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Climate Communication - Mitigating Climate Change - Fall AGU Meeting Sessions
by Byrne, James 28 Jul '14

28 Jul '14

Dear colleagues, Sorry for cross postings. Please join us in advancing climate change mitigation knowledge, practice, process and/or policy at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting. Your work on any aspect of mitigating climate change is most welcome in this session: Mitigating Climate Change https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/webprogrampreliminary/Session3663.html If you have a questions or comments, please do not hesitate to ask. James Byrne Byrne(a)uleth.ca<mailto:Byrne@uleth.ca>

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Climate Communication - Multidisciplinary Climate Change Research at the Fall AGU Meeting
by Byrne, James 28 Jul '14

28 Jul '14

Dear colleagues, Solutions to climate change lie in multidisciplinary collaboration and cooperation. Please join us at the Fall American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco this December where we will feature your multidisciplinary climate change research abstract submission in the following session: Multidisciplinary Climate Change Research https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/webprogrampreliminary/Session3657.html If you have a questions or comments, please do not hesitate to ask. James Byrne Byrne(a)uleth.ca<mailto:Byrne@uleth.ca>

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Climate Communication - AGU Fall Meeting 2014 - Climate Change: Resilience, Vulnerability and Adaptation
by Byrne, James 28 Jul '14

28 Jul '14

Dear Colleagues, Please consider submitting your astracts on preparing for climate change to the session on resilience, vulnerability and adaptation. We are committed to substantial climate change due to greenhouse gases already emitted from burning fossil fuels. The best-case greenhouse gas emission mitigation programs will likely see humanity dealing with 2°C of warming within 1 to 2 generations. The research community must lead an international, multidisciplinary research application program evaluating resilience, vulnerability and adaptive capacity on a regional basis, and develop strategies for communities to survive, and maintain a reasonable lifestyle under serious, if not catastrophic, climate change impacts. Climate Change: Resilience, Vulnerability and Adaptation https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/webprogrampreliminary/Session3666.html If you have a questions or comments, please do not hesitate to ask. James Byrne Byrne(a)uleth.ca<mailto:Byrne@uleth.ca>

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Climate Communication - training climate change professional - session at the FALL AGU Meeting
by Byrne, James 28 Jul '14

28 Jul '14

Dear colleagues: Sorry for cross postings :) Climate researchers from many disciplines have developed climate change curriculum materials. Despite these admirable efforts, there is a substantial lack of knowledge about the many complexities of climate change in the population. The complexity of the multidisciplinary research and education challenges suggest few in the research community and very few in society can adequately address climate change across the full range of disciplines. Multidisciplinary cooperation and understanding is desperately needed. This session will address all aspects of climate change research across disciplines and across society. Our intent is to lead development of a web based, multidisciplinary curriculum for graduate and senior university students that will be widely available, in constant evolution and is cost-effective for instructors and students. Please consider submitting your abstract(s) to this Education session on climate change curriculum for graduate and senior university students https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/webprogrampreliminary/Session3668.html If you have a questions or comments, please do not hesitate to ask. James Byrne Byrne(a)uleth.ca<mailto:Byrne@uleth.ca>

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Climate Communication - AGU Fall Meeting Sessions of Interest
by Kristin Timm 11 Jul '14

11 Jul '14

Dear Colleagues, Please see the following announcement below regarding two sessions at the 2014 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting that may be of interest to you and colleagues. The conference will be taking place December 15-19, 2014 in San Francisco, CA. Apologies in advance for cross-posting. Kind Regards, Kristin Timm -- Kristin Timm | Science Communications Lead Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning University of Alaska Fairbanks P: 907.474.7064 | C: 907.590.7576 kmtimm(a)alaska.edu | @SNAPandACCAP _______________________________________________ *Using Social Science Research to Inform and Improve the Practice of Climate Change Communication* Are you and your colleagues using social science research to inform and improve climate change communication efforts? We are encouraging organizations, individuals, and teams to submit abstracts to present at the 2014 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting session entitled, “Using Social Science Research to Inform and Improve the Practice of Climate Change Communication” First authors must be AGU members, and the deadline to submit an abstract is 6 August 2014, 11:59 Eastern Daylight Time. Abstracts are limited to 2000 characters and the submission fee is $65/$35 for students. To submit an abstract to this session, please visit: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/webprogrampreliminary/Session3008.html Session Description: It is now widely accepted that changes in climate have and will continue to impact natural and human systems around the world. Public engagement with climate change is an essential part of mitigating and adapting to the impacts. A rapidly growing body of social science addresses this subject through research on beliefs and attitudes, understanding and engagement, and behavioral responses to climate change. This rich body of research, however, is infrequently applied to the actual practice of climate change communication. Given what is now known, relying solely on intuition to communicate about climate change is imprudent and in the worst-case scenario, can degrade public engagement. In an effort to build momentum towards a more scientific approach to communication about climate change, this session seeks presentations from organizations, individuals, or teams that are conducting and applying science communication research in the development, application, and evaluation of their climate change communication efforts. Session ID: 3008 Session conveners: Kristin Timm, Liz Neeley, Karen Akerlof, and John Kotcher For questions and more information about the session, please email: Kristin Timm kmtimm(a)alaska.edu _______________________________________________ *Science Communication: Defining a Profession at the Crossroads* Are you or your colleagues helping to advance the field of science communication through science communication professional development or innovative models that bridge communication research and practice? We are encouraging organizations, individuals, and teams to submit abstracts to present at the 2014 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting session entitled, “Science Communication: Defining a Profession at the Crossroads” First authors must be AGU members, and the deadline to submit an abstract is 6 August 2014, 11:59 Eastern Daylight Time. Abstracts are limited to 2000 characters and the submission fee is $65/$35 for students. To submit an abstract to this session, please visit: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/webprogrampreliminary/Session3558.html Session Description: Ask any science communication professional about their background and you’re likely to hear a wide range of answers—journalism, teaching, social or biophysical research, and more. With few direct paths into the profession, science communication professionals take equally diverse approaches in doing their job. Whether it’s their varied backgrounds, a shortage of professional norms, or a lack of familiarity with communication research, few practitioners utilize or engage in science communication research. Researchers and practitioners alike recognize this problematic disconnect. To move both research and the profession forward, practitioners must help identifying relevant questions for research and researchers must discuss the practical implications of their research findings. This session aims to identify successful models for the integration of science communication research and practice. We seek presentations from organizations, individuals, or teams that are conducting and applying science communication research in the development, application, and evaluation of their communication and outreach efforts. Session ID: 3558 Session conveners: Karen Akerlof, Kristin Timm, Liz Neeley, and John Kotcher For questions and more information about the session, please email: Karen Akerlof, kakerlof(a)gmu.edu

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Climate Communication - Global Climate Action Letter
by Byrne, James 02 Jul '14

02 Jul '14

Please sign and share - We are calling on world leaders to take urgent action on climate change to limit global warming to less than 2 degrees centigrade. Some of the world’s leading thinkers and practitioners have signed this statement. Please join them, add your voice to theirs to call for decisive action on climate change. The message will be presented to world leaders on the occasion of the Climate Leaders’ Summit, convened by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations, New York City, on September 23, 2014. Add Your Voice Now http://unsdsn.org/climate-letter/ Thank you.

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