Misinformation Alert: Four misleading food and climate narratives
Food and climate change are inextricably linked. Modern agriculture and food processing remain a high net cost to the environment, while rising temperatures negatively affect food production worldwide. With eating central to everybody’s lives, food is an essential arena for climate communications.
There are many positive stories to tell about the intersection of food and climate. However, increasing negative stories and misinformation are currently shaping Persuadables’ views on personal and collective climate action. In this post, we look at four major food and climate narratives and suggest how we can get ahead of them.
In this post:
What’s going on? Four common adversarial messages about food and climate change.
Who's involved? Why are Persuadables at risk from this content?
How to get ahead. How can communicators provide useful information about food and the climate in this crowded information environment?
