Summary
The Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub is a unique research entity, headquartered in Australia, bringing university resources to the world of climate communication. We were established within Monash University’s School of Media, Film and Journalism in late 2016, and have since grown into an international and inter-disciplinary research group working with a vast range of university, industry and scientific partners.
We apply research strategies from media studies, journalism, climate science, sociology, psychology, international relations, education, and political science. This involves researching public attitudes towards climate change, and ways to better communicate the science and solutions. We partner with mainstream media entities such as television networks and community news to deliver trusted localised climate information to large audiences in meaningful ways.
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About
Vision
To live in a world in which climate change is depoliticised, where people trust and understand the science and the solutions.
Mission
To build media, communication, and education programs that clearly communicate accurate, relevant climate science and solutions.
Objectives
To facilitate global climate literacy, where governments, policymakers, businesses, and the public can make informed decisions in response to the evolving impacts of climate change.
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Projects
One of MCCCRH’s communication strategies is always go to where attention already is, which requires extensive research into the ‘attention economy’ of national media ecosystems, as well as the relevance of messages.
The MCCCRH’s flagship program, Climate Communicators, produces simple, long-term climate graphics for Australian weather presenters.
In partnership with NewsCorp Australia, we deliver localised climate graphics and climate journalism to local publications across Australia.
Speaking to different audiences requires a range of texts and with this project we explore the power of poetry to communicate climate change in Australia.
Sonifying Climate Change in Australia
Can sound help us better understand climate change? Working in collaboration with Penn State University, our sonification project plots data from extreme weather events such as cyclones, and turns it into unique soundtracks, effectively allowing us to hear these events in an entirely new way.
Thinking Climate: Perceptions of Climate Change in Australia
In collaboration with Australian & international partners, this project will conduct ‘audience segmentation studies’ to understand the different ways Australians perceive climate change.
Cli-Fi: Climate Fiction & Climate Change
Climate fictions are an important way of communicating climate science to non-specialist audiences and are currently being explored within the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics.
Monash University Interactive Simple Climate Model
The Monash University Interactive Simple Climate Model (MSCM) is a web-based interface that allows users to explore the physical simulation of the climate system with a real global climate model.
Climate Notes is a multimedia installation and performance project by Anna McMichael (violin) and Louise Devenish (percussion). It builds on the Is This How You Feel project, a collection of handwritten letters from 50 leading international climate scientists created in 2014 and 2020.
The 4D Project is a holistic, interdisciplinary strategy in response to climate solutions misinformation. The Project is in response to climate misinformation, organised around four themes: Detect, Deconstruct, Debunk, and Deploy
Climate Genie is a web extension that offers an automated fact-check of online climate change misinformation. This project is currently in the development stage.
Climate change solutions – student videos
Video Lab students in Monash’s Bachelor of Media Communications were tasked with creating a short video that investigates a climate change solution. Each video’s purpose is to increase audiences’ understanding of the many solutions to climate change.
Reports
AFL fans’ perception of climate change and of AFL action on climate change
This report documents the findings of a survey of 567 Australians and their views on AFL action on climate change.
Australia’s COVID-19 Vaccine Audiences
This study shows there are five distinct publics on COVID-19 vaccination in Australia with varying patterns of interest and concern, and different levels of trust in sources and channels for information.
Climate Change: Concern, Behaviour and the Six Australias
This report documents the findings of a surveys of 3098 Australians and examines their levels of concern and action on climate change.
Temperature check: Greening Australia’s warming cities
Commissioned by the Australian Conservation Foundation, this report examines the benefits of vegetation in cooling our cities.
Best practice data visualisation: Guidelines and case study
This report details guidelines for best-practice data visualisation and presents an in-depth description of design and content choices for an urban heat island case study.
Supporting climate-friendly behaviour change
This fact sheet provides an introduction to one of the latest models for understanding what influences behaviour change, and explains how this model can help climate change campaigners support individuals to adopt new behaviours.
Media coverage of climate science in Australian newspapers: A case study of the State of the Climate reports
This report examines the media coverage around the release of the past five State of the Climate reports, examining the framing and extent to which climate climate science is discussed in the Australia media.
Black Summer: Australian newspaper reporting of the nation’s worst bushfire season
This report examines the media coverage the unprecedented Australian summer 2019/20 bushfires.
Black Saturday: Australian newspaper reporting of the nation’s deadliest bushfire
This report examines the media coverage five days either side of 2009’s deadly Black Saturday bushfires.
Caught behind: Climate change, extreme heat and the Boxing Day Test
Commissioned by the Australian Conservation Foundation, this report examines the impact that climate change and extreme heat are having on the Boxing Day Test.
Vicious cycle: Climate change, extreme heat and the Tour Down Under
Commissioned by the Australian Conservation Foundation, this report examines the impact that climate change and extreme heat are having on Australian cycling and the Tour Down Under.
Love 40 degrees? Climate change, extreme heat and the Australian Open
Commissioned by the Australian Conservation Foundation, this report examines the impact that climate change and extreme heat are having on the Australian Open.
Climate change communication in the Pacific Islands
Commissioned by ABC International Development, Climate Change Communication in the Pacific Islands analyses newspaper reporting across nine Pacific Island Countries- Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
Scoping study of Victorian national parks as sites to communicate climate change
The following report is a pilot analysis of the ten most visited National Parks in Victoria and there potential for acting as sites to communicate climate change.
Newspaper reporting of the September 2016 South Australian mid-latitude cyclone
Description
The 2017 Australian weather presenter survey
This report documents the initial findings of the first Australian weather presenters survey and sought to understand the collective attitudes of the Australian weather presenting community in relation to climate change.
Visualising the power of renewables in the City of Monash
This survey details the results of a collaborative study between Monash University and the City of Monash in which 457 residents were interviewed to understand the motivations and barriers that households experience with regards to installing renewable energy in the home.
Cyclone Debbie: Sonification background report
This report examines the formation and impacts of Cyclone Debbie, the most powerful storm to make landfall in Queensland.
A survey of Australian TV audiences’ views on climate change
This report documents the findings of a national survey of TV audiences’ views on climate change in Australia.
A survey of Melbourne TV audiences’ views on climate change: Key Findings
Our city-based reports are available on request. Please contact us at mcccrh@monash.edu to be directed to the corresponding author.
A survey of Sydney TV audiences’ views on climate change: Key Findings
Our city-based reports are available on request. Please contact us at mcccrh@monash.edu to be directed to the corresponding author.
A survey of Perth TV audiences’ views on climate change: Key Findings
Our city-based reports are available on request. Please contact us at mcccrh@monash.edu to be directed to the corresponding author.
A survey of Adelaide TV audiences’ views on climate change: Key Findings
Our city-based reports are available on request. Please contact us at mcccrh@monash.edu to be directed to the corresponding author.
A survey of Brisbane TV audiences’ views on climate change: Key Findings
Our city-based reports are available on request. Please contact us at mcccrh@monash.edu to be directed to the corresponding author.
Malaysia national survey on climate change concern, behaviour, and media attitude – preliminary report
This survey focuses on Malaysia’s public perception, behavioural responses, and media preference around climate change.
