Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Here and now; 2. How we know what we know; 3. Do the right thing; 4. Ways of learning, ways of knowing; 5. It's not you, it's me … well it's actually us; 6. Academic climate advocacy and activism; 7. Silver buckshot; 8. Search for meaning; Appendices; References; Index.

Promotional Information

Through this assessment of creative (climate) communications, readers will understand what works where, when, why and under what conditions.

About the Author

Maxwell Boykoff is Director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy, which is part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is also an associate professor in the Environmental Studies program at the University of Colorado. Boykoff has ongoing interests in cultural politics and environmental governance, science and environmental communications, science-policy interactions, political economy and the environment, and climate adaptation. He has authored many peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and books in these subjects, including Who Speaks for the Climate?: Making Sense of Media Reporting on Climate Change (Cambridge, 2011).

Reviews

'This book appears at first to be a collection of buzzwords, adages, random thoughts, and quotations strung together using loose grammar and imprecise adverbs. There is more to it, however. Boykoff… delivers a strong argument that opposition to climate action cannot be overcome by lecturing about the science. He also provides many examples of innovative communication regarding climate science as facilitated by humor, whether the medium is video or work presented live on stage … Additionally, the author supplies comprehensive citations to the literature on science communications. This alone makes the volume potentially helpful to PhD students, but Boykoff further offers an extensive discussion of the relationship between science and advocacy, making a useful distinction between advocating for acceptance of scientific findings and for the adoption of particular policies.' J. C. Berg, Choice