WACC emphasized the vital link between communication rights and pressing issues such as climate justice, migrants’ rights, gender equality, freedom of expression, and media viability at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) in Lyon, France, last week. The event...
At its General Assembly on 11 and 18 March 2023, the WACC Caribbean regional association selected new leadership and discussed areas of communication rights engagement for the next four years. Regional focal areas On the agenda as likely focal points for WACC Caribbean in 2023–2027 are documentation...
Each year, political and economic leaders gather in Davos, Switzerland, in meetings organized by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Issues discussed at Davos are typically at the top of national and international agendas, and many see the gathering as one of the key spaces from...
A WACC panel on 8 December at the Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in Marrakech, Morocco, will highlight the crucial intersection between communication rights, localization, and climate justice. Organized by UNICEF and communication for development (C4D) agencies, the SBCC Summit on 5–8 December is...
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s 2021 report unequivocally linked climate change to human activity and predicted more frequent and more severe natural disasters over the coming years. Given the current trajectory of emissions and lack of meaningful climate action, the world is...
WACC project partners from across Latin America will explore the fundamental role that communication rights play in building more just, sustainable societies when they meet on 18–21 October 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Titled “Communication: Cornerstone of Social Justice,” the gathering will bring together some 30...
WACC's Board of Directors has approved a new Strategic Plan for 2022-2026, intended as a foundation for its network worldwide "to take a leadership role that advances communication rights in a rapidly changing world." [See Spanish and French versions] The plan focuses on new program priorities, building...
Por Carolina Martínez Molina Los páramos representan para la humanidad, la opción de vida y supervivencia en esta Casa Común. Al ser fábrica y depósito de agua dulce, este delicado ecosistema tiene un alto grado de responsabilidad en nutrir los ríos, lagos, lagunas y demás vertederos...
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 of climate...
On November 5, 2021 WACC will join hundreds of organizations around the world in a 24-hour Video Marathon, Hands Off our Rights, Hands off our Planet!, which will take place during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. The climate summit will be held...