How (not) to talk about climate change
The UK’s Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has complained in a report released today that much media reporting of climate change issues is “confusing, contradictory and chaotic, and with the likely result that the public feels disempowered and uncompelled to act.” The report identifies ten different ways the media talk about climate change, from alarmist to techno-optimism. The BBC’s environmental journalist Richard Black discusses the report here.