Climate, Data & Storytelling Mixer — by Youth Ki Awaaz & Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

​Why data-driven, culturally rooted storytelling matters

​This dialogue will bring together 20–25 climate researchers, funders, and storytellers to explore how integrating data-driven insights with an understanding of the cultural context and lived realities of people bearing the brunt of climate change can shape compelling climate narratives that resonate and inspire meaningful climate action.

• ​Yale Program on Climate Change Communication’s public opinion research including the annual nationally representative Climate Change in the Indian Mind survey can serve as a starting point towards understanding public perceptions of climate change.

• ​Youth Ki Awaaz (YKA) is redefining civic engagement in India on climate change through its citizen media platform that is engaging millions of youth to tell critical climate stories. Their programs engage Urban Local Bodies to integrate youth voices in climate decision making and build climate resilience. They are also building a climate data hub rooted in civic participation and community storytelling.

• ​This event will bring these two worlds together—data and narrative—to spark new collaborations and insights.