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Dr Lydia Messling
 

About Lydia

"Climate change isn’t a scientific problem, it’s a people one. And therein lies the challenge and exciting opportunities."

 

With over a decade’s experience in climate change communications and behaviour change, Lydia has first-hand experience of how meaningful engagement is the most influential factor in how much change an organisation can achieve. As a trained environmental scientist and social scientist, her expertise is in translating technical scientific concepts into accessible and relevant resources for non-expert audiences. Skilled in qualitative and quantitative research about engagement with climate-related issues, Lydia designs and delivers targeted behaviour change initiatives and engagement strategies, creating tailor-made capacity building around climate risk and resilience. Always underpinned by academic research, Lydia designs practical implementations that withstand the reality of budget constraints and issue fatigue, whilst encouraging the good work to continue for years to come.

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Lydia was a Leverhulme Doctoral Scholar in Climate Justice. Her thesis explored the tensions of climate change scientists engaging in policy advocacy and is available here. She also holds an MRes in Politics and International Relations from the University of Reading, and a BSc in Environmental Science from the University of East Anglia. She is a print maker and oil painter, and owns 27 musical instruments.

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Research & Analysis

Start with listening. Let's get to the detail of narrative assessment and audience profiling using surveys, narrative workshops, and literature reviews to understand what's going on.

Engagement Strategy

Design the best approach for capturing people's attention, keep it, and inspire them to go deeper. And all whilst making sure you're on budget, on time, and getting measurable results.

Talks & Workshops

Get everyone up to scratch on the latest science and make it relevant to their situation. Soon tongues will be wagging and ideas sizzling whilst we have fun saving the planet. 

Content creation

Narrative templates, articles, infographics, reports, short videos, podcasts, illustrations, games - this is where the conversation continues.

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