Are you interested in expanding your skills in communicating about the intersections of climate change and health most effectively to catalyze action? This 5-part training series will help you do so. This series builds upon the sessions from our 2023 series. If you weren’t able to join us last year, we encourage you to watch the recordings before viewing these workshops. All 2023 session recordings can be found here.
Be recognized as a Climate Communications Champion
If you watch at least four of the five sessions in this training series, you will be named a Climate Communications Champion. To recognize your achievement and identify you as a powerful voice for climate and health, you will receive a badge to display on your LinkedIn and Twitter profiles and you will be featured on our website as a Climate Communications Champion for easier media visibility. Please email us at info@ms2ch.org if you complete these requirements.
Communications 101: How to Make the Case About Climate Change, Health & Equity
Anna Chen, Senior Associate, Burness
Nick Seaver, Senior Vice President and Co-Director, Training Programs, Burness
Learn how to most effectively deliver messages that rally your audiences to support climate action that benefits health and all of our lives. If you joined or watched one of our 2023 Communications 101 sessions, we still recommend you watch this session as it reflects some new key messages we have developed around fossil fuels. The rest of the session will be the same as the 2023 version.
Effective Presentations: Crafting a One, Three or Five Minute Stump Speech on Climate and Health
Nick Seaver, Senior Vice President and Co-Director, Training Programs, Burness
Gideon Hertz, Associate Vice President and Deputy Director, Training Programs, Burness
Connect presentation and storytelling elements to create meaningful, memorable, and convincing presentations. We share tips for crafting presentations, how to tailor messages to your audience, and tips for delivery.
2.0 Rules of the Road for Engaging With Policymakers
Mona Sarfaty, Emeritus Executive Director, The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
Liz Scott, Director, Federal Clean Air Advocacy, American Lung Association
Federal, state and local policies shape the lives of our patients, hospital systems and our own lives. Understanding how to engage with the leaders behind these policies can help create a better world. Learn how to best do so to create meaningful impact and change.
2.0 Weighing in on Public Discourse: How to Discuss the Impacts of Fossil Fuels on Health
Rob Gould, Strategic Communications Counselor, The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
Lauren Church, Executive Director, Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action
The oil and gas industry has known for decades how fossil fuels cause climate and health impacts, and misinformation and greenwashing have perpetuated their harm. Learn how effective messaging can help shape the narrative around the impacts of fossil fuels in the U.S. and how to address misinformation when working with the general public, patients, or other health leaders.
Coalition Building: Engaging Partners in Your Advocacy
Jack Zhou, Social Scientist, Climate Advocacy Lab
Brittany Keyes, Clean Air Coordinator, Healthy Climate Wisconsin
Bob Kitchen, Vice-Chair of Advocacy, Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action
Shelley Mann-Lev, Executive Director, Healthy Climate New Mexico
Structural and systemic change happens most effectively and quickly when done in coalition. Learn how to connect with others within or aligned with climate or health movements to effectively engage with partners that have similar end goals to create more successful advocacy campaigns.