How climate data can be used as a communication tool: a workshop for ECRs

Details: 5th July 2023, 14:00-17:00 (GMT+1) - In-person event

Is this event for me?

This event is for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) whose work develops data and information which is used to evidence climate change.

This includes researchers who directly measure physical variables (like temperature, precipitation), who analyse observational data (like sea level rise and greenhouse gas concentrations), and those who quantify the impacts of climate change (like storm severity and heatwave prevalence).

Event summary

Researchers who produce and analyse climate data are tasked with an important  challenge: to provide information that explains how human activities are altering the planet.  

The expectation to meet this challenge can feel huge. And yet, for early career researchers in particular, little training is provided to help navigate it. 

At this event, the UCL Climate Action Unit will explore the role of data experts in the communication of climate change.  

In a series of activities over three hours, participants will interrogate a case study of our project to develop new climate risk metrics. As part of this we will question: 

• the purpose of metrics in climate communication 
• the range of professionals involved the production of climate information (scientists, communicators and designers) 
• the changes needed to build better metrics in the future

Join us to discover the challenges of climate data communication, and opportunities for making them better through your research. 

Please note: this workshop will be followed by a drinks reception for a range of people who’ve been involved with the development of these metrics. We’d very much like you to stay for this after the workshop ends (17:00 onwards).

Attendee limits

Due to the capacity of the room and the type of interactive workshop we like to run, there are a limited number of spaces for this workshop.

If you would like to participate, please follow the link to register your interest.  We will send an email to confirm your place in this workshop as soon as we are able to do so.

Accessibility

This event will be held in Bentham House: a building on the Bloomsbury Campus of University College London. If you have any accessibility requirements or concerns about your ability to participate in this event please tell us and we will endeavour to help.

To contact the event Project Manager (Freya Roberts) send an email to climateactionunit@ucl.ac.uk 

Further information

Find out more about the UCL Climate Action Unit and our work creating new climate metrics by visiting our website.