This Royal Meteorological Society National Meeting aims to provide insight, ideas and spark discussion amongst scientists, policymakers and campaigners with the tools to more effectively communicate climate science.
The public are beginning to join the dots between climate change, extreme weather and the impacts on our environment but what are the best strategies for communicating the scientific findings and how far should you go in talking about positive action. How will you ensure that what they’ve just seen or heard is not quickly discarded?
Join us to talk about the ins and outs of climate science communication, with climate science experts, specialist communicators and professional journalists. Interesting and engaging panel discussions will provide an excellent opportunity for you to ask your questions and give feedback about what we do in the future.
Also at this meeting, hear the latest from the Royal Meteorological Society’s Climate Science Communications Group and the newly-formed Climate Science Special Interest Group.
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Time |
Session |
Speaker |
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14.00 – 14.05 |
Welcome |
Liz Bentley – Chief Executive, Royal Meteorological Society |
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14.05 – 14.15 |
Introduction |
Simon Levey – Communications Manager, Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial |
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14.15 – 14.40 |
Visualising climate data |
Ros Pearce – Multimedia specialist, Carbon Brief |
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14.40 – 15.05 |
Climate science in the media in the era of Trump |
Pete Castle – Marketing, Communication and Engagement, University of Reading |
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15.05 – 15.30 |
Policy engagement between researchers and businesses |
Alyssa Gilbert – Director of Policy & Translation, Grantham Institute -Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial |
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15.30 – 16.00 |
Tea break |
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16.00 – 16.25 |
Engaging with Government policy |
David Warrilow – Former Head of Science at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (now BEIS) |
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16.25 – 16.50 |
Why do we need climate science communicators? |
Bob Ward – Policy and Communications Director, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE |
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16.50 – 17.45 |
Royal Meteorogolical Society Climate Science Activities |
TBC |
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17.45 – 18.45 |
Drinks reception |
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Remote Participation (CloudCast) (simultaneous audio and PowerPoint presentations) is available at this meeting. Access to the web conferencing is free and is open to members and non members but requires prior registration.
This meeting is sponsored by the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Envrionment, Imperial College London and is part of the Royal Meteorological Society National Meetings programme.