Climate literacy

This page showcases student work from the Global Warming: Identification and Mitigation of Climate Risks course taught by Dr. Yamina Saheb. Through diverse formats, students advance climate change literacy by exploring its complex challenges and proposing innovative and informed responses.

 

 

28 July 2025

Making the IPCC work understandable for all: Towards mainstream communication

By Safwane AISSAOUI The IPCC is the most important organism when it comes to delivering an objective overall view of […]
28 July 2025

A “Summary for the Public”: Improving Accessibility of IPCC Findings for the General Public

By Hannah EMERSON As is widely known, with increasingly worse and more rapidly oncoming climate change effects than ever anticipated, […]
28 July 2025

Bridging the Climate Science/Action Gap Via Agency

By Guillermina Loyola PELÁEZ Political failure to act based on the scientific consensus of climate change is an issue of […]
28 July 2025

The Most Sustainable Kind of Travel? Staying at Home

By Christina VANSLETTE After decades of steady growth of greenhouse gas emissions from transport, making up one fourth of global […]
28 July 2025

Climate Change Ethics: Population Control in the Latest IPCC’s Reports (AR4, AR5, AR6)

By Joséphine DESPRES-DIRY Right after the improvement of global life standards, global population growth is the second main driver of […]
28 July 2025

The Importance of Language in the Work of the IPCC

By Annalisa GOZZI This essay reflects on the communication weaknesses of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and suggests […]
28 July 2025

How Does Science Contribute to Climate Action? The Case of Climate Finance

By Anna BERNASCONI How can science contribute to climate action? Exemplified by the IPCC report[1], science performs three functions:  understanding […]
28 July 2025

Our natural soundscape: Reestablishing a connection with nature

By Jeske LOONSTRA Imagine a busy intersection. The car, bike and pedestrian traffic. The honking of the cars, the hustle […]
28 July 2025

Communication is Key: An IPCC Education Report to Expand Outreach

By Judith KOREN IPCC reports are crucial, up-to-date assessments on the state of our climate, advising world leaders, policymakers, and […]
28 July 2025

Fungi’s Potential for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation

By Julianna LEIBOLD Fungi were some of the sole survivors of multiple mass-extinction events and can, hence, tell us a […]