Climate Change and Communication Rights

Global warming is likely to lead environmental catastrophe — frequent droughts, sea level rises, loss of biodiversity — unless societies around the world radically change their ways of life.

WACC believes that there is strong link between communication and environmental action, including responses to climate change.  

The global response to climate change depends in part on how much public attention is paid to climate-related issues — particularly in the media. News reports can help drive public mobilization and policy change.  

Climate change impacts people and communities in vulnerable situations disproportionately. WACC believes we must enable those communities to tell their stories, organize for change, and advance their own solutions to the climate crisis.  

We are working with partners to support communities at the grassroots level to harness traditional ecological knowledge and to form networks of environmental citizen journalists. Our multi-year project in partnership with the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is promoting the protection of sensitive ecosystems in Colombia. 

Projects supported under this theme align with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 on Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions, SDG 13-on Climate Action, and the objectives of the Paris Agreement.