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You finished your project - so what? (opens the original)
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How many research and project papers and presentations have you endured and come away wondering why they bothered?I’ve had the privilege of a couple of decades spent with one foot in academia, the other in practice and I’ve said the same thing to every student who’s project I’ve supervised, every early career project officer preparing my death by PowerPoint:Find the ‘so what’.Or call to action, research impact – however you phrase it: Why should I/the public
Net Zero, Our Hero and other slogans you won’t hear (opens the original)
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TL:DRSlogans that stick share a particular grammar: verbs not nouns, pictures not concepts, Anglo-Saxon not Latin, gain not loss, rhythm and a clear instruction.Populist communicators understand this, scientists and climate campaigners don’t always. That doesn’t mean we need more slogans, but we do need to unite behind the one or two that might just stick.I’ve always felt that we need a ‘5 a day’ or ‘stop the boats’ for climate action. A few have come very close but there’s so much noise out the
Why 'Net Zero' became such an easy target (opens the original)
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Last week, Kemi Badenoch announced that Conservative candidates are now expected to oppose Net Zero. Reform have hardly been shy about taking aim at it either. Depending on your politics, you’ll either see that as common sense or deeply worrying.It didn’t surprise me. From a communications perspective, it’s been brewing for a while.Climate campaigns are no longer primarily trying to convince people that climate change isn’t real. Increasingly, opposition focuses on the policies, technologies and
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