Climate Outreach and Information Network

Climate Outreach and Information Network (COIN) is a charity formed in 2004 to directly engage the public about climate change. COIN inspires lasting changes in attitudes and behaviour through the use of innovative action learning methods and by assisting people to communicate their own messages to their peers.

COIN recruiting volunteer Events Coordination Internship

We are looking for an organised student/graduate to co-ordinate our high-profile 2012/13 Speaker Series. This is a programme of events to stimulate interest around current climate change debates and to prompt further action. The events intern will work closely with staff and provide support in all aspects of event organisation, including arranging venues, organising publicity, co-ordinating speakers and dealing with logistics. For more information and how to apply click here.

Posted 16 May 2012 - 11:46am

Climate Factsheets

Our partner PIRC (Public Interest Research Centre) has put together a set of factsheets, covering different aspects of climate science. The factsheets look at the evidence for climate change from a range of angles, such as global temperature trends and Arctic ice melt, and traces the fingerprint of climate change in various phenomena, from floods and heatwaves to wildfires and species extinctions. Each briefing contextualises the issue in question, summarises the background science, and addresses common objections raised by sceptics. Drawing on the latest peer-reviewed studies, they are intended to be a solid, reliable and concise guide for campaigners wishing to communicate climate science with accuracy and confidence.

Posted 18 April 2012 - 9:07am

How to Talk to a Climate Change Denier

Watch communications expert George Marshall's latest blog on six strategies for talking to people who don’t accept that climate change is happening. Drawing on his workshops in climate communications and the latest social research he proposes a respectful approach that responds to their interests and values. He says that you should keep away from an argument about the science and concentrate on the personal journey that led you to accept the problem. Try it and you’ll find it works. You can also find out more about the research behind this on the Talking Climate website.

Posted 29 March 2012 - 4:37pm

UKCCMC website launches

The UK Climate Change and Migration Coalition (UKCCMC) launched its new website today. The Coalition, led by COIN exists to challenge the lack of long-term strategies to support and protect people at risk of displacement linked to environmental change.This cross sector initiative seeks to challenge the current lack of leadership on the issue and to strengthen affected community and civil society voices in debate about how best we respond. The new website is a platform to bring together news, research and resources on climate change and migration. Blog posts will look at new developments in the field, our resources section will include report summaries, policy primers and coalition documents. We hope to build this up over the coming months. You can visit the new website at: www.climatemigration.org.uk

Posted 22 March 2012 - 2:17pm

COIN provides communications support for the Occupy Movement

As part of COIN's ongoing programme of supporting grassroots organisations, George Marshall is giving a workshop on outreach communications at the Occupy London's Tent City University at St. Pauls this Friday 10 February, 10am - 2pm. The Outreach speakers and strategy meeting is for anyone interested in actively participating in the development of Occupy London's speaker outreach process, including thinking about the wider strategy of which groups to engage with and how. For more information visit the Occupy London / Tent City University websites.

Posted 8 February 2012 - 10:46am

Seeing the Person in the Problem: a practitioner perspective on justice, the environment and displacement

Hannah, COIN’s Defending Rights Project Manager, will take part in the Refugee Studies Centre’s public seminar series on environmental migration this Wednesday 8 February. She hopes to bring a practitioners’ perspective to discussion of how best we should respond to the displacement of people linked to environmental change.

Posted 6 February 2012 - 5:38pm

Talking Climate launched!

Talking Climate is a new initiative to provide a gateway to research on climate change communication.

There is a great deal of research on climate change communication . But too often this valuable knowledge doesn’t reach the people who need it most: climate change communicators. At the same time, researchers are often unaware of how to promote their work beyond academic journals.

Posted 27 January 2012 - 11:09am

Project Assistant needed for Defending Rights

Would you like the opportunity to work for the UK’s first coalition on climate change and migration issues?

Dedicated to raising awareness about the human rights impacts of climate change, COIN runs a programme of work on migration and climate change. In March 2011, COIN launched the UK Climate Migration Coalition. UKCCMC is a young alliance of NGOs united by concern about the lack of any long term strategies to support, assist and protect people at risk of displacement linked to climate change.

We are recruiting a Project Assistant to support the Project Manager on a wide variety of tasks from research and campaign planning to event management and web support.

For more information and how to apply, see our employment page.

Posted 24 November 2011 - 7:10pm

COIN 2010-11 Annual Report

COIN's latest Annual Report for 2010-11 is now available. As Cliff Jordan, the Chair of Trustees says, the last year has been a particularly challenging one with various external and internal factors, so it is inspiring to see a compilation of how much we have achieved, with a small staff and tight resources. We continue to learn and to act.

This year we've changed the format, putting together a colourful A3 poster showing all our different activities. You can download the full report or just the poster here, or email info@coinet.org.uk if you would like a copy.

Posted 3 November 2011 - 7:21pm

Internship opportunity: event coordination

Want to make a difference to climate change and have a flair for events management?

We are currently looking for an organised student/graduate to co-ordinate and help our new Speaker Series. The Speaker Series is a programme of events that COIN is introducing to initiate interest around climate change debates and to prompt further action around the issues. The events intern will work closely with staff and provide support in all aspects of event organisation, including arranging venues, organising publicity and co-ordinating speakers and event itineraries.

For more information and how to apply, see our employment page.

Posted 3 November 2011 - 7:11pm

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