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"The imagery of climate change matters. How we perceive the world affects how
we perceive climate change, and how it will affect us – or whether it will
affect us at all.
Imagery has long been understood as an important part of climate communication.
Climate change is complex, and requires some simplification to be communicated
widely. Yet, this process of simplification can rely too heavily on existing
stereotypes, which can affect risk perception across different populations.
Think of climate vulnerability. This term describes who is likely to be
negatively affected by climate change. Perceptions of vulnerability are
affected by the images that are chosen to represent climate change. However,
the images that are chosen also reflect our perceptions of who is vulnerable.
For example, sea level rise is often represented through aerial images of
Pacific atolls and ice melt is made emotional through the use of polar bears.
But which images are most often used to represent human vulnerability to
climate change?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
