August 2025 - Featured in Carbon Brief on Climate Change Perceptions in the Global South
At ESDLab, we celebrate the participation of our researchers in international forums that bridge cognitive science with pressing global challenges, such as climate change.
INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT
8/25/20251 min read
Dr. Sebastián Contreras-Huerta, Principal Investigator at ESDLab, was invited to share his expert perspective in an article published by Carbon Brief, one of the most internationally recognized outlets for science communication on climate change. The piece discusses a study recently published in Nature Climate Change, which examines how people in the Global South perceive climate risks and the role of trust in scientific information.
In his contribution, Dr. Contreras-Huerta highlighted the significance of these findings for understanding how trust in science can inform both communication strategies and public policies addressing climate change in Global South contexts.
Read the full article here
📷Bathinda, Punjab, India. This scene reflects the environmental and social challenges that communities in the Global South navigate daily. Such contexts are central to current debates on climate change perceptions, as discussed in Carbon Brief’s feature with contributions from Dr. Sebastián Contreras-Huerta. Photo: Chris Stowers / Panos Pictures.
