Why is climate communication resisted? An overview of public reception, argumentation, and imaginaries

The Belgian Climate Centre is organising a new seminar of the Climate Cookies & Coffee series:

Why is climate communication resisted? An overview of public reception, argumentation, and imaginaries

Presenter: Anais Augé (Université Catholique de Louvain)

Biography: Dr. Anais Augé is a FNRS researcher, supervisor, and lecturer at the Catholic University of Louvain. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Language and Culture. She is interested in politicians' argumentation in the context of climate change, which she compares with citizens' standpoints, experiences, and emotions. This leads her to consider climate justice issues, through cultural approaches to climate communication, in the Global North and in the Global South. She is the author of two monographs: Metaphor and Argumentation in Climate Crisis Discourse (2023) and Resistance to Climate Crisis Metaphors (2027).

Abstract: This presentation will give us the opportunity to reflect on the public reception of climate communication. Indeed, international…