The practical resources that aim at skills development, from writing for popular science magazines to giving public talks and engaging with social media in the context of climate change, were identified and analyzed. The type, data released, organization, purpose and aim, summary and description, skills, an overview of the points relevant to the project, and evaluation were analyzed for each practical resource.
Practical resource 1: UNESCO-UNFCCC Webinar Series
Type | Webinar Series |
Aim | This webinar series fosters education, raises public awareness, and increases participation in climate change action. The target audiences include youth and science communicators and science educators with interest in climate change action and education. |
Skills | This series will allow science communicators to use their knowledge about climate change education in their communication. |
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Practical resource 2: Climate Communications Training
Type | Webinar (online workshop) |
Aim | Aid NGOs and grassroots organizations to effectively communicate their objectives and goals. The communications training is directed to people that work in Third Sector organizations and is also interesting for people that want to learn how to clearly communicate their objectives and goals. |
Skills | Participants will develop a communications toolkit, and communicating on social media will also be covered. Participants will also learn how to create effective narratives on renewable energy.
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Weblink | Climate Communications Training – Climate Action Network (climatenetwork.org)
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Practical resource 3: Principles for effective communications and public engagement on climate change
Type | Handbook |
Aim | The handbook provides guidance on how to communicate more effectively about climate change through engaging the public by using impactful, effective and evidence-based communication. The target audience are IPCC scientists, but the handbook will also be useful to other scientists. |
Skills | How to be a confident communicator that can connect with the audience. The Climate Visuals project offers a set of tools for effective communication in the visual medium. |
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Practical resource 4: Engagement toolkit
Type | Handbook |
Aim | This resource will aid the reader to find the best solutions to design effective participatory processes. It can be used by the European Food Safety Authority and also by other target audiences, such as science communicators, to find a wide array of examples of different engagement methods and also a lot of best practices of these engagement methods.
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Skills | Design effective participatory processes.
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Weblink | engagement-toolkit.pdf (europa.eu)
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Practical resource 5: RRI Tools – fostering Responsible Research and Innovation
Type | Toolkit collection and practical guide |
Aim | The search engine of RRI Tools contains the resource types Tools, Inspiring Practices, Projects, and Library Elements. RRI provides tailored information for policymakers, the research community, the education community, civil society organizations and businesses and the industry.
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Skills | This resource is a collection of useful resources that can be used to develop many different skills. One example is learning to design public engagement activities about climate change.
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Weblink | Search engine – RRI Tools (rri-tools.eu) |
Practical resource 6: Engage2020 Action Catalogue
Type | Online decision support tool and digital Anthology |
Aim | The Engage2020 Action Catalogue aims to provide scientists, science communicators and communicators with various methods that will help them to facilitate public engagement in order to enhance involvement and inclusion. |
Skills | The target audience will learn how to set up and do inclusive research by providing information on a wide array of public engagement. |
Weblink | Engage2020 Anthology eBook: engage2020.eu/media/Engage2020_withVideo.pdf
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Practical resource 7: Education and Training on climate change: Good Practices
Type | Various types of good practices on website |
Aim | Inspiring scientists, educators and professional science communicators with local and regional stories and examples of education and training on climate change.
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Skills | This resource gives examples about good practices in action for climate empowerment, how to develop educational material on climate change and about how to include climate change education and media outreach in the curriculum.
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Practical resource 8: UNFCCC Science Resources
Type | Various resources on website |
Aim | This resource provides information portals and sources of scenario data on the topic of climate change. Furthermore a list of climate services and policy support is provided. Both of these compilations are of interest for scientists and professional science communicators.
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Skills | The information portals and sources of scenario data can be used by scientists and science communicators to substantiate their articles and socials on the topic of climate change with up-to-date data and information. |
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Practical resource 9: Climate Change Knowledge Hub
Type | Knowledge hub |
Aim | The aim of the Climate Change Knowledge Hub (CC-Hub) is to aid countries in delivering on their climate and sustainable development goals by enhancing their knowledge and capacity. The target audience is everyone that is involved in or interested in gaining knowledge to deliver on those goals.
