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26 Nov 2021 The way we communicate climate change matters

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From a story about the rehabilitation of mangroves in Southern Philippines to cultivating better science communication for a deeper engagement and response to the climate crisis, Media Development’s last issue of the year offers tangible examples as well as ideas on the theme, Communicating Climate...

24 Nov 2021 Supporting communities in sharing stories of climate change

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By Bridget Backhaus, Anne Leitch and Kerrie Foxwell-Norton “Warming Up” is an Australian research project to help adaptation to climate change by supporting community radio stations to amplify local stories of climate change and build capacity to engage in meaningful community conversations. There were strong...

24 Nov 2021 The challenge of communicating unwelcome messages

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By Asher Minns Mitigate more. Adapt now. Be afraid. Feel guilty. Pay up. Change everything. Few people want to hear these messages, yet they have been at the heart of the most successful communication campaign ever. Over the span of a couple of decades, the...

30 Oct 2021 Climate Justice resources in English

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Understanding Global Warming of 1.5°C Intergovenmental Panel on Climate Change A Special Report by the IPCC on “the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat...

05 May 2024 Alternative media: Alternative to what?

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Lorenzo Vargas The following article reviews some of the main ways in which scholarship on community and alternative media has sought to understand itself and argues that despite disagreements around definition, these debates have translated into tangible calls for social transformation in the form of...

22 Feb 2023 Communication rights in Latin America in the context of a Pink Tide 2.0

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Lorenzo Vargas In Latin America, the “pink tide” governments of the first decade of the 21st Century transformed the movement for communication rights by introducing far reaching media reform legislation, with various degrees of success. As a second wave of progressive governments is elected, the...

29 Mar 2022 Message du Secrétaire general

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Chers membres, partenaires et amis de la WACC, Chaleureuses salutations du Secrétariat général de la WACC. Des événements récents ont démontré que les droits à la communication sont essentiels à la vie des gens, à leurs moyens de subsistance, à leur identité et à leur...

29 Mar 2022 Mensaje del Secretario General

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Estimados miembros, socios y amigos de la WACC, Saludos cordiales desde la Secretaría General de la WACC. Los acontecimientos recientes han demostrado que los derechos a la comunicación son vitales para la vida, el sustento, la identidad y el sentido de pertenencia a una comunidad...

24 Nov 2021 Media Development 2021-4 online magazine and pdf

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Media Development 2021-4 Communicating Climate Change The basic premise of public interest journalism is that people should be informed in a fair and balanced way about crucial matters that affect their understanding of the world they live in and that could affect their lives. As...

19 Feb 2025 Media Development 2025/1 articles

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Media Development 2025/1 Articles Media Development 2025-1 online magazine and pdfs MD 2025-1 Editorial Grassroots communities, climate change, and the Global Digital Compact Communicating ways to cope with climate breakdown What is said, what is not said,...