Talking Climate
Katharine Hayhoe, Talking Climate Collaborative, Adam Met, Bernadette Woods Placky, Jim Stump, Vikram Baliga, Leah StokesA clear-eyed and hopeful look at climate science and solutions. Weekly climate updates, good climate news, event information, ideas on things to do and ways to join the conversation.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 216 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 3 days ago |
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How climate-driven droughts end childhoods
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Bogs were the topic of the Talking Climate newsletter Merritt Turetsky guest-edited a few weeks ago. Now Eos,...
What’s spooking pumpkin farmers?
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Construction equipment in the Grand River, taken on my morning walk.
I was in Grand Rapids last week, speaking to the Council of Michigan Foundations. Out...
A climate scientist’s note to Hollywood
At the start of every disaster movie, there’s a scientist being ignored
The scientists sound the alarm. Nobody listens. Disaster strikes. It makes for a compelling movie—but what does it leave us feeling able to do?
What’s hiding beneath the bog?
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Conversations catching on at Climate Week
The other week was NYC Climate Week, which happens every year alongside the UN General Assembly. This means that, for a few days, New York is covered in climate people – running down the street, piling into the subway, and filling every cof...
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Authors
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* Climate scientist and communicator * Explaining and depolarizing climate change * Fact-based, practical, and hopeful
Your home for climate communication—equipping trusted voices with the science, tools, and resources to make talk climate with confidence.
Adam Met, PhD, is the “A” in AJR. Offstage, he’s a climate advocate, heads Planet Reimagined, teaches at Columbia, and advises U.S. leaders on energy policy. He’s received TIME’s Earth Award and was named a New York Times Changemaker.
Executive Director of the Talking Climate Collaborative. Helping people talk about climate in ways that connect, stick, and drive change.
VP at BioLogos, host of Language of God podcast, author of The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to Deeper Faith (HarperOne, 2024).
Husband and Dad | Horticulture Professor | Author of Plants to the Rescue! | Planthropology Podcast Host | Endorsed by Several Moms | Funnier than Anticipated
Writing "Notes from the Electric Era." Prof of Climate + Energy Policy @ UCSB. Author of The Carbon Wave, and Short Circuiting Policy. MIT PhD, alum UToronto, Columbia. Host of "A Matter of Degrees" podcast. Also on Bluesky. 🌎
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