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Search below for resources covering the intersection of climate engagement, social science and data analytics.

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Research & Articles
03-01-2026

To support grid reliability and affordability communications in the Iran war or broader geopolitical context, the Reliable Grid Project (RGP) offers messaging research, resources, and guidance.

Research & Articles
02-26-2026

Small story choices can fuel demand for a healthier democracy and unlock greater agency and imagination. Harmony Labs coded coded 2,000 of the most popular shows and films for relevance to democracy and authoritarianism, and categorized democracy heroes according to a typology they developed.. One finding stood out: on any given day, 58% of the scripted streaming that people watch is government-relevant.

Role model narratives are underutilized in Instagram and TikTok climate action posts

Julia Fine, Joshua Ettinger, Sri Saahitya Uppalapati, John Kotcher, & Edward Maibach Oxford Open Climate Change
Research & Articles
11-19-2025

Role model narratives—stories about specific people taking recommended actions—are a proven communication strategy for encouraging socially beneficial behaviors such as climate action. However, the extent to which climate activists share role model narratives on social media has yet to be investigated. To measure the prevalence of climate action role model narratives on social media, Instagram and TikTok posts tagged with the hashtags #climateaction and #climateactivist (dated between August 2021 and October 2024) were collected and a content analysis of the over 600 posts was conducted.

Blueprint 2.0: New Lessons for Climate Coalitions

Jack Zhou, Climate Advocacy Lab
Research & Articles
10-14-2025

Climate coalition work is still hard, so we want to help you out. Join the Climate Advocacy Lab as we premiere the Second Edition of the Blueprint for a Multiracial, Cross-Class Climate Movement Report and Workbook.

A poll of voters in August exploring Americans’ concerns about the cost of energy, their energy priorities, and their views on different energy types, growing energy demand, and the energy provisions in the OBBBA.

Research & Articles
08-27-2025

"The Trump administration has falsely framed wind and solar power as harmful to wildlife in order to justify stifling affordable, rapid-to-deploy, clean energy. Here’s how state leadership can advance clean energy and conservation goals simultaneously.

Research & Articles
08-27-2025

New research from WRI’s Electric School Bus Initiative and Carleton University shows that the U.S. would see an estimated $1.6 billion in health and climate benefits every year by using electric school buses. The benefits are most pronounced in counties with older diesel buses and larger populations.

What does clean energy activism look like?

Bill McKibben and Jamie Henn, Volt
Research & Articles
08-20-2025

Movement veterans Bill McKibben and Jamie Henn have been thinking about where climate activism goes from here. They argue for a new focus on celebrating and accelerating the miraculous global boom in solar power. We get into what it looks like to fight for building stuff, how to win the online information war for clean energy, and why the sun offers not just cheaper power, but a form of liberation.

Extreme Weather

Center for Countering Digital Hate
Research & Articles
07-22-2025

How a storm of false and misleading claims about extreme weather events spread unchecked on social media putting lives at risk.

Power Mapping 101

National Education Association
Research & Articles
06-11-2025

Power mapping supports organizers in understanding the stakeholders within their campaign. This resource offers step by step instructions and tips for power mapping your campaign.