Climate Communication

Media coverage

A sample of press coverage on the role of storytelling in climate communication, including works by our own plenary speakers.

The Conversation 

Climate change journalist Kam Razavi lays out the power of storytelling in climate change communication

Plenary speakers Dr. Naoko Ellis and Dr. Derek Gladwin on how climate storytelling helps us navigate complexity and find solutions

Wired magazine

Environmentalist Bella Lack argues that emotional resonance is the key to climate action

Earth.org

Sustainability and adaptation researcher Mathias Agbo Jr explains how Indigenous climate stories are critical for climate change solutions

SXSW 2023

Panel discussion: How climate storytelling can beat climate doom

Sierra Club

Climate journalist and poet Aarohi Sheth describes how she overcame climate fatigue through storytelling

Academic publications

A sample of academic publications on the role of storytelling in climate communication, including works by our own plenary speakers.

Dahlstrom, M. F. (2014). Using narratives and storytelling to communicate science with nonexpert audiences. Proceedings of the national academy of sciences, 111, 13614-13620. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1320645111

Finnegan, W. (2022). ‘It’s beautiful, living without fear that the world will end soon’ – digital storytelling, climate futures, and young people in the UK and Ireland. Children’s geographies, 21(5), 898-913. doi: 10.1080/14733285.2022.2153329

Gladwin, D. (2020). Digital storytelling going viral: using narrative empathy to promote environmental action. Media practice and education, 21(4), 275-288. doi: 10.1080/25741136.2020.1832827

Gladwin, D. (2021). Rewriting Our Stories: Education, Empowerment, and Well-Being. Cork University.

Molthan-Hill, P., Luna, H., Wall, T., Puntha, H., & Baden, D. (Eds.). (2020). Storytelling for sustainability in higher education: an educator’s handbook. Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429291111

Otto, D. (2017). Lived experience of climate change-a digital storytelling approach. International journal of global warming, 12(3-4), 331-346. doi: 10.1504/IJGW.2017.084784 

Pstross, M., Talmage, C. A., & Knopf, R. C. (2017). A story about storytelling: Enhancement of  community participation through catalytic storytelling. Community development, 45(5), 525-538. doi: 10.1080/15575330.2014.955514 

Rivero Moreno, L. D. (2020). Sustainable city storytelling: Cultural heritage as a resource for a greener and fairer urban development. Journal of cultural heritage management and sustainable development, 10(4), 399-412. doi: 10.1108/JCHMSD-05-2019-0043 

Stibbe, A. (2021). Ecolinguistics: Language, Ecology and the Stories We Live By. 2nd Edition. Routledge.