Media and Global Climate Knowledge

"This book offers rich insights into how to connect the latest climate change science with societal responses around the world. It serves as eye-opening reading for anyone interested in the do's and don'ts of science communication. " (Karen O'Brien, Professor of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Norway and co-author for "Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) WG II") "This book pulls together a fascinating set of insights from which the IPCC, journalistic practice and, indeed, democracy itself can learn." (Mike Hulme, Professor of Climate and Culture, Department of Geography, King's College London)

This book is a broad and detailed case study of how journalists in more than 20 countries worldwide covered the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment (AR5) reports on the state of scientific knowledge relevant to climate change.This book is a broad and detailed case study of how journalists in more than 20 countries worldwide covered the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment (AR5) reports on the state of scientific knowledge relevant to climate change. Journalism, it demonstrates, is a key element in the transnational communication infrastructure of climate politics. It examines variations of coverage in different countries and locations all over the world. It looks at how IPCC scientists review the role of media, reflects on how media relate to decision-making structures and cultures, analyzes how key journalists reflect on the challenges of covering climate change, and shows how the message of IPCC was distributed in the global networks of social media.