» Max Boykoff on Navigating Climate Change: Communication and Politics

On February 9, Max Boykoff will be giving a public lecture at the Royal Society in
Wellington, New Zealand.

How do we present the big issues in science both in New Zealand and overseas? What do we do well and what could we do better?

In the 21st century, effective science communication helps citizens to link academic research and policy with their everyday lives.  Maxwell Boykoff will highlight how various communication approaches function, and why they succeed or fail to ‘meet people where they are’.  Ultimately, he argues that climate conversations are generally stuck: the scale of response – shaped in part by discussions and deliberations in the public arena – has not yet risen to the scale of the challenge.  We need to be more effective in harnessing the power of communication and creativity and to confront what works where, when and why in climate change communications.

6pm Tuesday 9 February 2016
Te Whare Apārangi, Royal Society of New Zealand
11 Turnbull Street, Thorndon, Wellington

Presentation by Associate Professor Maxwell Boykoff and discussion with Professor David Frame, Director Climate Change Research Institute, chaired by Peter Griffin, Director, Science Media Centre. More Information.