Climate Visuals: How To Blend Facts With Creativity

Desciption

A year of unforgiving global heat waves emphasizes the need for accurate and creative climate change visualization in journalism and science communication. The session will highlight the need for nuanced, evidence-based, eye-catching visuals for climate change through conversations with a visual journalist who works on the ground, a multimedia editor who collaborates with a network of journalists to produce stories and a social scientist who analyzes climate change and heat wave visuals. This panel will explore the power of visuals in representing climate realities, combating misinformation, and engaging diverse audiences across multiple platforms. They will discuss innovative strategies for making climate change impacts and solutions accessible and compelling, emphasizing the importance of correct representation to foster understanding and action.