The K3 Congress on climate change, Communication and Society 2019 is behind us. Almost simultaneously with the climate cabinet session, the global climate strike and the UN Climate Summit, around 500 people from academia and practice gathered in Karlsruhe on 24 and 25 September to discuss effective climate communication.

We haven't come away with an all-encompassing conclusion, but the following formula should be helpful for successful climate communication: positive visions of the future, value orientation, powerful imagery, good stories and a dash of humour. But you'd better listen carefully to what the experts recommend in the three keynotes and six forum presentations. You'll find the recordings in our video archive.

A total of 19 workshops shed additional light on current research findings and conveyed methods for climate communication, for example in the preparation of climate scenarios or in everyday political life. Through activities at the playground area, participants were able to test their options and limitations in climate negotiations. A morning warm-up and a musical contribution made climate communication tangible in a physical way.

The congress made it clear: the repertoire of theoretical and practical approaches to climate communication is vast, as is the challenge of applying already tried-and-tested and newly acquired knowledge in the various climate-related contexts. Fascinating analyses of numerous programme items are available from our colleagues at klimafakten.de.

Also well worth a read are the contributions of the four student reporters on the blog on the K3 website and on Instagram. The congress in pictures is available in our gallery. I've also summed up my very personal take on the big and small moments of the congress in the DKK column. Over the coming weeks we'll be documenting further content and keeping you informed as usual via the newsletter and on Twitter.

Enjoy the follow-up reading!

(from the K3 Newsletter by Stefanie Trümper)