{"id":21149,"date":"2018-01-31T09:32:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T14:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/?p=21149"},"modified":"2018-01-31T09:32:14","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T14:32:14","slug":"ipcc-communication-handbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/index.php\/archives\/2018\/01\/ipcc-communication-handbook\/","title":{"rendered":"IPCC Communication handbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kcite-section\" kcite-section-id=\"21149\">\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/climateoutreach.org\/resources\/ipcc-communications-handbook\/\">handbook on science communication<\/a> came out from IPCC this week. Nominally it&#8217;s for climate science related communications, but it has a wider application as well. This arose mainly out of an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/meeting_documentation\/meeting_documentation_ipcc_workshops_and_expert_meetings.shtml\">&#8220;Expert meeting on Communication&#8221;<\/a> that IPCC held in 2016. <\/p>\n<p><b>6 principles to help IPCC scientists better communicate their work<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"6 principles to help IPCC scientists better communicate their work\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PlN6qs55NNE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2018\/jan\/30\/communicating-the-science-is-a-much-needed-step-for-un-climate-panel\">Guardian article<\/a> on it as well. <\/p>\n<p>The six principles are pretty straightforward:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Be a confident communicator<\/li>\n<li> Talk about the real world, not abstract ideas<\/li>\n<li> Connect with what matters to your audience<\/li>\n<li> Tell a human story<\/li>\n<li> Lead with what you know<\/li>\n<li> Use the most effective visual communication<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Each is supported with references to the relevant literature and with climate-related (&#8220;real world&#8221;) examples that are themselves confidently communicated with effective visuals.  <\/p>\n<p>But what do people think? Is this a useful addition to the literature on communication? Anything you think doesn&#8217;t work? or that perhaps surprises you? <\/p>\n<p>PS. I&#8217;m perhaps a little biased because they use a Peter Essick photo for their cover art that was also in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Climate-Change-Picturing-Gavin-Schmidt\/dp\/0393331253\">my book<\/a>. <\/p>\n<!-- kcite active, but no citations found -->\n<\/div> <!-- kcite-section 21149 -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new handbook on science communication came out from IPCC this week. Nominally it&#8217;s for climate science related communications, but it has a wider application as well. 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