The effectiveness of climate change communication and information dissemination via the internet: experiences from the online climate conference series
Despite the importance of and the need for using internet-based approaches to promote information and raise awareness on climate change, there is a paucity of initiatives which may foster this cause on a long-term basis. This article presents the concept, approaches, methods, experiences and results...
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| author | Leal Filho, Walter Mannke, Franziska Manolas, Evangelos AI-Amin, Abul Quasem |
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| description | Despite the importance of and the need for using internet-based approaches to promote information and raise awareness on climate change, there is a paucity of initiatives which may foster this cause on a long-term basis. This article presents the concept, approaches, methods, experiences and results from an online climate change conference series led by the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg), which, since its inception in 2008, has engaged over one million participants in over 150 countries. Covering a wide range of topics including water use, disasters management, and technologies, the online climate change conferences provide useful insights on matters which may be considered, in ensuring climate change can be successfully communicated via online tools. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-589282021-08-22T07:34:58Z http://eprints.utm.my/58928/ The effectiveness of climate change communication and information dissemination via the internet: experiences from the online climate conference series Leal Filho, Walter Mannke, Franziska Manolas, Evangelos AI-Amin, Abul Quasem HF Commerce Despite the importance of and the need for using internet-based approaches to promote information and raise awareness on climate change, there is a paucity of initiatives which may foster this cause on a long-term basis. This article presents the concept, approaches, methods, experiences and results from an online climate change conference series led by the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg), which, since its inception in 2008, has engaged over one million participants in over 150 countries. Covering a wide range of topics including water use, disasters management, and technologies, the online climate change conferences provide useful insights on matters which may be considered, in ensuring climate change can be successfully communicated via online tools. Inderscience Publishers 2015 Article PeerReviewed Leal Filho, Walter and Mannke, Franziska and Manolas, Evangelos and AI-Amin, Abul Quasem (2015) The effectiveness of climate change communication and information dissemination via the internet: experiences from the online climate conference series. International Journal Of Global Warming, 8 (1). pp. 70-85. ISSN 1755-9758 http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJGW.2015.071578 10.1504/IJGW.2015.071578 |
| spellingShingle | HF Commerce Leal Filho, Walter Mannke, Franziska Manolas, Evangelos AI-Amin, Abul Quasem The effectiveness of climate change communication and information dissemination via the internet: experiences from the online climate conference series |
| title | The effectiveness of climate change communication and information dissemination via the internet: experiences from the online climate conference series |
| title_full | The effectiveness of climate change communication and information dissemination via the internet: experiences from the online climate conference series |
| title_fullStr | The effectiveness of climate change communication and information dissemination via the internet: experiences from the online climate conference series |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effectiveness of climate change communication and information dissemination via the internet: experiences from the online climate conference series |
| title_short | The effectiveness of climate change communication and information dissemination via the internet: experiences from the online climate conference series |
| title_sort | effectiveness of climate change communication and information dissemination via the internet experiences from the online climate conference series |
| topic | HF Commerce |
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