Conclusion : climate change engagement : a manifesto for museums and science centers

Museums and science centers are emerging as key players in climate change action. They have unique communicative, affective and social qualities and promote inter-generational learning outside the classroom. All these characteristics and activities can be purposefully deployed and critically developed to enable them to have agency in climate change governance in many different ways. In contrast to more politically defined sectors, research indicates that museums hold a unique position in the media and political landscape as trusted information sources, second only to science organizations and way ahead of mainstream media and government as places to communicate climate science and raise awareness of climate change (Cameron et al. 2009).