(4 April) NEW Publication: This study of the history of the IPCC’s ‘burning embers’ diagram, newly incarnated in the AR5 WG2 Report’s Summary for Policy Makers, has just been published in Birgit Schneider and Thomas Nocke’s new book ‘Image politics of climate change’ … Mahony,M. and Hulme,M. (2014) The colour of risk: expert judgement and […]
‘Culture and climate change communication’
(2 March) I have a short commentary on the Section ‘Culture and climate change communication’ included in this newly published book, ‘Culture, politics and climate change: how information shapes our common future‘ (eds.) Crow,D.A. and Boykoff,M.T., Routledge, 252pp.
Updated CV – March 2014
I have posted an updated version – March 2014 – of my CV here.
The public life of climate change: the first 25 years
(7 February) You can listen here to my public lecture given at the University of Nottingham on Friday 7 February 2014: ‘The public life of climate change: the first 25 years’. This was given as part of the Making Science Public programme in the School of Sociology and Social Policy.
Climate change and the art of memory
(6 February) Climate change and the art of memory: ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being Green‘. Read this blog by Sebastian Groes based on an event I participated in last October at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, part of the AHRC-funded Science as Culture Memory Theme Network.
Can climate change be seen?
(6 February) ‘Can climate change be seen?’ You can see here my short remarks on this question which I prepared for a screening of the movie Chasing Ice, which was shown at King’s College London on Monday evening this week. The SoundCloud of the full public event, with supporting material, is available here.
Global warming is dead; long live global heating?
(4 February) ‘Global warming is dead; long live global heating?’ Together with Brigitte Nerlich and Warren Pearce, I explore the changing language of climate change, prompted by the hiatus in global temperature. This is posted as part of the Making Science Public programme at the University of Nottingham.
Science can’t settle what should be done about climate change
(4 February) I have this new post over at The Conversation: ‘Science can’t settle what should be done about climate change‘, reflecting on last week’s oral evidence to the inquiry of the House of Commons Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change into the latest IPCC report.
Debating climate engineering with David Keith
(2 December 2013) You can watch here on YouTube my debate with David Keith – ‘The Case For and Against Solar Climate Engineering’ – which took place at the Oxford Martin School, Oxford University, on Monday 2 December, 2013. My book ‘Can Science Fix Climate Change? A Case Against Climate Engineering’ is published April 2014 […]
Streitfall Klimawandel: warum wir uns in Kontroversen verlieren und dabei versaumen, das Klima zu retten
(9 January 2014) German translation of “Why We Disagree …”Streitfall Klimawandel: warum wir uns in Kontroversen verlieren und dabei versaumen, das Klima zu retten” will be published in March by Oekom publishers, price €25.
