Making forest-climate plans gender friendly
Women depend so much on the forest for livelihood. They are also among the most vulnerable to impacts of climate change. This feature advocates for gender mainstreaming in the REDD mechanism. Ugochi...
View ArticleClimate Change Communicator of the Year Award
The Climate Change Media Partnership is among the nominees for the Climate Change Communicator of the Year award. In recent years, the CCMP has supported nearly 150 journalists from 49 countries in...
View ArticleCCMP Fellowships 2011 – Applications Open
UNFCCC COP17 Climate Summit in South Africa, Nov 28-Dec 9, 2011 The Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) is proud to announce the launch of a Fellowship programme that will send journalists to the...
View ArticleA Nigerian quest for better use of wood fuel
In this radio feature, Nigerian journalist Ugochi Anyaka reports on the health effects that people suffer when they burn wood as fuel in their homes – and how tackling this problem can help to limit...
View Article25 tips for climate change journalists
This collection is based on training presentations to journalists from around the world, and especially the global South, that I have given in recent years. It includes some tips from journalists Tim...
View ArticleGlobal warning
Click here to view the embedded video. Twenty-four Jamaican artistes have decided to sing for climate change – they have volunteered to help educate the public in Jamaica, the Caribbean and the world....
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Nine journalists in one truck learn to adapt
On 7th November radio journalist Audrey Wabwire, from Nairobi, Kenya, boarded a truck bound for Durban. Her aim: to see the effect of climate change in local communities and to share these stories...
View ArticleCommunicating climate change without the clutter
Pretending to know next to nothing about it, I asked Themba what COP 17 meant. A broad smile immediately lit up his face, revealing his shiny gold tooth. “It is not the same as the World Cup that was...
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Taking it to the streets – in pictures
While lawyers, scientists, businessmen and politicians decide on the future of our planet behind closed doors at UN climate change talks (COP17), the ordinary people who their decisions affect most...
View ArticleReporter’s diary: forest journalists cover the globe
For journalists from the least developed countries — like mine, Nepal — it is hard to make our own way to cover international meetings. Our media houses rarely fund such trips, especially to report on...
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