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Skills | Knowledge on migration, agriculture and climate can be obtained. |
Weblink | Knowledge Hub | Climate Change | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (fao.org) Collections – Resources on Climate Change (fao.org) Learning corner | Climate Change | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (fao.org)
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Practical resource 10: CARE Climate & Resilience Academy
Type | Online Courses, Learning Journeys and Trainer Packs |
Aim | The aim of CARE Climate & Resilience Academy is to take action on the climate crisis and to build knowledge for global change mainly by empowering poor and marginalized people. The target audience are scientists, science communicators and also employees of organizations that are involved with climate change and resilience. |
Skills | This resource will aid the user to better understand the climate crisis. The user will also learn how to perform climate vulnerability assessments in order to be able to develop and implement climate-sensitive policies, plans or programs.
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Practical resource 11: Designing Effective Science Communication
Type | Online course |
Aim | The aim of this course is to provide the necessary knowledge and skills in order to effectively communicate science to diverse audience and, particularly, the general public. Target audience: scientists, science educators, science communicators. Key competences: the course aims to improve and enhance participants’ understanding on the basic principles of science communication, as well as their capacity to design and implement effective methods of science communication. |
Skills | The content of the course intents to achieve the following objectives in terms of participants learning: – consider principles of human learning when designing science-related outreach activities – compare and contrast modalities for science communication -identify common pitfalls when designing and implementing science communication activities – practically design a science communication activities based on the principles learned by taking the course. |
Weblink | https://www.coursera.org/learn/designing-effective-science-communication |
Practical resource 12: BRITEC – Citizen Science Toolkit
Type | Toolkit |
Aim | This online and freely available toolkit contains various examples of IT tools and resources that can be used to engage students in research and science during class. The toolkit was developed in the framework of the BRITEC project, funded by the Erasmus+ programme, which aimed to train and support school teachers to introduce new ways of engaging students in science during classroom, as well as motivate students to increase their interest in STEM subjects. |
Skills | The Toolkit contains various tools, which addresses core aspects for deigning a citizen science project: ● Co-creation ● Data collection ● Data transfer ● Data analysis ● Presentation of results ● Sharing information ● communication |
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Practical resource 13: Science Communication Toolkit: Telling the Story of Science
Type | Toolkit |
Aim | This toolkit aims to engage Transition Year Students in Ireland (i.e. students who take an optional one-year school programme, as part of a three-year school cycle) in science, through communication and sharing of knowledge. Target audience: Teachers and Transition Year Students. Key competences: the Toolkit introduces the concept of science communication to students and aims to increase their knowledge and passion for science. |
Skills | The Toolkit comprises six units, targeting both teachers and students, each containing practical activities, reading materials, videos, and additional resources. The six units focus on: 1) storytelling; 2) humor; 3) body language; 4) audience participation; 5) language tricks; 6) creativity |
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Practical resource 14: Communicating Science: GIVING TALKS
Type | Guide |
Aim | This comprehensive guide aims to provide advice and practical insights for preparing and delivering talks focusing on scientific topics. Target audience: Scientists, science communicators Key competences: the guide aims to improve and enhance scientists’ capacity to deliver effective talks and develop conversations with the audience, on a given scientific matter. |
Skills | The guide offers the opportunity for scientists and science communicators to improve their capacity in preparing and delivering engaging talks and presentations regarding their chosen scientific topic. The topics covered in the Guide include: the art of speaking, developing structured presentations, preparing talks, speaking skills, using technology as an asset, handling audiences’ questions, managing unexpected occurrences during the talk/presentation, promoting one’s work during the talk/presentation. |
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Practical resource 15: Soph talks science
Type | Online Blog |
Aim | Soph talks science is an online blog created by a former molecular biologist and science communicator. Target audience: general public.
