ABSTRACT
The chapter focuses on scientists, environmentalists and the media is due to their historical significance in the identification of climate change and its communication to international governments and publics. In examining the range of imaging technologies and representational practices used in the visual mediation of climate change, the analysis pays attention to the scope of meanings generated through varying contexts of production and reception. The visual order imposed upon ecological processes by the graphs, which show past, present and future through ascending lines, are counter to the temporal and spatial complexity of climatic change. The visualisations produced by the IPCC have been dependent upon the media and environmental NGOs for their wider circulation. Greenpeace's continued use of photographic images reinforces its investment in making climate change real in the present. The political conservatism preventing the IPCC from attributing climate change to human activities until 2001 has been reflected in the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) documentaries on climate change.
