Environment

Climate disaster films are an emerging genre that reflect people's desire to cope with a changing planet through art. How will they affect public attitudes on climate change?

Moving climate change skeptics to believers is fundamental if we are going to address the growing threat of global warming. Researchers are now studying strategies for reaching climate deniers. Emphasizing the scientific consensus on climate change can increase belief in the science and support for policy, according to new research published…

To move nonbelievers to believers, we must use evidence-based communication strategies. Here are the 5 climate change communication studies you need to know.

Communications campaigns raise awareness about environmental issues but still fail to influence behavior, particularly when people feel like others are to blame for the problem. Published in the June 2014 issue of the journal Environmental Conservation, the results come from a survey conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a communications…

New research suggests that climate skeptics and deniers may struggle to picture climate change. When asked to describe images of what climate change looks like, they come up with nothing. However, those who can visualize climate change are often more emotionally impacted by images than researchers previously believed, according to social…

Tuesday's midterm elections offered plenty of stark lessons for public interest communicators, including the tricky feat of how to keep politics out of a ballot issue.

Have something important to say? Be sure to include the “Caring Middle” – individuals of all political stripes who care deeply about the trajectory of our country, their fellow humans and the environment.

To make your point and score a victory, sometimes you have to be audacious and even a bit cheeky. Greenpeace shows how.

Sometimes telling not selling can be a more powerful -- and authentic -- way to get people to respond. That's what volunteers raising money for a 60-mile section of the North Carolina Mountain to Sea Trail are learning.