Key competences: the blog aims to inspire, educate, and entertain interested readers in various science topics, thus increasing their understanding about research and science and engage them effectively through online communication. |
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Practical resource 16: Women in Science
Type | Podcast |
Aim | “Women in Science” is a series of podcasts, provided by the University of Oxford in collaboration of OxFEST, aiming at promoting and empowering women in their scientific careers. |
Skills | Each podcast deals with a different subject or topic, specifically: ● women in engineering ● ambition for leadership ● gender gap in STEM ● creativity ● confidence |
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Practical resource 17: Lost Women of Science
Type | Podcast |
Aim | Lost Women of Science Initiative is a non-profit educational organization with two missions: a) to share the personal stories of women who made groundbreaking scientific achievements, and b) inspire girls and young women to pursue a career in the STEM field.
Target audience: general public
Key competences: the organization aims to inspire and increase public’s knowledge regarding women’s achievements in science, and especially STEM. |
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Practical resource 18: The uncertainty handbook
Type | Handbook |
Aim | This handbook aims to offer practical and easy-to-apply principles for smarter communication about climate change. The handbook was developed by Climate Outreach, a group of leading specialist in climate change communication, which aims to bridge the gap between research and practice. Target audience: science communicators focusing on climate change, campaigners, policy-makers. Key competences: increase the capacity of science communicators to deal with climate change uncertainties and climate sceptics. |
Skills | The Handbook offers 12 practical principles that science communicators, campaigners, and policy-makers can apply in order to deal with climate change uncertainties: 1) Managing audience’s expectations 2) Starting with the things you know 3) Be clear about scientific consensus 4) Shift from ‘uncertainty’ to ‘risk’ 5) Be clear about the type of uncertainty you are communicating 6) Understand the divers behind people’s views about climate change 7) The most important question for climate impacts is ‘when’, not ‘if’ 8) Communicate through images and stories 9) Highlight the ‘positives’ of uncertainty 10) Communicate effectively about climate impacts 11) Engage in conversations, not arguments 12) Tell a human story, not a scientific one |
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Practical resource 19: Communicating on Climate Change
Type | Guidelines |
Aim | The United Nations has published a set of guidelines for effectively communicating climate change. Target audience: science communicators focusing on climate change. Key competences: the guidelines aim to increase communicators’ capacity to mobilize and educate audiences regarding climate change action. |
Skills | The guidelines focuses on a set of 4 main principles: 2) Convey the problem and the solutions, through sharing stories and empowering people 3) Mobilize action, through conveying the urgency to take action, engaging youth, and communicating issues relevant to communities. |
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Practical resource 20: The Debunking Handbook
Type | Handbook |
Aim | This handbook aims to counter misinformation and debunk myths about any field or area, through focusing on research findings and expert advice. Target audience: communicators Key competences: the Handbook increases communicators’ capacity to address myths that reinforce popular opinions and increase their knowledge on the backfire effects misinformation can cause, and ways to avoid them. |
Skills | The Handbook contains information on a variety of topics, categorized in 4 parts: Part 1: Misinformation can do damage; Where does misinformation come from?; Misinformation can be sticky; Sticky myths leave other marks Part 2: Prevent misinformation from sticking if you can; Simple steps to greater media literacy; The strategic map of debunking; Who should debunk? Part 3: The elusive backfire effects; Role of worldview in belief confirmation Part 4: Debunk often and properly; Collective action: Debunking on social media. |
Weblink | https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DebunkingHandbook2020.pdf |
