Covering Climate in 2024
American Meteorological Society’s 51st Conference on Broadcast Meteorology
Abstract Deadline: 22 February 2024
Proposed session: 30-minute presentation including three science and communication experts
Requested session date: 12 June 2024
Presenters: Gilford, Casey and a broadcast meteorologist to be confirmed
As public opinion on the realities of human-driven climate change continues to shift, and rapid attribution science continues to advance, the climate conversation must evolve to capitalize on this progress. A large majority of adults in the U.S. now agree that the climate is changing, although some remain doubtful of the degree to which the impacts will affect them personally. Climate attribution science can now provide evidence that climate warming both intensifies extreme weather events and influences everyday temperatures that pose health and economic threats to the citizens that broadcast meteorologists serve.
Extreme event attribution studies calculate the degree to which an extreme weather event was made more or less likely or, in some cases, more or less intense, because of climate change. Groundbreaking air temperature attribution can also determine whether and to what extent human-driven climate change has changed the likelihood of daily temperatures at any location world-wide.
Through this presentation, Climate Central aims to inform broadcast meteorologists on (i) the current state of this rapidly evolving field of climate science, (ii) the most digestible language to use when covering climate attribution, (iii) the best techniques to link climate change to real-world impacts, and (iv) the most comprehensive resources and TV- and publish-ready tools for audience communication.
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