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Dear Colleagues, We are having a workshop next March, "Climate Disinformation: European and Global Perspectives", and are announcing a call for papers. 📅 Event focus: The workshop aims to explore the complex issues surrounding climate change disinformation and seeks to develop effective strategies to counteract it. 📝 We are calling for papers from: Researchers, academics, and practitioners from a range of disciplines, including but not limited to: 🌱 Environmental Studies 🗳️ Political Science 🏛️ Sociology 📰 Media Studies 🔬 Science and Technology Studies 🔍 Topics of interest: ➡ Climate change disinformation: Mapping the stakeholders contesting public perceptions of climate change and decarbonisation ➡ Influence of political ideologies on climate change beliefs ➡ Impact of Big Tech companies: Investigating how technology and social media algorithms contribute to the spread of climate change denialism ➡ Geopolitics, political warfare, and climate change disinformation ➡ Climate change scepticism in the “Global South”: Exploring the dynamics of climate change scepticism in developing regions ➡ Challenges of greenwashing: Eroding public trust and slowing down systemic change ➡ Strategies for countering climate change disinformation 🎓 Bursaries available The organisers have a limited number of bursaries to support travel and accommodation costs for participants. 🔗 For more information and submission guidelines, please visit https://lnkd.in/dXXeD8cy 📢 Spread the word and join us in addressing one of the most urgent issues of our time #ClimateChange #Disinformation #Anthropocene #EnvironmentalPolitics #GreenPolitics

OUR GOAL @ Expedition Science We bring Researchers and Investors together. Getting scientists to the places they need to reach and giving investors powerful stories of real climate research projects that are delivering a genuine impact. Businesses are fed up of funding green initiatives that aren’t relatable, credible or real. That's where we come in. ➡ We work with world-leading climate academics and researchers to find credible academics projects that are delivering genuine science. ➡ We find investors who want to make their green investments work harder for them. ➡ We document the research, go behind the scenes and tell inspiring climate stories for the world to know and share. _________________________ FOLLOW US as our journey begins! #expeditionscience #climateresearch #makingsciencehappen

💭 How can individual #researchers shift, rather than reinforce, unequal power relations in climate and environmental research? Explore practical ways to challenge and #decolonize existing research practices. Key messages of the SEI — Stockholm Environment Institute brief include: 💡 Climate and environment researchers should incorporate well-established decolonization literature within their own work. 💡 Researchers should aim for collaborative and co-productive methodologies that center on the needs of the communities where they conduct their research. 💡 Structural barriers present challenges for researchers to shift power individually. The international community of researchers, research institutions and funders must work together to spur meaningful, long-term changes in dominant funding models and established practices and norms. Read our summary article to learn more about challenging research norms ⬇️

🔥 Climate Change: Systematic Review Uncovers Difficulties in Understanding Climate Change 🔥 In an exciting research collaboration between the University of Innsbruck and the University of Graz, Sarah Wildbichler, Claudia Haagen-Schützenhöfer, and Thomas Schubatzky have published a systematic review in the prestigious journal Studies in Science Education (Q1, Acceptance Rate: only 3%!) https://lnkd.in/dXba3vxN . „Students’ ideas about the scientific underpinnings of climatechange: a systematic review of the literature“: Their systematic review analyzes 44 scientific studies from the last ten years (579 articles screened!) on students' conceptions of climate change. The findings reveal that students have significant gaps in understanding key concepts of climate change, such as the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle. These insights highlight critical levers to improve education and prepare a generation capable of tackling climate change! 🌍🚀 #WeWorkForTomorrow #FutureEducation #UniversityOfGraz #ClimateChange #Education #Research #ClimateLiteracy

Water quality is an ongoing concern as climate warms, especially in rivers. Yet different scientific disciplines have different ways of studying, modeling and understanding river systems. A recent review in Nature Climate Change shows the importance of the connections between rivers and the land they flow through - and, says study co-author and University of Vermont prof. Julia Perdrial, of making connections across scientific disciplines. “This is why transdisciplinary projects are critical: they provide opportunities for integrating different ways of understanding a system.” Perdrial also sees opportunities that extend beyond the specific ideas discussed in this review. "I hope, moving forward, that interdisciplinary work, undertaken with mutual respect and genuine collaboration, becomes a very clear requirement of the training, education and professional development that scientists receive." Read the paper here: https://go.uvm.edu/nj27p

Attention UC-CSU Researchers! 🔍 California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment is looking for Coordinating Lead Authors in the development of topical synthesis reports. This is your chance to bring together existing research, resources, and findings from the Fifth Assessment's climate research programs. While the focus is on synthesizing current knowledge, there may be opportunities to develop new insights as needed.📋 ECCLPs is passionate about advocating for environmental and climate change education and pushed for a dedicated education assessment report in this. While this was not selected as a topical focus area, we encourage authors to contribute expertise to critical areas such as Racial Equity & Climate Justice, Climate-Induced Human Displacement & Migration, and Climate Impacts to the Economy. We invite researchers and representatives to join this initiative! 🌎💡 Interested in being part of this important work? Join us in making a difference! For more information, scan the QR Code or visit https://lnkd.in/gPR4JeqE. 🔗 #ECCLPs #ClimateEducation #EnvironmentalEducation #ClimateAction

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing our planet today, and literature offers a unique perspective on this pressing issue. "#VulnerableEarth: The Literature of Climate Crisis" is a book that explores this intersection between literature and the environment. Authored by #ProfPramodKNayar, a faculty member at the #UniversityofHyderabad, the book delves into how literature reflects and engages with the challenges posed by climate change. The book likely examines various literary works that address climate-related themes, shedding light on how writers across different cultures and time periods have portrayed environmental degradation, natural disasters, human impact on ecosystems, and efforts to mitigate climate change. By doing so, "#VulnerableEarth" offers insights into the ways in which literature can influence public perception, policy-making, and collective responses to environmental challenges. Published by the prestigious #CambridgeUniversityPress, the book is a scholarly contribution to the field of ecocriticism, environmental humanities, and literary studies. It may appeal to academics, students, researchers, policymakers, and anyone interested in understanding the relationship between literature and the environment in the context of the ongoing #climatecrisis. In these times of environmental uncertainty, "#VulnerableEarth" provides a unique perspective on the climate crisis, and how literature can be used as a powerful tool for raising awareness, inspiring action, and fostering dialogue about #environmentalissues.

💚 Building Sustainability and Inclusion in Political Science 📃 A Petition to Alternate In-Person and Online Conferences 🌍 A petition is circulating to support rotating Political Science conferences to make half virtual, in order to cut back on the carbon footprint. Please consider signing and/or sharing this with other political scientists or poli sci listservs for their consideration by visiting the following link: https://lnkd.in/e-fqMQqg #APSA #WPSA #SPSA #MPSA #climateaction

This week we're welcoming the 2024-25 cohort of students on our MSc Climate Futures: Science, Society and Politics. It's a very exciting time in the academic year and we're all very much looking forward to going on this educational journey together exploring some of the big climate challenges such as #climaterisk, #climatesecurity, #climatejustice, #climatedevelopment, #climatemitigation and #climateadaptation.

🗓 On December 18th, 2023, I participated in the Microlympia Workshop as an organization department. 🌏 Workshop - "Sustainable Development - The crossing point of consumers and businesses in the green era". 🍃 "Green Economics" is the most mentioned phrase in the current green era. Answering the question of how the Green Economy plays a crucial role in today's climate change context. This workshop aims to provide participants with an overview of the impact of Green Economics on environmental changes.