Visualizing Climate Change – A Guide to Visual Communication of Climate Change and Developing Local Solutions

Citation

(2012), "Visualizing Climate Change – A Guide to Visual Communication of Climate Change and Developing Local Solutions", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 23 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2012.08323eaa.012

Visualizing Climate Change – A Guide to Visual Communication of Climate Change and Developing Local Solutions

Visualizing Climate Change – A Guide to Visual Communication of Climate Change and Developing Local Solutions

Article Type: Books and resources From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 23, Issue 5.

Edited by Stephen R.J. SheppardRoutledgeLondonMarch 2012514 pp.ISBN 9781844078202US$79.90

Carbon dioxide and global climate change are largely invisible, and the prevailing imagery of climate change is often remote (such as ice floes melting) or abstract and scientific (charts and global temperature maps).

Using visual imagery such as 3D and 4D visualisations of future landscapes, community mapping and iconic photographs, this book demonstrates new ways to make carbon and climate change visible where we care the most, in our own backyards and local communities. Extensive colour imagery explains how climate change works where we live, and reveals how we often conceal, misinterpret or overlook the evidence of climate change impacts and our carbon usage that causes them.

This guide to using visual media in communicating climate change vividly brings to life both the science and the practical solutions for climate change, such as local renewable energy and flood protection. It introduces powerful new visual tools (from outdoor signs to video-games) for communities, action groups, planners and other experts to use in engaging the public, building awareness and accelerating action on the world's greatest crisis.