Workshop
February 19, 2021 at 1:00pm EST
The climate field is riddled with misinformation, from science denialism and greenwashing to flawed perceptions of the costs of climate action. Join Climate Central in a conversation with academic experts and journalists for advice on recognizing, decoding, avoiding and covering climate misinformation. Includes live Q&A.
Workshop Agenda
Part 1: The science of misinformation (Sean Sublette, Climate Central)
- John Cook is a cognitive scientist at the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University. He founded Skeptical Science, which explains and rebuts misinformation about climate science, and developed the Cranky Uncle game, an app that uses cartoons and critical thinking to fight misinformation.
- Kim Klockow-McClain, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Team Lead, NOAA Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies/National Severe Storms Lab Behavioral Insights Unit. Her behavioral research focuses on weather and climate risk communication.
- Gernot Wagner, climate economist at NYU and author of Bloomberg’s Risky Climate column; But Will the Planet Notice; and Stadt, Land, Klima (“City, Country, Climate”); co-author of Climate Shock.
Part 2: Climate reporting in a world of misinformation (John Upton, Climate Central)
- Akshat Rathi, Bloomberg Green reporter based in London writing globally on energy and climate change.
- Kat Snow, Senior Editor at KQED, an NPR station in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Elisa Raffa, Broadcast Meteorologist on Fox 46 News WJZY, Charlotte, NC.