Research publications

Peer-reviewed publications

Ettinger, J., Fine, J., Mildenberger, M., Kotcher, J., & Maibach, E. (2026). Lessons from a multi-country research project on climate and health policy integration. The Journal of Climate Change and Health, 28, 100670.

Fine, J., Ettinger, J., Zakiyyah, H., Yue, Y., Kotcher, J., Campbell, E., Thier, K., Myers, T., Carman, J., Rosenthal, S. A., & Leiserowitz, A. (2026). Widening polarization in Americans’ perception of the health harms of climate change (2014–2024). Environmental Research: Health, 4(2), 025012.

Fine, J., Ettinger, J., Kotcher, J., Mildenberger, M., Leiserowitz, A., & Maibach, E. (2025). Advancing and integrating climate and health policy in the United States: Insights from national policy stakeholders. The Journal of Climate Change and Health, 25, 100485.

Fang, X., Ettinger, J., & Innocenti, S. (2025). United Nations Environment Assembly attendees underestimate public willingness to contribute to climate action. Communications Earth & Environment, 6, 622.

Ettinger, J., Fine, J., Thier, K., Badullovich, N., Kotcher, J., & Maibach, E. (2025). Communicating with policymakers about climate change, health, and their intersection: A scoping review. The Lancet Planetary Health, 9(1), e53–e61.

Thomas-Walters, L., Cologna, V., de Lange, E., Ettinger, J., Selinske, M., & Jones, M. S. (2024). Reframing conservation audiences from individuals to social beings. Conservation Letters, 17(6), e13064.

Ettinger, J., Walton, P., Painter, J., Fielding, K. S., Gulliver, R., & Otto, F. E. L. (2024). Examining contrasting influences of extreme weather experiences on individual climate activism. Global Environmental Psychology, 2, e10829.

Ettinger, J., Sanford, M., Walton, P., Holmes, D., & Painter, J. (2023). Social media messaging by climate action NGOs: A case study of the 2019–2020 Australian Black Summer bushfires. Oxford Open Climate Change, 3(1), kgad011.

Ettinger, J., Walton, P., Painter, J., Flocke, S., & Otto, F. E. L. (2023). Extreme weather events as teachable moments: Catalyzing climate change learning and action through conversation. Environmental Communication, 17(7), 828–843.

Ettinger, J., & Painter, J. (2023). The science of climate conversations. Social Media + Society, 9(2).

Painter, J., Ettinger, J., Holmes, D., Loy, L., Pinto, J., Richardson, L., Thomas-Walters, L., Vowles, K., & Wetts, R. (2023). Climate delay discourses present in global mainstream television coverage of the IPCC’s 2021 report. Communications Earth & Environment, 4, 118.

Ettinger, J., McGivern, A., Spiegel, M., et al. (2023). Breaking the climate spiral of silence: Lessons from a COP26 climate conversations campaign. Climatic Change, 176, 22.

O’Neill, S., Hayes, S., Strauβ, N., Doutreix, M. N., Steentjes, K., Ettinger, J., Westwood, N., & Painter, J. (2022). Visual portrayals of fun in the sun in European news outlets misrepresent heatwave risks. The Geographical Journal, 189(1), 90–103.

Painter, J., Ettinger, J., Doutreix, N., Wonneberger, A., & Walton, P. (2021). Is it climate change? Coverage by online news sites of the 2019 European summer heatwaves in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. Climatic Change, 169(4).

Strauß, N., Painter, J., Ettinger, J., Doutreix, M., Wonneberger, A., & Walton, P. (2021). Reporting on the 2019 European heatwaves and climate change: Journalists’ attitudes, motivations and role perceptions. Journalism Practice, 462–485.

Ettinger, J., Walton, P., Painter, J., Osaka, S., & Otto, F. E. L. (2021). “What’s Up with the Weather?” Public engagement with extreme event attribution in the United Kingdom. Weather, Climate, and Society, 13(2), 341–352.

Ettinger, J., Walton, P., Painter, J., & DiBlasi, T. (2021). Climate of hope or doom and gloom? Testing the climate change hope vs. fear communications debate through online videos. Climatic Change, 164, 19.

Ettinger, J., Otto, F. E. L., & Schipper, F. L. (2021). Storytelling can be a powerful tool for science. Nature, 589, 352.

