Index
agenda-setting 69
Ahmedabad 253
Aoyagi-Usui, Midori 233
Aquino, Corazon 89
Arctic 8–9, 32–33, 35, 70, 127
attribution science 6–8, 13, 16–17, 21–22, 50, 224, 245–246, 248–256
Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten (AG) 55
Australia 41
Bangladesh 7, 14–16, 21–23, 209–213, 216, 218, 223–224, 227, 229–235, 252–253
Berger, Peter 3
Berry, Evan 165
Booth, Ben 255
Bore, Inger-Lise 50
Bostrom, Ann 232
Bravo, Michael 168
Brody, Samuel 214
Bruine de Bruin, Wändi 233
Burkina Faso 84
Cabecinhas, Rosa 41
Cable News Network (CNN) 56
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) 56
Capstick, Stuart 233
Carvalho, Anabela 41
Christianity 179, 183, 185–188, 191–192, 197, 201
civic epistemology 83
climate change 8, 247, 250, 254, 256
as manmade 1, 5, 7–9, 11–13, 16–17, 20–21, 35, 39, 50–51, 62, 65, 78, 82, 84, 88, 104, 106, 114, 163, 171, 179, 194, 198, 223, 245–251, 253–255
attention to 4, 68, 122, 130, 253
awareness of 1, 15, 19, 22–23, 41, 81, 90, 123–126, 134–135, 162–163, 210, 214–215, 226, 230–231, 234–235, 253
connection with society 2
impacts of 8–9, 12, 14, 31–35, 39, 49, 51–54, 65–68, 82, 89–90, 94, 97–98, 102–103, 107, 109, 125, 131–133, 135–136, 150–151, 209, 211–213, 216, 220–226, 228, 232, 246, 250, 252–253, 256
metrics of 246
narratives of 20, 33–34, 70, 79–80, 82–83, 91, 112, 125, 165, 170–171, 181–183, 199–200
vulnerability to 17, 89, 124, 127, 142, 211, 217, 248, 253–254, 256
Climate Change Commission (Philippines) 90
climate change communication 14, 79–80, 82, 87–89, 100, 102–103, 128–129, 138, 210, 213, 229, 231, 233
dilemma of 103
climate change threat index (CCTI) 126
climate conferences 62–64, 139, 142, 151
climate denial 3–5, 20, 128, 199
climate models 198
climate variability 16, 162, 171–175, 211, 253, 255–256
climate victims 14, 124–125, 128, 212
climatized local practices 20
collective efficacy 3
Conference of the Parties (COP) 4, 11, 121–123, 129–131, 137–141, 144–147, 149, 151–153, 168, 229
as media event 4
COP 21 11, 121, 129–131, 137–141, 144–147, 149, 151–152
cultural models 80, 85–87, 95, 106, 114
cultural theory of risk 170
data collection 93, 95–96, 99, 101, 219
methods of 95
triangulation of methods 96
deficit model 86, 88, 112, 114, 129
Dessai, Suraje 233
dike 12, 121, 130, 132, 136, 142–143, 146, 148–153, 224–225
discourses
climate change discourses 6–7, 12, 33, 35, 77–78, 82–83, 89, 104, 112, 161–165, 169, 173, 182, 194–195, 197, 199–200, 225
global discourses 5–6, 11, 15, 22, 77, 79, 82, 87–88, 112–114, 161, 174, 176, 192, 200
transnational and local discourses 1, 3–9, 12–13, 17–18, 20, 22–23, 34, 43, 70, 80–81, 91, 130–131, 145, 161
Donner, Simon 199
drought 4, 13, 16, 49, 68, 106, 110, 127, 149, 163, 166–167, 171–172, 174–176, 181–182, 185, 191, 213, 245, 250, 253, 255–256
Eblacas, Paula Reynolds 41, 68
