Is the global public tuning out of the climate change debate? | Inside Story

July 19, 2026 July 19, 2026

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Division at the COP30 climate change summit in Brazil—a more difficult message to tell to the world than progress. Scientists, politicians, the media, and businesses all have a huge role to play in keeping the public engaged. Are they succeeding?

Presenter: Neave Barker
Guests:
Professor John Sweeney – one of Ireland’s foremost climate scientists and contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or IPCC’s Nobel Peace Prize–winning assessment report
Professor Allam Ahmed – a leading scholar in sustainable development and the knowledge economy
Michael Shank – a climate communication expert and a former Director of Media Strategy at Climate Nexus

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