ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates whether, and to what extent, one can speak in relation to communication about climate change of a ‘compression of the world’, or even of communicative deterritorialisation. Communication with more geographically distant actors is to a lesser extent present, involving fewer actors the greater the distance. The chapter considers before exploring actors’ knowledge constructions, the ways in which they communicate with one another on climate change and which forms of media they use. The regular reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which are freely available on their website, are the most consistently written and probably the most important media on climate change worldwide. Within Europe, the frequency of contact with IPCC reports also differs according to national affiliation. In Denmark, every other respondent has previously informed themselves through IPCC reports on climate change. Both regional and supra-regional traditional media outlets are highly relevant sources of climate-change information.