education 22, 43–45, 47, 55, 64, 67, 78, 86, 162–163, 169, 195, 200, 218, 230
Elbe 11, 130–131, 135, 148–151, 155
El Niño Southern Oscillation 255
England 33
Englund, Harri 193
entanglement of meanings 1–2, 7, 17, 20, 23
environmental development 99
environmentalism 10–11, 94, 99, 112–113
ethnographer
role of 101
Europe 35, 51, 167, 195, 215, 246, 254
Northern 254
extreme precipitation 250–252, 254
extreme weather 1, 5–8, 13, 15–17, 21, 23, 79, 89, 91, 97–98, 126, 209, 211, 213, 216, 222, 232, 245–246, 248, 250–251, 253–256
experiences of 1, 6, 23, 213, 216, 222, 232
Farbotko, Carol 34
fieldwork 7, 77, 82–83, 88, 91, 93, 95–96, 99, 112, 161, 179
flood 12, 14, 38, 49, 56–57, 68, 89, 130, 132, 134, 136–137, 142–143, 148, 150–151, 153, 210, 212, 214, 221–225, 232, 249–250, 252–253, 255
focus group interviews 8, 34, 39, 41, 43–44, 51, 56, 58, 60, 68, 121, 137
France 124
Füchslin, Tobias 47
Gee, Kira 134
Geneletti’s, Davide 214
geo-hazard, regional 14–15, 209–211, 220
Germany 7, 11–12, 18–20, 22, 41, 101–102, 121, 130, 134–138, 143, 145, 149, 151, 213, 254
Northern 11, 18, 121, 130, 151, 254
Global Climate Risk Index 89
global mean temperature rise 246
global warming 2, 6, 9, 16, 18, 39, 48, 66, 78, 80, 82, 88, 90, 100, 106–111, 127, 153, 194, 211, 223–224, 226, 246–248
God 13, 21, 147, 162, 165, 167, 171, 174, 177, 180–181, 183–185, 187–191, 193–200
Goebbert, Kevin 232
Good, Peter 255
Gore, Al 4
greenhouse effect 2, 36, 82, 84, 101–102, 209–210, 246–248, 250–251, 253
Greenland 2–3, 7–9, 13–15, 18–20, 31–37, 42–51, 53–63, 65–70, 75, 81, 111, 215–216
Grounded Theory 95–96, 218–219
Hadler Kurier 135
Hamburg 4, 11–12, 19, 121, 130–152, 154–156, 254
heatwave 38, 134, 245, 247–248, 250, 253–254, 256
Helles, Rasmus 47
Hodgson, Dorothy 185
Horton, Robin 186
hubris 197
human-environment relationships 113–114
hypothetical distance 214
ice melting 8–9, 19, 31–33, 39, 49–50, 56–57, 63, 68, 70, 101, 108–109, 127, 223, 225
ice sheet 31–32, 35, 49, 56–57, 68
Indigenous peoples 33, 35, 97, 147, 165, 168, 192
Ingold, Tim 83
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 4, 10, 32–33, 78, 89–90, 103, 108, 211, 246–247, 250–252, 254
Jasanoff, Sheila 5–6, 10, 79, 83, 215
Jensen, Klaus Bruhn 47, 125, 128–129
Joffe, Helene 38–39, 49, 52, 56, 64–65, 127, 129
journalism 5, 7, 9, 17–18, 20, 60, 142, 144, 211
logics of 5
Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (KNR) 46–47, 55
Kempton, Willett 85
knowledge
knowledge deficit 200
knowledge transfer 78–79, 90, 99–100, 114
Kumar, Parveen 214
Lázaro, Alexandra 41
Lazrus, Heather 34
Leiserowitz, Anthony 232
Leukerbad 83
lifestyle 1–2, 13, 23, 111, 142, 177, 179
nomadic 177
local communities 3, 5, 7–8, 12–14, 17–22, 24, 127, 165, 170, 219, 223–224, 229
rooted in 18
rootedness in 20
local concerns 18, 21, 23, 200
day-to-day 163
primacy of 21
local epistemology 83
