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23 May 2025 WACC Annual Report 2024 highlights collective work to enable a future for all

Posted at 18:26h in Climate Justice, Communication Rights, Digital Justice, Gender, Indigenous, Migrant voices, News 0 Comments

WACC’s Annual Report 2024 “Enabling a Future for All” brings to life the organization’s collective work last year to advocate for digital justice, gender justice, and climate justice, and to put people at the center of digital societies.“WACC has added its voice to the struggle...

22 Apr 2025 Big Tech’s water grab

Posted at 07:00h in Climate Justice, Comment, Digital Justice 0 Comments

Water and digital technologies – we can’t live without them. But while people in many parts of the world are running short of water, digital technologies are consuming more and more. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google operate data centres that take vast amounts of water from some...

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20 Feb 2025 Newest Media Development explores how digital justice is key to achieving climate justice

Posted at 21:50h in Climate Justice, Digital Justice, News 0 Comments

Communication justice is vital to addressing the existential threats posed by climate change and environmental inequity in our digital world, Media Development editor Philip Lee writes in "Climate Justice and Digital Inclusion," the latest issue of WACC’s journal. This means ensuring both that everyone has access...

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21 Oct 2024 WACC partners to highlight key role of local voices at UN global biodiversity summit

Posted at 16:13h in Climate Justice, Communication Rights, News 0 Comments

WACC partners from Latin America are set to demonstrate the essential place of local voices exercising communication rights for climate justice as the United Nations Biodiversity Conference - COP 16 opens today in Cali, Colombia. Every two years the UN event gathers governments and other stakeholders...

A journalist in a wheelchair sits at a broadcasting console at Radio Ideal in Tena, Ecudaor

02 Sep 2024 Why we must convene local actors to tackle the climate emergency: The case of Radio Ideal

Posted at 02:00h in Climate Justice, Comment 0 Comments

The climate emergency is a challenge of such magnitude that we tend to forget that solutions are often found at the local level and in unexpected places. Such is the case of Radio Stereo Ideal 98.9 FM, a community radio station based in Tena, in Ecuador’s...

Planetary Health Warning on data centres

01 Jul 2024 Digitalization should carry a planetary health warning

Posted at 08:00h in Climate Justice, Comment, Digital Justice 0 Comments

A large part of the world can no longer function without data centres. These are the networked computing and storage facilities that enable the delivery of software applications and data. They are vital to the daily functioning of governments, societies, and users alike. Currently, there...

An Indigenous woman speaks into a microphone with her other hand raised in a fist. People behind her hold a colorful banner.

14 Jun 2024 WACC’s Annual Report 2023 spotlights work for communication justice for all

Posted at 13:48h in Climate Justice, Communication Rights, Digital Justice, Digital Rights, Gender, Indigenous, Migrant voices, News, One Year Projects 0 Comments

WACC’s Annual Report 2023 “Communication Justice for All” showcases the organization’s collective work last year to speak up for and advance just, inclusive, and community-led communication worldwide.“WACC believes in communication that builds and shapes community, enhances participation, and promotes freedom. Communication that demands accountability, builds...

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11 Jun 2024 Community media essential to protecting the Amazon, concludes new WACC publication

Posted at 16:50h in Climate Justice, News 0 Comments

A new WACC-supported study underlines the centrality of community radio to bridge communication and information gaps that hinder local communities in the Amazon from actively participating in forming environmental policy.The publication, Voices of the Amazon: An assessment of communication and environmental needs of the Brazilian,...

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03 Jun 2024 #GenerationRestoration: Recognizing media on World Environment Day

Posted at 08:00h in Climate Justice, Comment 0 Comments

This year alone has seen devastating floods in Brazil, Indonesia, Kenya, Tanzania, China, Dubai, Oman, Bahrain, and Qatar. Wildfires broke out in western Canada and Texas. Cyclones swept islands and nations along the Indian Ocean. News reports informed audiences that pets and livestock needed temporarily to...

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03 Apr 2024 Indigenous citizen communicators in the Philippines ready to champion climate justice

Posted at 12:42h in Climate Justice, News, One Year Projects 0 Comments

WACC is partnering with the Communication Foundation for Asia (CFA) to equip the Alangan-Mangyan people in the Filipino province of Mindoro as storytellers to bring their voices into the public sphere and protect their unique environment. A long-time WACC partner, CFA was established in 1968 to...