Communicating Climate Change: Approaches and Strategies for Reaching the Public
Wednesday, January 24, 4 pm
Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue

This panel discussion will feature the perspectives of Andrew Revkin, Science reporter for the New York Times and author of "The North Pole Was Here: Puzzles and Perils at the Top of the World"; Jim Motavalli, Editor of E Magazine and author of "Feeling the Heat: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Climate Change"; and Gavin Schmidt, climate scientist at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and co-founder of RealClimate.org, a blog for climate scientists to communicate with the general public. The discussion will be moderated by FES Professor Fred Strebeigh, and will examine the strategies the speakers have used to reach different audiences through many media: magazines, television, newspapers, internet blogs, podcasts and full-length books. This event is open to the public, and will have refreshments after the discussion. The panel is part of the Yale Office of Sustainability spring series on Mainstreaming Sustainability