Drop the doom and gloom: Climate journalism is about empowerment
Climate change coverage often focuses on the doom and gloom. But if we’re to mitigate the impact of the climate emergency, better communication is key, according to Kamyar Razavi in this crossposting from The Conversation.
There is a simple irony in dealing with climate change. To get a handle on the problem means that, at a certain level, the conversation has to move away from climate change. What does that mean?
The secretary general of Amnesty International shed some light on this apparent contradiction ahead of September’s United Nations climate change conference in New York.
A farmer who installed solar panels to power his irrigation systems on the family farm walks by the panels near Claresholm, Alta., in June 2019.
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I disagree – I reckon this article helps jumpstart agencies (or their stuck-in-the-mud leaders) to reflect their methodology in everything they do, like a mission statement.
… when did we start having “climate journalism”?
Journalism is about reporting the facts and telling the truth. If the climate is cactus; then it’s cactus!