Storytelling track chapter 6: The centrality of science

GLF Live with Science editor Holden Thorp and CIFOR scientist Amy Duchelle

Our understanding of reality is science, and so too is our shaping of it. Facts, research, evidence are ideally the foundations of how consequential decisions are made, in policy, business and institutions, but also in households, relationships and one’s own life. Now, what role is science playing in creating a true narrative during crises such as COVID-19 and climate change? And vice versa: how are crises affecting science’s narrative and public trust? In this session, a forestry scientist will speak with the head of some of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals about the role of science in narrative-building today.

Relevant Materials

Do us a favor, by Holden Thorp

Transforming REDD+: Lessons and new directions, co-authored by Amy Duchelle

Quotes

“The important thing is to never stop questioning.” – Albert Einstein

“Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.” – Carl Sagan

Speakers

Holden Thorp

Editor-in-Chief, Science Family of Journals

Amy Duchelle

Team leader - Climate change, energy & low-carbon, CIFOR