Practical resource 21: Communicating the climate crisis
Type | Website |
Aim | The website tries to empower state and local policy makers, business leaders, and advocates with the information, resources, and networks they need to make these policies a reality in the climate crisis. Media shaped public discourse in this issue so the website counters their influence by engaging the public with creative, science-based information. Target audience: scientists, science communicators, communicators lacking experience in science communication Key competence: reflect critically on the social, historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of science; develop writing and oral skills needed to communicate science, mainly issues related to climate change and the gender gap in STEM |
Skills | Skills in writing and oral presentation, making videos for social media and YouTube and engaging the public. |
Weblink | https://climate-xchange.org/communicating-the-climate-crisis/
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Practical resource 22: Engaging the Public on Climate Change
Type | Website |
Aim | The resource can introduce the approach of building public engagement, The target audience: scientists, science communicators, Key competences: develop writing and oral skills needed to communicate science, improve understanding of the factors causing distrust towards scientists and disengagement with science and climate action |
Skills | The resource could be an inspiration for building public engagement on climate change. The various case studies are presented and can help to understand how to involve public as well as how to present the findings. |
Weblink | https://www.centreforpublicimpact.org/europe/engaging-the-public-on-climate-change
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Practical resource 23: Project Curious: Explore the art of science
Type | Website |
Aim | Using art as the tool to foster the understanding of science and believe in it. The target audience: public. Key competences: reflect critically on the social, historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of science; improve understanding of the factors causing distrust towards scientists and disengagement with science. |
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Practical resource 24: Fakta o klimatu (in Czech language – „Facts about climate“)
Type | Website |
Aim | The resource will be helpful to present the topic to people in the Czech Republic because it is in Czech language and it presents very objective, scientifically based findings. The target audience: scientists, science communicators, students, public, stakeholders Key competences: develop writing and oral skills needed to communicate science, improve understanding of the factors causing distrust towards scientists and disengagement with science and climate action, reflect critically on the social, historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of science |
Weblink | https://faktaoklimatu.cz/ (in Czech) |
Practical resource 25: Science Communication
Type | Website |
Aim | The target audience: very broad (all groups of audience) Key competences: Reflect critically on the social, historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of science; develop writing and oral skills needed to communicate science in various spaces; develop an understanding of how public engagement can benefit scientists careers. |
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Practical resource 26: Hello SciCom
Type | Website |
Aim | Hello SciCom combines science communication and comedy to help science and tech-oriented people get their message across. Hello SciCom is dedicated to furthering scientific literacy by making science and technology fun, engaging, and accessible. |
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Practical resource 27: Online deník Alarm (in Czech language)
Type | Newspaper webpage |
Aim | The resource will be helpful to present the topic to people in the Czech Republic because it is in Czech language and it presents very objective, scientific based findings. The target audience: public, science communicators. Key competences: develop writing and oral skills needed to communicate science, improve understanding of the factors causing distrust towards scientists and disengagement with science and climate action |
Weblink | https://a2larm.cz/tema/klima/
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Practical resource 28: Is climate change actually being taken seriously?
