12.2 Novel Communication: Professor Allegra Hyde on Imagining Climate Futures Through Fiction

Fiction can prompt us to imagine alternative versions of the future, whether utopian, dystopian, or something in between. Stories where characters reckon with—or manage to prevent—the worst impacts of climate change make the science and solutions easier to conceptualize. For a deep dive into this form of climate communication, we spoke to Allegra Hyde, author and professor of creative writing at Smith College.

Show notes:

• The Influence of Climate Fiction: An Empirical Survey of Readers

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