Telling Practical and Effective Climate Change Story to African Audience.
A journalists’ Toolkits.
By:
Zubaida Mabuno Ismail.
Freelance Climate Change Journalist.
Agenda.
Cont.
Terms.
Climate change; United Nations defines Climate Change as long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Such shifts can be natural, due to changes in the sun’s activity or large volcanic eruptions.
Biodiversity; refers to the variety of living species on Earth, including plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi.
Fossil Fuels; are greenhouse emissions that blanket the earth, they trap the sun’s heat which leads to
warming and climate change.
Net Zero; is when carbon dioxide emissions are still generated but equal amount of carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere as it is released into it.
Renewable energy; are alternative sources of energy that are clean, accessible, affordable, sustainable, and reliable. They are provided by the sun, wind, water, waste, and heat from the earth and are replenished by nature and emit little to no greenhouse gases or pollutants.
Adoptation; means reducing our risks from the harmful effects of climate change (like sea-level rise, more intense extreme weather events, or food insecurity.
Mitigation; is avoiding significant human interference with Earth's climate, stabilize greenhouse gas levels in a timeframe sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, ensure that food production is not threatened..
Examples of climate change induced events.
Draughts – Food insecurity.
Immigration – urban/ cross-border.
Floods – Infrastructure Deficits.
Economic - Poverty (Women and children)
Health Pandemics.
Question.
How to identify climate change angles in everyday stories?
Are all draughts and floods caused by climate change?
Tips.
Human attitude:
Examples?
Indiscriminate littering?
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Natural cause:
Example?
Water bodies breaking their banks?
Rising sea temperatures?
Threats.
The consequences of climate change now include, among others, intense droughts, water scarcity, severe fires, rising sea levels, melting polar ice, catastrophic storms and declining biodiversity.
The Intercontinental Panel on Climate Change report shows increasing climate change threats for human health, food and water security and socio-economic development in Africa.
Part 2
Turkey’s Pressing Environmental Issues are?
Conti.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change prepares comprehensive Assessment Reports about the state of scientific, technical and socio-economic knowledge on climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for reducing the rate at which climate change is taking place.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Chang is a multilateral treaty adopted in 1992 shortly after the first assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel
Conti.
on Climate Change in 1990 to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations.
Since 1994, the UNFCCC has provided the basis for international climate negotiations, including landmark agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol (1997) and the Paris Agreement (2015)
Conti.
The UN climate change conference, Conference of the Parties (COP), is a pivotal opportunity to correct course and accelerate action to tackle the climate crisis
The first Conference of the Parties was held in Berlin, Germany, in 1995 and the 28th held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Climate Finance
Nationally Determined Contributions are where countries set targets for mitigating the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change and for adapting to climate impacts. The plans define how to reach the targets, and elaborate systems to monitor and verify progress so it stays on track.
Pitching a C.C story.
Conti.
ELEMENTS OF FAKE NEWS
Falsity
Misleading
Deliberately fabricated
Influence opinions, alter behaviours, push an agenda.
Conti.
false information and mistruths have been circulating for as long as stories have been told smartphones, the internet and social media have given it a new lease of life and a new high-speed distribution mechanism.
What is Climate Change Dis/Misinformation
• Any action or information that;
undermines the existence or impacts of climate change,
the unequivocal human influence on climate change, and
the need for corresponding urgent action according to the IPCC scientific consensus and in line with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement;
• Misrepresents scientific data, including by omission or cherry-picking, in order to erode trust in climate science, climate-focused institutions, experts, and solutions; or
• Falsely publicizes efforts as supportive of climate goals that in fact contribute to climate warming or contravene the scientific consensus on mitigation or adaptation.
Group Work
3 Groups
Brainstorm 3 climate/environmental topics in Turkey
Turkey’s position on cutting down on fossil fuels at COP28
Turkey’s droughts situations
The adaptation and mitigation plans
Nationally Determined Contributions
Thank You