Genevieve Guenther

Genevieve Juliette Guenther
EducationColumbia University
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Organization(s)End Climate Silence
Websitehttps://www.genevieveguenther.com/

Genevieve Juliette Guenther is an American climate change activist, consultant, author, and speaker. She is the founding director of the media watchdog organization End Climate Silence,[8] and most recently affiliate faculty at the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School.[9]

Early life and education

Guenther received her bachelor's degree summa cum laude from Columbia University[10] and, in 2004, her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.[2]

Career

Guenther advises NGOs, activists, corporations, and policymakers on climate disinformation and communication. She is the author of The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It, which was reviewed as "a tour de force"[11] and "a revelatory study,"[12] and was called "a genuine gift to the world" by the climate journalist Bill McKibben.[13]

She is also the founding director of the volunteer organization End Climate Silence, which advocates for increased coverage of climate change in news media.[2][1][4][3][5][6][7][14] The group's advisory board is Brad Johnson, Michael Mann, Peter Kalmus, and Margaret Klein Salamon.[15]

Guenther has been profiled in The New Yorker for her activism[2] and noted in the media for The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It.[16] The Language of Climate Politics was short listed for the Penn Libraries Book Prize in Sustainability.[17]

Guenther was an Expert Reviewer of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Working Group III.[10]

Media appearances

In 2018 she appeared on the CNN show Reliable Sources.[18] In 2019 she was interviewed by Brian Lehrer on "The Brian Lehrer Show," on WNYC public radio.[19] In 2021 Guenther was interviewed on a climate-focused episode of The New York Times podcast, "The Argument."[20] In 2024 she participated in a televised debate with Trump Administration Department of Energy Appointee Steven Koonin and Nobel Laureate Daron Acemoglu.[21]

Literature

Guenther started her career as a tenure-track English professor at the University of Rochester.[2] Her book on English Literature, Magical Imaginations: Instrumental Aesthetics in the English Renaissance, analyzes works by Spenser, Marlowe, and Shakespeare.[2] Renaissance Quarterly called it "sensible and brilliant."[22]

Bibliography

Books

  • The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It (2024) ISBN 0-19-764223-3
  • Magical Imaginations: Instrumental Aesthetics in the English Renaissance (2012) ISBN 978-1-4426-4241-6

Essays

References

  1. ^ a b "EndClimateSilence.org". EndClimateSilence.org. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "How Should the Media Talk About Climate Change?". The New Yorker. October 17, 2020. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "'It's now or never': UN climate report's 4 urgent takeaways". National Geographic. April 4, 2022. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Michael E. Mann (January 12, 2021). The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet. PublicAffairs. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-5417-5822-3.
  5. ^ a b "Don't Just Watch: Team Behind 'Don't Look Up' Urges Climate Action". The New York Times. January 11, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  6. ^ a b David Wallace-Wells (February 16, 2019). "Time to Panic: The planet is getting warmer in catastrophic ways. And fear may be the only thing that saves us". The New York Times. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Universities must reject fossil fuel cash for climate research, say academics". The Guardian. March 21, 2022.
  8. ^ [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
  9. ^ "[Cross-Post] "Our House is on Fire": Faculty at The New School on our Climate Emergency". tishmancenter.org. September 24, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Interview: Five Questions With Genevieve Guenther on Climate Communication". amasia.vc. Archived from the original on December 23, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  11. ^ Baumann, Franz (April 23, 202). "Cutting Through the Fog: The Propaganda That Keeps Big Oil in Business". Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. 67 (3): 61-64. doi:10.1080/00139157.2025.2471224.
  12. ^ "The Language of Climate Politics". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
  13. ^ "Genevieve Guenther: Books". genevieveguenther.com. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
  14. ^ Margaret Klein Salamon; Molly Gagedate (April 21, 2020). Facing the Climate Emergency. New Society Publishers. ISBN 978-0-86571-941-5.
  15. ^ "About". End Climate Silence.
  16. ^ Robinson, Nathan (May 12, 2025). "How to Fight Fossil Fuel Propaganda". Retrieved March 18, 2026.
  17. ^ "Penn Libraries' Shortlist for the 2025 Book Prize in Sustainability". University of Pennsylvania Almanac. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
  18. ^ "How media can improve climate change coverage". cnn.com. October 14, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  19. ^ "How Can the Media Cover Climate Change Better?". wnyc.org. September 19, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  20. ^ "Got Climate Doom? Here's What You Can Do to Actually Make a Difference". The New York Times. November 10, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  21. ^ "Can We Overcome the Polycrisis?". YouTube. Institute of Art and Ideas. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
  22. ^ McAdam, Ian (Winter 2012). "Reviewed Work: Magical Imaginations: Instrumental Aesthetics in the English Renaissance Genevieve Guenther". Renaissance Quarterly. 65 (4): 1343. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
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