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Journal article
Communicating Urban Climate: An International Overview
City and Environment Interactions, Vol.28, pp.1-24
2025
Abstract
Urban climate phenomena significantly affect the well-being of city populations. However, recent studies reveal limited awareness of urban climate among key stakeholders who shape climate adaptation efforts. Communication offers a promising means of addressing this gap and mobilising stakeholders towards effective adaptation. Yet, the effectiveness of communication in engaging these groups remains unclear. This study investigates how urban climate communication functions among key stakeholder groups: citizens, politicians, urban planners and designers, and urban climate experts, and examines its role in fostering awareness and driving action. This study employed a qualitative research design using key informant interviews with 92 experts across nine countries. The findings reveal a widespread need for improved communication, particularly stronger collaboration between urban climate experts and urban planners and designers. These groups hold essential knowledge and complementary expertise and should form closer partnerships with political decision-makers. Interviews revealed that two-thirds of urban planners and designers struggle to translate climate data into actionable strategies, citing inaccessible communication from experts. Two-thirds of respondents also identified a persistent disconnect between policymakers and citizens, resulting in fragmented adaptation efforts. The study underscores the importance of tailored, interactive communication strategies that account for diverse governance structures, socio-economic conditions, and development contexts across the countries examined. The findings highlight the urgency of strengthening urban climate communication to enable more inclusive, coordinated, and effective adaptation responses.
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- Title
- Communicating Urban Climate: An International Overview
- Authors
- Ivana Vujić (Corresponding Author) - Wageningen University & ResearchSanda Lenzholzer - Wageningen University & ResearchGerrit J. Carsjens - Wageningen University & ResearchRobert D. Brown - Texas A&M UniversitySilvia G. Tavares - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Bioclimatic and Sociotechnical Cities Lab
- Publication details
- City and Environment Interactions, Vol.28, pp.1-24
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cacint.2025.100248
- ISSN
- 2590-2520
- Copyright note
- © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Data Availability
- Data will be made available on request.
- Organisation Unit
- Bioclimatic and Sociotechnical Cities Lab; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991192244802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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