Making sense of climate change graphics
Assessing how well the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) graphics are understood by the policymakers who rely on them—so that critical science can be clearer, more usable, and more actionable.
USC Completed 2021
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We developed practical guidelines to make clearer climate visuals, so climate policy makers can act on what they see.
The IPCC delivers the world’s most trusted climate science, but when its graphics are too complex, policymakers can’t easily understand the risks or act on them. We partnered with the UN Foundation to find out which visuals weren’t working, so we could make them clearer and more effective.
Easier-to-understand climate science means faster, more confident decisions—leading to stronger climate solutions, from global agreements to local plans.
Meet the project team
Marianna Babboni
Project Manager
Research team
Wändi Bruine de Bruin
Project Lead
USC Price School of Public Policy, and Dornsife Psychology
Lila Rabinovich
USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research
Lance Ignon
Price School of Public Policy, Communications
Sigourney Luz
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Alix Kashdan
United Nations Foundation
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