Climate Denial Conversation Guide

Conversations / Climate

Climate Denial Conversation

A structured approach to hosting conversations that help individuals resolve climate denial and remove mental barriers to action.

What to use this tool for

To foster understanding, collaboration, and productive dialogue among individuals with differing perspectives or levels of denial around climate change.

When to use this tool

Useful when you are engaging with audiences that have difficulties dealing with the reality of climate change, this can also be on many different levels. We would recommend mapping the denial of your audience first using this tool.

How to use this tool

1. Map the denial of your audience: use our survey to better understand your audience
2. Design the conversation: Use the steps in this tool below to design the conversation. You could use a digital tool like Time To Talk to host this conversation or do it in offline spaces, with groups or between individuals.
3. Invite your audience: find a time and invite your audiences to join the conversation
4. Host the conversation
5. Gather feedback: get insights about what people talked about and share it back into your audience to start shifting the norms around denial and agency

The Tool in Action

Digital Conversations / Climate

How a Serbian NGO changed the norms on solar energy communities

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Used for:

Difficulty:

Approach:

Conversations

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Climate