EGU24-19470, updated on 11 Mar 2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-19470
EGU General Assembly 2024
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Scientific debunking of institutional and corporate communication

Laurent Husson1 and the Scientifiques en Rébellion collective*
Laurent Husson and the Scientifiques en Rébellion collective
  • 1CNRS / ISTerre, grenoble cedex 9, France (laurent.husson@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr)
  • *A full list of authors appears at the end of the abstract

Greenwashing sounds like a trivial manoeuvre that can easily be circumvented. In practice, private companies and institutions deploy a wealth of inventiveness to take away your vigilance. As a canonical example, it took forever before it was realized and admitted that the tobacco industry had a tremendous health burden. As scientists, we have the means to scrutinize the borderline communication, that stands half way between journalistic investigation and activism. That is the purpose of Scientist Rebellion in particular, which is particularly concerned with environmental challenges. Of course, it often requires to go beyond our daily scientific expertises, that we are trained for. Using two recent examples, I will showcase two case studies from Scientist Rebellion in France. The first one deals with the analysis of financial institutions regarding their oil and gas strategies, and the subsequent media coverage of activist communication, and an insider view on the impact of it had on the orientation of their strategies. The second one is an exploration of the governmental communication on adaptation strategies to climate change, with consideration on its political implications. 

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How to cite: Husson, L. and the Scientifiques en Rébellion collective: Scientific debunking of institutional and corporate communication, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-19470, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-19470, 2024.

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