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- Permanent Link:
- http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI13042155/00001
Notes
- Summary:
- The four-page policy brief underlines the significant role of media and journalism for better practices of climate change adaptation. In addition, it suggests several ways that policymakers can enhance the media’s capacity to cover climate change: ‘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’ (p.1). The brief notes that climate change journalism in the developing countries are growing in number and experience; however, the media coverage of climate change still occupies only a small part of total media reporting. As a result, the lack of necessary reporting on climate change poses a problem for public understanding of climate change. Particularly important, the brief criticizes that the existing journalism is too much dependent on international sources while local based reporting on climate change is deficient to a great extent. In addition, the document argues that there are several barriers for reporting on climate change in the developing countries: insufficient training, unsupportive editors, limited access to information, and lack of necessary contacts with local scientists and officials. The document also suggests that journalists in the developing countries need to have a more contact with international meetings on climate change. For example, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations can be an important venue for these journalists to report on up-to-date developments in the realm of climate change. In this regard, the brief also recommends policy-makers in the developing world to support journalists attending such conventions. In addition to supporting media capacity, the policy makers could develop more engagement with the media concerning key policy process. Furthermore, the brief suggests that the policy-makers can bring together policy makers, scientists, journalists, civil society organizations, business people and community representatives for the creation of a more solid knowledge and the expansion of public awareness on climate change. ( English )
- Subject:
- Climate Change ( English )
- Citation/Reference:
- Shanahan, M. (2011). Why the media matters in a warming world: a guide for policymakers in the global South. Climate Change Media Partnership, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Internews, Panos, European Union.
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