2023-11-17 16:21:39
Dates: November 23 and 24, 2023
Climate change: language and communication
The seminar is structured into three debates: the first will deal with the precise presentation of scientific information by experts, which serve as a starting point for political and citizen action; Secondly, issues related to activism and dissemination will be addressed, beyond the media, as a link in the information chain on the climate crisis and that also promote the mobilization of society for the benefit of the environment, and Finally, we will talk about journalism, which transfers scientific knowledge to the population through clear and rigorous communication.
PROGRAM
INAUGURAL SESSION, NOVEMBER 23 (10:00 a.m.)
Vice president of the FundéuRAE and president of the EFE Agency, Gabriela Canas. Minister of Culture, Tourism, Sports and Youth and first vice president of the San Millán de la Cogolla Foundation, José Luis Pérez Pastor.
Presents: Almudena Martínezgeneral coordinator of the San Millán de la Cogolla Foundation.
THE SEMINAR IS ORGANIZED AROUND THREE DEBATES:
November 23, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
1. Expert language
Understanding the experts: the first link of change
The response to climate change begins with scientific research, which sets the roadmap for the different actors in their search for practical measures. The first challenge of scientific language is, therefore, to transfer technical knowledge both to journalists and to a public that is not necessarily specialized, including experts in different areas. In this task, given its global nature, environmental translation is presented as an indispensable tool. Natural disasters, increase in temperature, health problems…; How to scientifically explain climate change from the most visible effects for the citizen? Without forgetting environmental and climate law, in which the terms used are also key.
Andrés Betancorprofessor of Administrative Law at Pompeu Fabra University.
Blanca Lozanoprofessor of Administrative Law at the University of the Basque Country.
Laia Alegret, Professor of Paleontology at the University of Zaragoza, doctor in Geological Sciences and full academician of the Royal Academy of Physical, Exact and Natural Sciences of Spain (RAC).
María José Sanz, PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Valencia. She is scientific director of the Basque Center for Climate Change (BC3) and professor at Ikerbasque.
Moderate: Olivia Piquerodirector of the FundéuRAE.
November 23, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
2. Language of activism
From words to environmental action: activism and dissemination
Communicators are a fundamental pillar in the transmission of rigorous and truthful information, especially thanks to social networks and other platforms that allow scientists to give their technical message a more attractive, visual and accessible format. Activism is also nourished by these tools, which uses language as a means to raise awareness.
Patricia Reina Torresano y Fernando Gomez Soriacreators of Living without Plastic and the project An Ocean without Plastic.
Jose Calvodoctor and founder of the blog Meteosojuela. Member of AME and ACOMET. Aemet 2023 Award for his contribution to SINOBAS (Official Service of the Aemet Singular Atmospheric Observations Notification System).
Isabel Moreno, graduated in physics, master in Meteorology and Geophysics (UCM), communicator and disseminator. Presenter of Here the Earth (TVE). Author of the book Climate change for beginners (Penguin Random House).
Moderate: Almudena Martínezgeneral coordinator of the San Millán de la Cogolla Foundation.
November 24, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
3. Language of the media
Change, crisis or emergency: the role of language in environmental information
Reporting in an effective, rigorous and truthful manner becomes not only a work commitment, but also an ethical one, for environmental journalists around the world. Fighting misinformation and conveying news to the public in the most accurate way possible makes the use of language take on special relevance.
Arturo Larenadirector of Environment and Science of the EFE Agency and EFEverde.
Clemente Alvarezcoordinator of the Climate and Environment section of The country.
Teresa Guerrerohead of the Science section of The world.
Eva Rodriguezjournalist specialized in environment and social sciences at SINC.
Moderate: Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezónpopularizer, mathematician and professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computing at the University of La Rioja.
CLOSURE
November 24, 12:00 p.m.
Preside her majesty the queen.
Welcome words from Gonzalo Capellanpresident of La Rioja and the San Millán de la Cogolla Foundation.
Closing session of the seminar led by Santiago Muñoz Machadopresident of the FundéuRAE and director of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), which will feature the intervention of the participants in the conference and a subsequent debate.
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