Climate Communications Day: Press Release
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA -- When scientists, journalists and academics gather at this year’s UNFCCC Climate Change Summit in South Africa, one question will be addressed for the first time in this setting at a forum organized by and for media professionals: How can information on climate change best be communicated?
Climate Communications Day: Program
Full Agenda of Climate Communications Day at COP17 in Durban on Dec 1st, 2011
Climate Communications Day: Speakers' Bios
Full Bios of speakers on Climate Communications Day (from those who provided them)
Climate Communications Day (video): Randy Olson Talks About the Role of Communication in Climate Change
For Internews' Earth Journalism Network's Climate Communications Day on December 1, 2011, Randy Olson, scientist turned filmmaker, talks about the role of communication in climate change and the ways climate change can be communicated to the general public. Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyoRQeXOwxk
Climate Communications Day: Nicholas Kristof's Advice for Saving the World
In this November 30, 2009 article in Outside Magazine - Nicholas Kristof's Advice for Saving the World - Kristof asks, "What would happen if aid organizations and other philanthropists embraced the dark arts of marketing spin and psychological persuasion used on Madison Avenue? We'd save millions more lives."
The Ecumenical Patriarchate Ecological Activities
Description of the activities carried out by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and aimed at raising environmental awareness around the world.
Climate Communications Day: CCMP Policy Brief (English and French)
A briefing paper from the Climate Change Media Partnership aimed at policy-makers that examines the importance of developing a capable climate media sector.
Climate Communications Day: Overviews of the AAP, GCCA and EJN
Descriptions of the Africa Adaptation Program, the Global Climate Change Alliance and the Earth Journalism Network, which have each provided speakers to Climate Communications Day.
Climate Communications Day: Web-Based Resources for Video, TV and Photography
This briefing paper lists a plethora of online resources (mostly free) that provide video, TV and photographic materials for environmental reporting. The topical focus of this handout is on adaptation in Africa, but many of the resources listed are useful globally and on many different subjects.
WHY THE MEDIA MATTERS IN A WARMING WORLD: A GUIDE FOR POLICYMAKERS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
Climate change journalism can protect people and promote sustainable development — but only if it is accurate, timely and relevant. Strengthening the media’s capacity to cover climate change can help countries to plan and implement domestic policies that work on the ground, while also meeting their international obligations. Policymakers have a huge role to play: by improving the media’s access to locally relevant policy information; supporting journalists to report from rural areas and international meetings; engaging the media in policy and planning processes; and working to improve their own media literacy and ability to communicate clearly on climate change.
The Climate Change Media Partnership's briefing paper recommends ways for policymakers to support a better class of climate change journalism that is relevant to local audiences, builds public awareness of the issues and contributes to improved policymaking. It is available in English and French.
