Mistra Environmental Communication

Mistra Environmental Communication is an eight-year research programme dedicated to investigating how communication shapes sustainability transformations. Our work is critical and change-oriented: we advance a scientifically grounded understanding of how communication practices can contribute to efforts towards a sustainable future. The programme is a close collaboration between researchers from diverse disciplines, authorities, civil society organisations, and companies. Why Environmental Communication? Environmental communication is any communication about the environment – spoken, written and visual. It takes place all the time and everywhere, from casual conversations at the kitchen table to high-stake negotiations at COP meetings. The way we express ourselves and interact with each other shapes our understanding of nature and environmental challenges. Ultimately, these understandings influence how we act upon these issues. This places environmental communication at the center of sustainability efforts.