TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Sippel, Maike
T1  - Key insights from climate communication – and how they can inspire sustainability in higher education
JF  - International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
N2  - Purpose
In order to combat climate change and safeguard a liveable future we need fundamental and rapid social change. Climate communication can play an important role to nurture the public engagement needed for this change, and higher education for sustainability can learn from climate communication.

Approach
The scientific evidence base on climate communication for effective public engagement is summarised into ten key principles, including ‘basing communication on people’s values’, ‘conscious use of framing’, and ‘turning concern into action’. Based on the author’s perspective and experience in the university context, implications are explored for sustainability in higher education.

Findings
The article provides suggestions for teaching (e.g. complement information with consistent behaviour by the lecturer, integrate local stories, and provide students with basic skills to communicate climate effectively), for research (e.g. make teaching for effective engagement the subject of applied research), for universities’ third mission to contribute to sustainable development
in the society (e.g. provide climate communication trainings to empower local stakeholders), andgreening the campus (develop a proper engagement infrastructure, e.g. by a university storytelling exchange on climate action).

Originality
The article provides an up-to-date overview of climate communication research, which is in itself original. This evidence base holds interesting learnings for institutions of higher education, and the link between climate communication and universities has so far not been explored comprehensively.
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Energy transition
KW  - Sustainable development
KW  - Climate action
KW  - Climate communication
KW  - Public engagement
KW  - Higher education
KW  - Teaching
KW  - Research
KW  - Greening campus
Y1  - 2023
SN  - 1758-6739
SS  - 1758-6739
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-07-2022-0208
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-07-2022-0208
VL  - 24
IS  - 7
SP  - 1594
EP  - 1609
PB  - Emerald
CY  - Bingley
ER  -