Painter, J., Osaka, S., Ettinger, J., & Walton, P. (2020). Blaming climate change? How Indian mainstream media covered two extreme weather events in 2015. Global Environmental Change, 63, 102119.

Research reports

Ettinger, J., Fine, J., Myers, T., Kotcher, J., Carman, J., Rosenthal, S., Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E. (2026). What are the top social media platforms used by each of Global Warming’s Six Americas?. Yale University and George Mason University. New Haven, CT: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

Ettinger, J., Fine, J., Yue, Y., Gour, N., Campbell, E., Myers, T., Kotcher, J., Carman, J., Rosenthal, S., Alexander, M., Leiserowitz, A., & Maibach, E. (2026). Americans with disabilities are more likely than those without disabilities to say global warming is harming their health. Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Yale University & George Mason University.

Carman, J., Ettinger, J., Fine, J., Verner, M., Kotcher, J., Rosenthal, S., Maibach, E., & Leiserowitz, A. (2025). What are the top sources of news for Global Warming’s Six Americas?. Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Yale University & George Mason University.

Ettinger, J., Fine, J., Yue, Y., Kotcher, J., Marlon, J., Carman, J., Rosenthal, S., Myers, T., Ortiz, L., Verner, M., Leiserowitz, A., & Maibach, E. (2025). About half of Americans understand that global warming is increasing homeowners insurance costs. Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Yale University & George Mason University.

Fine, J., Ettinger, J., Goddard, E., Kotcher, J., Zakiyyah, H., Yue, Y., Carman, J., Rosenthal, S., Thier, K., Myers, T., Verner, M., Marlon, J., Richards, E., Goldberg, M., Leiserowitz, A., & Maibach, E. (2025). Climate Change in the American Mind: Public Perceptions of the Health Harms of Global Warming, Fall 2024. Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Yale University & George Mason University.

Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E., Rosenthal, S., Kotcher, J., Goddard, E., Carman, J., Myers, T., Verner, M., Marlon, J., Goldberg, M., Ettinger, J., Fine, J., & Thier, K. (2024). Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, Fall 2024. Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Yale University & George Mason University.

Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E., Rosenthal, S., Kotcher, J., Goddard, E., Carman, J., Myers, T., Verner, M., Marlon, J., Goldberg, M., Ettinger, J., Fine, J., & Thier, K. (2024). Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, Fall 2024. Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Yale University & George Mason University.

Media coverage

Awareness of connection between climate change, health is growing, study finds. American Public Health Association Public Health Newswire (2026). 

Underestimating support for climate action limits political decision making, study says. The Guardian (2025).

Americans may soon see a link between climate change and health problems. Utah Public Radio (2025).

When every day somewhere is a climate record. The Washington Post (2023).

Do we need more scary climate change articles? Maybe. Grist (2021).

Public writing & commentary

Ettinger, J. (2023). Extreme weather events are exactly the time to talk about climate change – here’s why. The Conversation.

Ettinger, J. (2023). How to talk to your family and friends about the new IPCC report – five tips from climate change communication research. The Conversation.

Ettinger, J. (2022). Don’t Look Up shows bashing people over the head with facts does not work. The Conversation.

Ettinger, J. (2020). What Hollywood can teach researchers about science storytelling. Nature.

Ettinger, J. (2020). Taking storytelling seriously. Oxford Magazine.

Ettinger, J. (2020). Environmentalists: Be careful with climate and coronavirus rhetoric. Inkline.

Ettinger, J. (2020). How Geralt the Witcher would fight climate change. Medium.

Ettinger, J. (2019). Lessons from The Office for climate change communication. Medium.

Ettinger, J. (2019). Tony Juniper on the past, present and future of environmental advocacy. Anthroposphere, the Oxford Climate Review.

Ettinger, J. (2019). Hope, fear and the Extinction Rebellion. Climate Outreach.

Ettinger, J. (2018). Don’t forget about tropical forests at COP24. Global Canopy.

Ettinger, J. (2018). Evidence-based storytelling: How screenwriting principles can enhance environmental communication. Anthroposphere, the Oxford Climate Review.

Earlier research

Wyndham, J., et al. (2015). Social Responsibilities: A Preliminary Inquiry into the Perspectives of Scientists, Engineers and Health Professionals. American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Ettinger, J., & Wyndham, J. (2015). Investigating the perceived social responsibilities of scientists, engineers and health professionals. Professional Ethics Report, 28(1).