Climate scientist Winston Chow concedes that the language around climate conversations can sometimes be like an alien tongue. Find out how he and his colleague Terry van Gevelt make climate talk more accessible and relatable.
Hosts Jack Board and Liling Tan bring years of expertise covering climate change and sustainability to this weekly podcast. A one-stop shop for news, views and interviews.9:59 Can you talk climate science without jargon?Explaining climate change can be an exercise in frustration and futility when jargon gets in the way.
Climate academics Professor Winston Chow and Associate Professor Terry van Gevelt from Singapore Management University defend themselves against Liling Tan and Jack Board dials in from scorching Bangkok where the"feels-like” temperature recently hit 52 degrees Celsius.Prof Winston Chow on why climate language is dense:
reflective of very detailed scientific research into climate change that has developed over the past seven years. sweet spot is between distilling the important messages and conveying it in a clear way. don't want to be told that they're stupid, they don't want to be told by some lab coat in an ivory tower, that climate change is going to be bad. It could be downscaled, using the scientific jargon, into something very relevant for that person.
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