This week the team are travelling to Warsaw where negotiators from around 190 countries are meeting to try to advance steps towards a global climate agreement.
It's the and the latest opportunity for us to share the findings of our research project which paints a picture of how people are living and dealing with climate change in seven Asian countries.
Over the past month, our team has met with media, civil society organisations, governments, businesses and academics across Asia to show them how they could know their audiences better and improve the way climate change is communicated.
We've been fascinated to see how people are responding to our and what they plan to use them for.
The Climate Asia data portal
Saleemul Huq, Executive Director of Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies, emphasised the importance of this focus on action: "This survey has done us a great service in providing the voices of the poor.聽This issue is no longer about people鈥檚 vulnerability but how they are taking action," he said.
Abetnego Tarigan聽from Indonesia's oldest and largest environmental advocacy group , also saw in our data an opportunity to change the conversation about climate change in his country.
鈥淚 should admit, in Indonesia discussion on adaptation is limited,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hese research results bring us back to the fact that we should be expanding our talk beyond mitigation.鈥�
Duong Thi聽Thu聽Huong, a media expert in Vietnam, told us she was excited about the possibility of examining more of the data herself, saying:
鈥淚 can see the potential for additional data聽analysis聽in order to understand in more detail different target audiences of climate change communication in the future.鈥�
The , meanwhile, is already planning to use the data to target and reach audiences: "The survey data is comprehensive,鈥� they told us, 鈥渁nd this will help prepare communication materials for targeted communities."
Our data is just the beginning of the story - by sharing it with a global audience at events such as COP2013, we hope it will inspire new opportunities to communicate with people across Asia, to inspire more action and improve people鈥檚 live as they respond and adapt to climate change.
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