Communicating climate change - Are messages falling on deaf ears?
The ravages of extreme weather events are evident in different parts of the world, with threats and risks increasingly urgent. However, the messaging around climate crises seems to be placid, unchanging and ineffective. Is it time to look at how climate impact is communicated? On January 27, 2026, at 15:00 GMT and 10:00 EST, CIPR International Committee member Klao Bell-Lewis Chart.PR will chair this discussion on language and its effect on policy and action entitled "Communicating climate change: Are messages falling on deaf ears?"
Participants are:
Klao Bell-Lewis, Chart.PR (Moderator)
Communications and Project Management Specialist - Jamaica
Klao Bell-Lewis is a professional communicator, experienced leader, people developer, and measurement evangelist who works in the areas of public relations, social impact and project management. She is a member of CIPR’s International Committee.
Stacy-ann Robinson, PhD
Environmental Policy and Climate Impact Expert
Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences at Emory University - USA
Dr Stacy-ann Robinson is Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences at Emory University.. Her work focuses on adaptation, adaptation finance, and responses to loss and damage in small island developing states. She has contributed to global climate policy engagement, including as a Contributing Author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IIPCC) Sixth Assessment Report and now as Coordinating Lead Author of Chapter 5 (Responses to Losses and Damages) in the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report.
Tyrone Hall, PhD
Sustainability Strategy, Communication and Policy Specialist
Head of Brookfield Sustainability Institute, Office of Research and Innovation - Canada
Dr Hall is a public policy communicator and sustainability specialist with in-country research, intergovernmental and industry experience across the Americas, Africa, India and the Pacific region. With expertise being grounded in award winning doctoral research, he has, through the Vanier and Ontario Trillium fund examined campaign and negotiation processes in relation to the landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change, alongside communication processes in 17 indigenous and traditional villages across Belize, Fiji and India.
Ferdinand L. Bondoy
Sustainability and Crisis Communication Expert
Group CEO COMCO Mundo League of Enterprises - Phillipines
A champion of strategic integration, Ferdinand L. Bondoy is a multi-awarded communications practitioner who is a co-founder of ComCo Southeast Asia. The trailblazing communications agency has done ground-breaking work for more than 65 local, regional and international brands including reputable development and humanitarian organizations.
Contact: Klao Bell-Lewis
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