Climate Decoded

Environmental defenders — who work on the frontlines of climate change — face multiple dangers, legal and lethal. In this episode, we investigate the role of communication in their frontline work and how it can both amplify and counter the dangers they face.Follow Climate Decoded on Instagram @climatedecoded and LinkedIn!Read the transcript and find resources mentioned in the episode at https://climatedecoded.com/season-2-episode-4Support the podcast by buying us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/climatedecoded

In this Climate Chat, Celine Novenario talks about her work in communicating climate adaptation. At the time of recording, Celine was the Senior Communications Manager at the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA). The GCA works to accelerate action on adaptation to climate change, supporting adaptation solutions at the international and the local levels and partnering with the public and the private sector. Celine and Kim talk about strategies for communicating climate adaptation, optimism around the climate solutions that already exist and focusing on what we can change right now.   Follow Climate Decoded on Instagram @climatedecoded and LinkedIn!Read the transcript and find resources mentioned in the episode at https://climatedecoded.com/season-2 Support the podcast by buying us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/climatedecoded

In this first Climate Chat, Alexis McGivern talks about her work at the last climate COP, reaching for net zero, and the uplifting idea of radical hope. Alexis is the Net Zero Standards Manager at Oxford Net Zero. She works within the engagement team, which bridges academia and practice. She has worked closely with the International Standards Organization (ISO) on creating a set of guidelines which is now being converted into an ISO standard on what it means to reach net zero and what it means to get to net zero at an organizational level.Follow Climate Decoded on Instagram @climatedecoded and LinkedIn!Read the transcript and find resources mentioned in the episode at www.climatedecoded.com/season-2-episode-2.Support the podcast by buying us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/climatedecoded.

Climate change litigation is increasingly deployed as a tool to hold governments, private entities and corporations legally accountable in their failure to adequately address climate change. Reasons for climate change litigation cases are varied, ranging from a need to advance climate policy to the infringement of human rights. In turn, litigation strategies are also varied, but the goal remains the same: catalyse targeted and impactful action against climate change at regional, national and international levels. Follow Climate Decoded on Instagram @climatedecoded and LinkedIn!Find the transcript and resources mentioned in the episode at www.climatedecoded.com/season-2-episode-1.Support the podcast by buying us a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/climatedecoded.

Climate Decoded is back for a second season! This time, we're delving even deeper into the critical climate change issues. We'll explore how structures of power influence climate change and its communication, bringing listeners into spaces to which they otherwise might not have access. We'll cover topics such as climate litigation, the work of environmental defenders, the far-right's co-option of climate communication and how climate fiction helps us envision alternative futures. Launching Monday, 2nd September, wherever you get your podcasts.Follow Climate Decoded on Instagram @climatedecoded and LinkedIn!Find the transcript at www.climatedecoded.com/season-2-trailer.Support the podcast by buying us a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/climatedecoded.

In this episode of Climate Decoded, we unpack climate anxiety. Climate anxiety is one common term, but there are a lot of different names — ecological grief, eco-anxiety, solastalgia.The effect climate change has on your emotions varies based on a lot of factors. Your age, your income, any risks you’re facing — all that makes a difference. Climate justice — or rather, injustice — also plays a role. Global North countries produce the vast majority of carbon emissions, but Global South countries often suffer the most severe impacts of climate change.John Aruta, an associate professor of psychology at De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines, offers perspective as a psychology researcher in one of the countries hardest hit by both climate and climate anxiety. He also explains how the language used to talk about climate anxiety can make or break the support people can get. Skye Barrow speaks as a young person with both general anxiety and climate anxiety finding hope through action. Ayomide Olude, project manager of the Nigeria-based Eco-Anxiety Africa Project, explores some of the many emotions that can stem from eco-anxiety, as well as some of the big-picture changes needed to tackle climate anxiety. And Thomas Doherty, an Oregon-based psychologist, breaks down actionable techniques for working through climate anxiety. Find resources mentioned in the episode and more at www.climatedecoded.com.