Climate change in Africa: a guidebook for journalists | International Institute for Environment and Development

Climate change in Africa: a guidebook for journalists | International Institute for Environment and Development:

 IIED authors have contributed to a new UNESCO publication to support African journalists as they get to grips with what will be a defining feature of all of our lives, our changing climate.

 

Journalists there have critical roles to play in explaining the cause
and effects of climate change, in describing what countries and
communities can do to adapt to the impacts ahead, and in reporting on
what governments and companies do, or do not do, to respond to these
threats.

Yet research on public understanding of climate change
and surveys of journalists reveals that across Africa the media can and
should do more to tell the story of climate change. The new book aims to
help fill this important gap.

The book, produced for UNESCO by
IIED and Internews, covers the knowledge, skills and resources
journalists need to report on climate change in ways that are relevant
to their audiences.