Type | Podcast |
Aim | The target audience: public, science communicators Key competences: develop writing and oral skills needed to communicate science, improve understanding of the factors causing distrust towards scientists and disengagement with science and climate action |
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Practical resource 29: Gender Equality and Human Rights in Climate Action and Renewable Energy
Type | e-learning (on-line course) |
Aim | The target audience: very broad (all groups on the stakeholder level) Key competences: develop writing and oral skills needed to communicate science. |
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Practical resource 30: The Climate Question BBC World Service
Type | Podcast |
Aim | The target audience: public and science communicators Key competences: develop knowledge about evolution of species in present time; develop writing and oral skills needed to communicate science |
Weblink | BBC World Service – The Climate Question, Can animals evolve to deal with climate change? |
Practical resource 31: Gender Equality and Human Rights in Climate Action and Renewable Energy
Type | MOOC (online course) |
Aim | Τhe target audience: – policymakers, – government officials, – renewable energy service providers and officials of financial institutions in renewable energy entrepreneurship – other stakeholders/ individuals working/ interested in the fields of climate change, renewable energy and gender equality Key-competence: Develop writing and oral skills needed to communicate science, mainly issues related to climate change and the gender gap in STEM, in various spaces (popular science magazines, newspapers, websites, social media, TV, radio, TEDx talks, science festivals etc.) |
Skills | – Use of tools and approaches for gender equality in renewable energy and climate action – Identify and promote opportunities and funding sources for addressing gender representation in the renewable energy sector – Identify and promote opportunities for women’s participation in climate change decision – making and action – Appy tools and techniques to develop, implement and monitor a gender action plan, turning policy objectives into implementable action |
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Practical resource 32: TILclimate Podcast
Type | Podcast |
Aim | Τhe target audience: non expert audience Key-competence: Reflect critically on the social, historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of science |
Skills | Use of a different way of science communication (podcast). |
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Practical resource 33: Climate Change Education, Science, and Action
Type | Online course |
Aim | Τhe target audience: Cooperative Extension Educators, Master Volunteers, state and local government, land-trusts and other non-profits, and others interested in an introduction to climate change science and in how to communicate effectively about this important topic. Key-competence: Reflect critically on the social, historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of science; Improve understanding of the factors causing distrust towards scientists and disengagement with science and climate action |
Skills | This online course provides opportunities to participants to take part and reflect on climate change actions. |
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Practical resource 34: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation & Vulnerability
Type | Animation video |
Aim | Τhe target audience: non expert audience Key-competence: Reflect critically on the social, historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of science |
Skills | This practical resource could be used as a means of informing a specific target group about the effects of Climate Change. |
Weblink | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7jpMG5DS4Q&ab_channel=AJ%2B |
Practical resource 35: Gender inequality is showing up... in climate change
Type | TEDx Talk |
Aim | Τhe target audience: non expert audience Key-competence: Develop writing and oral skills needed to communicate science, mainly issues related to climate change and the gender gap in STEM, in various spaces. |
Skills | Science communicators could use this practical resource to show how climate change and major policy changes affect women in agriculture. |
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Practical resource 36: From Climate Science to Action
Type | MOOC |
Aim | Τhe target audience: non expert audience Key-competence: Reflect critically on the social, historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of science; Improve understanding of the factors causing distrust towards scientists and disengagement with science and climate action
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Skills | This online course provides opportunities to participants to realize that they have to take action both on an individual and in societal level. |
Weblink | https://www.coursera.org/learn/climate-science?action=enroll |
Practical resource 37: Impacts of Climate Change (UCAR)
Type | Site |
Aim | Τhe target audience: non expert audience Key-competence: Reflect critically on the social, historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of science; Improve understanding of the factors causing distrust towards scientists and disengagement with science and climate action
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Skills | Everyone has access to this site and can study different aspects of Climate Change. It provides specific data about the phenomena, which could be studied. The data derives from research. So the science communicators could use this practical resource, in order to help and show to non expert audiences to understand this type of information. |
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Practical resource 38: Climate Action (United Nations)
Type | Site |
Aim | Τhe target audience: non expert audience Key-competence: Reflect critically on the social, historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of science |
Skills | Through this site, someone could have access to information about Climate Change phenomenon. |
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Practical resource 39: Network Climate Action: Scaling Up Your Impact
Type | Online course |
Aim | Τhe target audience: Environment, climate, and education professionals, volunteers, university students, or other climate concerned citizens from any country.
