who have been commissioned by National Geographic Channel to produce a ten-part follow up to the award winning series 鈥淥ne Strange Rock鈥�.
Workshop: Meaningful Action
In January 2019, the Commission brought together 30 people from a variety of professional backgrounds but with extensive experience of addressing climate change. The aim of the meeting was to uncover better answers to a question that concerned citizens increasingly ask: 鈥淲hat can I do about climate change?鈥�
Training programme: Flood Risk Management
In this free residential training retreat 麻豆传媒视频网站 offered climate scientists a unique opportunity to develop understanding, tools and techniques to engage more effectively with policymakers. Over two-and-a-half-days the programme听explored the process of co-production and iterative dialogue between climate scientists and those charged with reducing flood risks 补苍诲听addressed barriers to progress such as cultural differences in the perception of risk consider the need to take into account human psychology and values in developing effective public policy.
Workshop: Developing Better Climate Mitigation Policies
In February 2018, the Commission听brought together 30 policymakers, climate researchers and research funders to explore how climate change risk assessments (CCRAs) can be made a more effective driver of climate change mitigation policies. The workshop mapped key challenges as well as opportunities for improvement.