Amplifying Global South Voices in Climate Communication

In this episode, we discuss:

• Shift in climate change storytelling towards human impacts
• Underrepresentation of Global South voices in climate science literature
• Global South climate scientist database
• Challenges posed by misinformation in today’s media landscape

Guest | Ayesha Tandon 

Our guest, Ayesha Tandon, is a science journalist at Carbon Brief. She previously worked at the United Kingdom Met Office as a Climate Science Communicator. She holds an MSci in Natural Sciences, specialising in Climate Science, from The University of Exeter. Find her on X and LinkedIn. 

Interviewer | Pallavi Pant 

Our interviewer, Dr Pallavi Pant, is an air quality researcher, and has worked on issues related to air quality and health in low- and middle-income countries for nearly 15 years. She leads global initiatives at the Health Effects Institute. She holds a  Ph.D. in Environmental Health from University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Find her on X and LinkedIn.

Episode notes and references:

• Analysis: The lack of diversity in climate-science research
• The Global South Climate Database 

Music by: Ritesh Prasanna

Podcast website: https://atmospherictales.com

Transcript: https://atmospherictales.medium.com/amplifying-global-south-voices-in-climate-communication-041ec20e7fa1