After seeing the Canadian documentary of the Tar Sands destruction presented by Interfaith Power and Light last night I realize we all need to be climate practitioners. Sign on at ClimateAccess.org.

Date and time: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 1:00 pm
Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

The fifth climate report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is coming out in late September, and climate practitioners need to have an understanding of the playing field to be able to talk about it effectively. What are the kind of climate arguments that frequently surface in news reports, blog posts and forums throughout the world? Where are global climate attitudes at, and how have they changed of late?

Find out by signing up for a live briefing via webinar by Kalee Kreider about the United Nations Foundation’s global analysis of public opinion and online media: “Media and Polling Trends on Climate Change Around the World,” on Wednesday September 4 from 1-2:30 pm EDT (10-11:30 am PDT). This briefing is for Climate Access members-only. (Not a member yet? Apply here.)

The UN Foundation’s analysis draws conclusions about strategies and approaches likely to work well in the 14 countries that the research focuses on (US, UK, Germany, France, Belgium, Poland, India, China, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa) but will be useful for all Climate Access members regardless of location. The briefing will help you incorporate climate science communication best practices into your work as well communicate effectively about the IPCC report.

Following the presentation, Climate Access director Cara Pike will moderate a Q&A session.

Kalee Kreider is a special advisor for climate science at the United Nations Foundation. Also a consultant and director of Kreider Strategies, LLC, Kalee served as communications director and environmental advisor for the Office of Al Gore from 2006 to 2012. Previous to that, she was senior vice president of Fenton Communications.