ED42A:
Climate Literacy: Supporting Communities Addressing Climate Change Through Climate Literacy Cross-Sector Collaboration and Communication Strategies Il

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Session ID#: 35494

Session Description:
With communities confronting the costly impacts of climate change, education and youth engagement programs are working to ensure that communities develop smart strategies and partnerships for building social capacity about climate change necessary for climate literacy and workforce development. Given the current political climate and the manufactured debate about the science of climate change, communication becomes even more important. Cultivating climate literacy supports informed decision-making by individuals, communities, and societies and requires strong communication skills to frame the issues and impacts and to empower collective action towards solutions. This session focuses on effective strategies including programs, media, and messaging that demonstrate engaging diverse audiences in climate literacy efforts. Additionally, it explore new approaches and effective formal and non-formal education practices in education, policy, and social action which have the potential to equip and transform a generation and the way we think and live together in a changing climate.
Primary Convener:  Frank Niepold III, NOAA Washington DC, Climate Program Office, Washington, United States
Conveners:  Tamara S Ledley, Harvard University, Advanced Leadership Initiative, Cambridge, United States, Dana Brown Haine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC Institute for the Environment, Chapel Hill, United States and Oksana Shcherba, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San Francisco, CA, United States
Chairs:  Jen Kretser, The Wild Center, Tupper Lake, United States and Tamara S Ledley, Harvard University, Advanced Leadership Initiative, Cambridge, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Tamara S Ledley, Harvard University, Advanced Leadership Initiative, Cambridge, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • PA - Public Affairs
Index Terms:

0805 Elementary and secondary education [EDUCATION]
0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0830 Teacher training [EDUCATION]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Climate Generation: Advancing Climate Action through Education, Public Engagement and Youth Leadership (Invited) (214495)
Kristen L I Poppleton, Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Communities of practice in support of collaborative multi-disciplinary learning and action in response to climate change (Invited) (258470)
Joe E. Heimlich1, Cathlyn M Davis2, Sasha Palmquist3 and Deborah Wasserman1, (1)Center of Science and Industry, Center for Research and Evaluation, Columbus, OH, United States, (2)University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD, United States, (3)Institute for Learning Innovation, Portland, OR, United States
The Challenges of Creating Climate Change Education Cross-Sector Partnerships (220772)
Tamara S Ledley, Harvard University, Advanced Leadership Initiative, Cambridge, United States
What are the Best Practices of Using to Twitter in Climate Change Communication?: A Case Study of Two Climate Related Events (Invited) (220994)
Karen McNeal1, Sarah Luginbuhl2 and Angel Mei Ngo2, (1)Auburn University, Geosciences, Auburn, United States, (2)North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States
Turning Misinformation into Climate Change Education (233232)
Nabanita Borah, Guwahati, India and John Cook, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States
Three Pillars of Success: The Partners, The Messenger, The Communication Strategies (281663)
Margie Turrin, LDEO of Columbia University, Marine & Polar Geophysics, Palisades, United States, William B F Ryan, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, USA, Palisades, NY, United States and Stephanie L Pfirman, Barnard College, New York, NY, United States
Common Ground on Climate Change: Pairing Opposing Viewpoints for Conversations about Climate Change (292259)
Karin B Kirk, Freelance Science Writer, Bozeman, MT, United States, Don Haas, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY, United States and Katharine Hayhoe, ATMOS Research & Consulting, Lubbock, TX, United States

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