Storytelling to Accelerate Climate Solutions

Emily Coren is a science communicator and an affiliate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University where she has been working to adapt entertainment-education strategies for health promotion and social change to create more effective climate communication. She has a B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and is a certified professional Science Illustrator. She has worked in science communication for 15 years, contributing to collections at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History, consulting on a World Health Organization clean air campaign, and developing educational content for children's films. Over the last six years, her work has led to new methods in developing frameworks at a national level, connecting community-led experiences to federal, local, and non-profit sector programs for climate change communication. She is a member of the National Association of Science Writers and the Society of Environmental Journalists.

Hua Wang is a communication scientist who is passionate about using innovative strategies for health promotion, behavior change, and social justice. She specializes in the design, implementation, and evaluation of initiatives that leverage powerful storytelling, emerging technologies, and communication networks to facilitate positive change, particularly in the field of entertainment-education. She holds a Ph.D. from University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and is currently Professor of Communication at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Her interdisciplinary research has been funded by federal agencies, private foundations, and nonprofit organizations, appeared in high-impact journals, and received prestigious awards from the American Public Health Association and the International Communication Association. 

Chapter 1: Storytelling as a Catalyst for Climate Change Communication and Empowerment.- Chapter 2: Entertainment-Education and Climate Change: Program Examples, Evidence, and Best Practices from Around the World.- Chapter 3: The Power of Locally-Driven Narratives to Support and Sustain Climate Action.- Chapter 4: Positive Life-Changing Stories Today, Intergenerational Climate Benefits Tomorrow.- Chapter 5: Kembali Ke Hutan (Return to the Forest): Using Storytelling for Youth Engagement and Climate Action in Indonesia.- Chapter 6: Let's Go! Let's Know! N*Gen as an EE Tool for Climate Education and Agency.- Chapter 7: Rhythm and Glue: An Entertainment-Education Prototype for Climate Communication.- Chapter 8: Rewrite the Future: Helping Hollywood Accelerate Climate Solutions through Storytelling.- Chapter 9: LOLs: Secret Weapon Against CFCs and CO2?.- Chapter 10: Climate Fiction to Inspire Green Actions: Tales from Two Authors.- Chapter 11: Visual Storytelling as a Catalyst for Climate Science Communication.- Chapter 12: Music as a Vehicle for Climate Change Communication: The ClimateMusic Project.- Chapter 13: Telling the Story of Climate Change through Food.- Chapter 14: Three Ways to Introduce More Stories of Climate Action into Climate Change News Reporting.- Chapter 15: Community-Based Resilience: The Influence of Collective Efficacy and Positive Deviance on Climate Change-Related Mental Health.- Chapter 16: Mapping Out Our Future: Using Geospatial Tools and Visual Aids to Achieve Climate Empowerment in the U.S..- Chapter 17: Exploring Climate Science in the Metaverse: Interactive Storytelling in Immersive Environments for Deep Learning and Public Engagement.- Chapter 18: Bird's Eye View: Engaging Youth in Storying a Survivability Future through Performance and Interspecies Friendship.- Chapter 19: Instructional Strategies for Climate Education: Storytelling about Our Place in the Earth System.- Chapter 20: What We Need Now to Accelerate Climate Solutions through Storytelling.