Publication

Elizabeth Colebourn, CDKN Asia Project Manager, reports from a CDKN-supported retreat for influential editors from South Asia on the opportunities and challenges of reporting on climate change. CDKN has recognized that the media has the potential to play an important role in the policy-making process for climate compatible development. They can raise awareness and commitment among policy-makers via encouraging public debate and making it a political issue. Policy-makers also rely on the media for stories from the ground, as well as the latest research and evidence. As a result, CDKN is supporting a Panos South Asia programme to enhance climate change awareness and understanding among journalists in South Asia. Twelve editors from six countries in the region were invited to a retreat in Kathmandu from August 23 to 24. They included representatives of influential print and electronic media such as The Hindu in India, the Kathmandu Post in Nepal, Geo Television in Pakistan, and the New Nation in Bangladesh.

Read more: http://cdkn.org/2012/08/gate-keepers-of-our-news-%e2%80%93-the-power-and-responsibility-of-editors-to-report-on-climate-change/ : http://cdkn.org/2012/08/gate-keepers-of-our-news-%e2%80%93-the-power-and-responsibility-of-editors-to-report-on-climate-change/