localization 1, 7, 18, 20, 23, 66, 80, 82, 90, 106, 111, 141, 149, 169, 209, 211, 223, 249, 254
of climate-change risks 211
localization of climate-change risks 211
local newspapers 12, 143–145, 152
long-term inhabitants 12, 121, 138, 153
Luckmann, Thomas 3
Maasai 9, 12–13, 19–21, 161–162, 164–166, 168–171, 175–181, 183–188, 191–194, 196, 200–201
Maasailand 2, 12, 161, 163, 169, 174, 185–186, 188, 192–193, 200
Macapagal-Arroyo, Gloria 90
Media and Climate Change Observatory 4
media coverage 4, 6, 9, 11, 18–19, 39–42, 53, 56–57, 61, 65, 67–68, 70, 81, 113, 122, 124, 126–131, 137–139, 144–146, 148, 152, 216, 232
criticism of 18–19, 40, 60, 68
“doomsday” coverage 53, 60, 200
overwhelming effect of 124, 144, 146
media debate on climate change 4
media fatigue 40
media use 11, 19, 34, 41, 43, 45–47, 55, 62, 70, 121, 131, 139, 151, 230, 233, 246
survey on 46
Metag, Julia 47
Minor, Kelton 66
morality 1, 13, 17, 19, 21, 85, 87, 99, 162, 170–171, 178, 180–183, 185, 188, 190–191, 196, 200
Namibia 23
national climate change strategy plan 212
newspapers 12, 32, 39, 41–42, 55, 59, 81, 122, 134–135, 140–141, 143–145, 152–153, 229, 233
New York Times, The 56
Nicholson-Cole, Sophie 124, 128
Nicholson, Sharon 255
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) 1, 4, 10, 14–15, 19, 166, 168–169, 194–196, 219, 221–222, 224–226, 229–231
normality 176
North Sea 12, 121, 130–135, 151
Norway 67
Nuuk 2, 8, 19, 31–32, 34, 36–39, 43–44, 46–50, 52–53, 56, 64–70, 75
Olausson, Ulrika 38, 40, 51, 64–65, 67–69
Online Media Monitor on Climate Change 4
Orkonerei Radio Service (ORS) 192–193
Otterndorf 11–12, 121, 130–152
ozone 86, 106, 162, 175–176, 194
Pacific Ring of Fire 92
Palawan 2, 10–11, 77, 79–82, 86, 89, 91–95, 97–100, 102, 105, 109, 111–115
Palawan Conservation Corps (PCC) 100–101, 103–104
Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) 93, 112
Paris Agreement 33, 36, 121, 246
participant observation 83, 95–96, 99
patterns of communication 6, 17–18
patterns of interpretation 3, 6, 17, 19, 131, 139, 144
personal connection 146
personal experiences 8, 10, 15, 31–32, 34, 39, 42, 47, 49–50, 55, 58–60, 62–64, 66–69, 81, 123, 126, 211, 213, 216, 220–221, 226, 232, 234
weather experiences 83, 126, 128–130, 152
Philippines 3, 7, 15, 21–22, 77, 79, 88–94, 97, 99, 101, 112, 115
place identity 15, 209, 211, 232
plurality of perspectives 200
Politiken 55
Portugal 41
“prior commitments” 179, 198, 200–201
radio 13–14, 41–42, 46, 56, 81, 110, 122, 140, 143–144, 162, 192–193, 196–199, 229–230, 233
radio community groups 192
rain 13, 16, 21, 23, 84, 105, 109–111, 134, 162–163, 166, 171–185, 187–191, 194–199, 212–213, 220, 227–228, 249–250, 255–256
Ratter, Beate 134
Rayner, Thompson 86
Reid, Grace 50
religion 1, 3, 12–13, 17, 19, 21, 23–24, 78, 136, 164–165, 172, 178–181, 184–189, 192, 199
responsibility 15, 21–22, 39, 69, 125, 127, 142, 148–150, 165, 169–170, 178–181, 194, 229
