On this week's #UCLGenerationOne episode, @profmarkmaslin and Simon CHIN-YEE talk to Louise Harris from Just Stop Oil, Versha Jones from Climate Reality and Kris De Meyer about the role of activism in the climate crisis.

🎧Listen here: buff.ly/3vPFrwn

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“We will start changing our perspective of climate change from this big scary thing that’s paralysing us into something that collectively, all of us together, know how to do something about”

Kris De Meyer Climate Action Unit | #TEDxLondonCountdown

🆕 #CriticalThinking article I In this new article, Kris De Meyer, Neuroscientist - UCL, argues that if we lived in a world where we really knew how to tackle #ClimateChange , we would be doing many things differently from today. SSH CENTRE EU

👇 More below.
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By the way, the neuro-science behind many of these #COP28 slogans here is pretty solid. Action often comes before value change, while
much of journalism’s theory-of-change assumes that value changes precede action.
See also the ground-breaking work of Kris dr Meyer, Kris De Meyer

Our own Diego Arguedas Ortiz and Katherine Dunn have hosted 400 journalists and 50 experts at our Oxford Climate Journalism Network. Here are 14 things they learnt on reporting on this crucial issue

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🧵 5 lessons in thread #COP28 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/two-years…

“Everyone is waiting for everyone else to act first.”

Dr Kris De Meyer (Kris De Meyer) from King's Geography & Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience shares how “we need to collectively tell stories of doing” to inspire more people to get started on combating climate change. ⬇️ #COP28

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“We need to start to create the recipes and cookbooks of climate action. The stories that help is understand how to make that change possible”

Kris De Meyer | #TEDxLondonCountdown

.Kris De Meyer urges us, “we need to collectively tell stories of doing.”

That’s because “actions drive beliefs, far more often than beliefs drive action.”

An incredible start to #TEDxLondonCountdown – thanks Kris! 😍

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Heatwaves are stronger and more likely to happen because of climate change. Should we start naming them? I tried to answer this question for The Observer.

Thanks for your time Kris De Meyer, Dr Chandni Singh, John Nairn CF, Andrew Charlton-Perez, Dr Kotroni & Kurt Shickman
theguardian.com/world/2023/aug…

The CAU team is at the Nesta office today to hear its conclusions after many, many sessions of ‘The Strategy Room’

Was a delight to run my 8th Data Bites at the IfG this week, with great presentations from Kris De Meyer, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, NHS England and Financial Conduct Authority.

📺You can watch the event back here:

instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/data-bit…

🚨 THIS EVENING 🚨

Join us Institute for Government at 6pm for the 43rd #IFGDataBites and hear about:
- Public dialogues on digital ID
- Secure Data Environments
- Climate change metrics
- Sandboxes and sprints

Sign up in person or online bit.ly/IFGDataBites43

Eine Metastudie zeigt, dass psychologische Distanz zur #Klimakrise ein Mythos ist. Viele fühlen sich bereits jetzt od. bald betroffen. Zu zeigen, wie man effektiv handeln kann, führe eher ins Handeln, sagt Neurowissenschaftler Kris De Meyer. | by Kate Yoder ⤵️grist.org/language/clima…

'Transformative action taken today reduces the consequences to society in the short & long run because it:

✅limits the severity of extreme climate events,
✅reduces the cascading economic & security impacts
✅provides co-benefits for natural ecosystems, air quality & health'

Climate Action Unit shortlisted for two Green Business awards: 'Consultancy' and 'Behavioural Change Campaign' of the year.

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Had a great conversation with David for this podcast recording. An in-depth podcast as a consequence - highly recommended!

Feeling blue about the climate crisis?

Here's the antidote - a glimpse of the break-neck speed at which the transformation away from fossil fuels is starting to happen. rapidtransition.org/commentaries/m…

From humour and psychology to helping Camden Council engage local people, @UCL researchers are working out the best ways to talk about action on #climatechange : bit.ly/3NnKeMx

#COP27 Gemma Moore UCL Inst. for Environmental Design and Engineering, Kris De Meyer Climate Action Unit, Dr Matt Winning UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources Sustainable UCL

So you've tried 'fear' messages, and you've attempted 'solutions' framing - but what else can the Media do when communicating to the public about #climatechange ?

🙋‍♀️New, by me, featuring ideas from Kris De Meyer Climate Action Unit

#climatestories #climatecomms #climateanxiety #climateaction