In April 2026 we published a guest blog post by John Lang in which he introduced his "Climate Trunk" graphics project and website. Since then, he has been adding one graphic per week and plans to keep going for about 2 years rounding out the big picture of human-caused climate change graphic by graphic. In this blog post we'll show-case the graphics related to daily life and will keep adding more as they get published.
How our choices, voices and spheres of influence can help advance climate action.
Climate is not a story of either doom or denial. Emissions are still too high, impacts are worsening and clean energy is changing what’s possible. All three things are true at the same time.
Three seemingly contradictory statements can all be true.
Nine in ten people are open to the evidence on human-caused climate change. The communication challenge is about helping the persuadable majority connect climate change to their values and everyday lives. Trust, relevance and shared values are more powerful than facts alone. Changing the minds of the one in ten – the dismissive minority – is not the task at hand.
Around nine in ten people are open to evidence on climate change.
.. to be continued
Follow these links to dive into the other Climate Trunk rings: Science, Impacts, Economics, Political Economy, Governance, Solutions, Energy.
Posted by BaerbelW on Sunday, 9 August, 2026
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