for action 3
risk perception 13–14, 126, 134, 153, 164, 170, 201, 210, 213–214, 216, 232
Roncoli, Carla 84
Rowell, David 255
Rudiak-Gould, Peter 87, 113, 163, 170, 183, 201
salinization 14–15, 22–23, 210, 212, 220–221, 225–227
Sampei, Yuki 233
Satkhira 216
Schlichting, Inga 35
Schnegg, Michael 23
science communication 85–86, 213
sea level rise 12, 14, 53, 82, 94, 102–103, 107, 109, 132–133, 135–136, 150–151, 211, 213, 223, 225–226
seasonal variation 173, 209, 211, 220–221, 227, 232
sense-making 1, 3–6, 8, 15, 17, 20–21, 23–24, 31–34, 36–39, 42, 44, 47–50, 55–56, 58–59, 62, 64–65, 67–70, 77, 79–82, 84, 94, 99, 111–112, 125–126, 128–129, 145–146, 151–152, 163–164, 171, 174, 183
as a process of social construction 3
Siberian Times 56
skepticism 9, 35, 51, 65, 78, 98, 109–111, 199
Smith, Nicholas 38–39, 49, 52, 56, 64–65, 127, 129
social construct 34
social construction 3, 123–124, 235
social media 6, 20, 42, 46, 56
social realities 2
social representations theory 3, 8, 15, 34, 37–39, 44, 46–48, 51, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 81, 95, 112–113
social space 123, 127–128, 130
Sorensen, Knut Holtan 65–66, 126
South East Asia 92
space 6, 11, 65, 70, 121–123, 125, 127–131, 138, 145–146, 153, 164, 169, 201, 224
spatial distance 123–125, 128, 130–131, 146, 152, 213–214
spatial proximity 18, 57, 123–125, 127–128, 130–131, 214, 222, 225, 227, 232
spatial turn 122
Spencer, Paul 188
storm 14–15, 38, 48, 111, 132–135, 142–143, 148–151, 210, 212, 217, 220–223, 229, 231
storm surge 132–135, 142–143, 148, 150, 212, 217
Strauss, Sarah 83
survey 11, 34, 36, 41, 43, 46–47, 55–56, 58–59, 62, 66, 70, 83, 91, 96, 98, 128–129, 134, 137–139, 144–145, 149, 151–152
Tanzania 2, 7, 9, 12, 35, 161–163, 168, 176–177, 181, 190, 193, 256
Taylor, Andrea 233
television 18, 41–42, 46–47, 55–56, 81, 122, 140, 144, 230
Terrat 161–166, 168, 170, 173–175, 177, 183, 186, 188, 192–193, 195–197, 200–201
Thompson, Michael 86
threatening future 19
Thunberg, Greta 4
tornado 250
translation regimes 82, 85, 87, 89, 93, 100–101, 111–113
transnational events 4
“travelling idea” 1, 10, 18, 21, 77–78, 80, 113
tree planting 10, 20–22, 94, 98–99, 102, 106, 111, 114, 162, 169, 194
trust 9, 18, 35, 41, 47, 51, 55, 58–59, 62, 64, 109, 197–198
typhoon 89–90, 92, 99, 101–102, 111
United Kingdom 41, 67, 115, 124, 127, 168, 204, 232, 254
United Nations 2, 4, 42, 90, 92–93, 121–122, 130, 154, 246
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 92
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 4, 90, 122, 246
United States 5, 21, 33, 39, 41, 86, 123–126, 213–215, 250
unpredictability 19, 49, 64, 174–175, 228
van Beek, Walter 182
“voices from afar” 18
Wadden Sea Region (WSR) 133–134, 155
wealth inequality betweeen cities and countryside 153
“weather prophet” 198
wind 83
Wolling, Jens 41
Youtube 141
Zanocco, Chad 126