Reporting on Climate Change Workshop 2009
29 June 2009
Venue: Royal Geographical Society
Good climate change reporting means understanding the science of climate, the merits of proposed solutions, and the political and social context of the problem. This workshop will cover all three areas with a focus on the needs of journalists in developing nations.
Read more about the workshop here.
Speakers
- Gustavo Faleiros: Environmental Reports, O Eco online
- Saleemul Huq: Senior Fellow in the Climate Change Group, Institute for International Environment and Development
- Liz Kalaugher: Editor, Environment Web (Institute of Physics)
- Luisa Massarani: SciDev.net, Brazil
- Jenni Metcalfe: Australian Science Communicators
- Chris Rapley: Director, Science Museum
- Bob Ward: Policy and Communications Director, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
- John Mitchell: Director of Climate Science, UK Met Office
Topics range from the impacts of climate change to whether geo-engineering approaches such as ocean iron fertilisation can mitigate them. Expert speakers will also touch on adaptation to climate change, the IPCC and how it operates, forests as carbon stores, the Stern Review, and parallels between the credit crunch and the climate crunch. Participants will have ample opportunity to share their climate change puzzles (and solutions) with experts and with other delegates.
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- Podcast from the Naked Scientists
Ralph Akinfeleye from the University of Lagos, Nigeria 
A journalist in a breakout group discusses practical challenges faced when reporting on climate change