Key-competence: Reflect critically on the social, historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of science; develop an understanding of how public engagement can benefit scientists careers. |
Skills | This online course provides opportunities to the participants for taking climate change actions focused on the reduction of greenhouse gases and for reflecting on these actions. In addition, participants can acquire skills regarding engaging more people in such actions. |
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Practical resource 40: The Climate Animation Explorer
Type | Data animation |
Aim | Clim-EX (Climate Animation Explorer) is a tool for visualising and viewing meteorological data and weather forecasts which will help understanding African droughts. This tool bridges the gap between the layperson and scientific meteorological experts making the viewing of this data enjoyable and aesthetically pleasing. |
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Practical resource 41: The climate question
Type | Podcast |
Aim | In the podcast, the authors investigate why the climate crisis is happening, what we can do about it, and what is holding us back from taking action. Target audience: non-expert audience. Key-competences: Reflect critically on the social, historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of science |
Skills | This resource can be useful to develop skills of science communication, journaling (because the podcasts are basically interviews to experts), and engagement with social media. |
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Practical resource 42: Science Communication MOOC
Type | MOOC |
Aim | The course explains the importance of science communication and provides tools to acquire or improve communication skills in the field of science. Target audience: scientists, professional or beginners science communicators, educators, anyone interested in the relationship between science and society in the 21st century (no prerequisites). Key-competences: Reflect critically on the social, historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of science; develop writing and oral skills needed to communicate science in various spaces; develop an understanding of how public engagement can benefit scientists careers. |
Skills | This resource can be useful to develop and improve science communication skills and writing skills. |
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Practical resource 43: Toolkit for science communicators and trainers
Type | Presentation |
Aim | The purpose of this project is to support scientists in delivering their message and improving their communication skills. Target audience: scientists, science communicators Key competences: reflect critically on the social, historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of science; develop writing and oral skills needed to communicate science in various spaces; improve understanding of the factors causing distrust towards scientists and disengagement with science and climate action; develop an understanding of how public engagement can benefit scientists careers. |
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Practical resource 44: Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion in the Museum Space
Type | Poster – Checklist |
Aim | Target audience: museum communicators Key-competences: develop an understanding of how public engagement can benefit scientists (predominantly female scientists) careers. |
Skills | Inclusive skills (active listening, openness) |
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Practical resource 45: Science Communication on Social Media
Type | Guide |
Aim | This guide aims to provide scientists and science communicators with practical advice on how to use social media as a tool for spreading knowledge. Target audience: scientists, science communicators Key-competences: develop an understanding of how public engagement can benefit scientists careers. |
Skills | Engaging with social media |
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Practical resource 46: New Rules: New Game
Type | Guide |
Aim | The purpose of this resource is to change attitudes of people towards climate change. Target audience: scientists, science communicators Key-competences: develop writing and oral skills needed to communicate science, mainly issues related to climate change, in various spaces; improve understanding of the factors causing distrust towards scientists and disengagement with science and climate action. |
Weblink | https://futerra-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/New_Rules_New_Game.pdf |
Practical resource 47: Mainstreaming Gender in Mitigation and Technology Development and Transfer Interventions
Type | Guidelines, capacity-building package |
Aim | The purpose of this resource is to raise awareness among policymakers on gender mainstreaming in climate change actions. Target audience: policymakers, practitioners working on integrating gender into climate change. Key-competences: reflect critically on the social, historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of science; develop writing and oral skills, mainly issues related to climate change and gender. |
Skills | This document can be useful to guide in the writing of climate change and gender policies. |
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Practical resource 48: Communicating climate change: A practitioner’s guide - Insights from Africa, Asia and Latin America
Type | Manual and Guideline |
Aim | The purpose of this manual is to offer practical advice on communicating climate change. Target audience: climate change communication practitioners. Key-competences: reflect critically on the social, historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of science; develop writing and oral skills, mainly issues related to climate change; improve understanding of the factors causing distrust towards scientists and disengagement with science and climate action. |
Skills | Communication skills |
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Practical resource 49: Gender and Urban Climate Policy
Type | Handbook |
Aim | The purpose of this handbook is to provide examples and resources useful for drafting inclusive climate policies. Target audience: policy decision-makers, consultants, practitioners in climate change. Key-competences: reflect critically on the social, historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of science; develop writing and oral skills, mainly issues related to climate change and gender. |
Skills | This handbook can be useful to guide in the writing of climate change and gender policies. |
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