SPREP Launches Climate Change Toolkit for Pacific Media

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has launched a toolkit to support journalists in the Pacific region in effectively communicating on climate change and related environmental issues. The toolkit consists of a series of factsheets containing information on different aspects of climate change, and a manual of activities for improving journalists' climate change reporting and interview techniques.

The media toolkit was produced by SPREP in partnership with the Pacific-Australia Climate Change Science and Adaptation Planning Programme of the Australian Government. It builds on SPREP's existing media outreach programme, and marks the conclusion of the two partners' ‘Pacific Media and Climate Change Project,' which trained 60 Pacific climate change practitioners and nearly 100 media workers. The toolkit comes in response to calls from Pacific media for assistance with understanding the issue, and its elaboration process included wide consultations with members of the region's media to ensure suitability.

http://www.sprep.org/climate-change/pacific-media-and-climate-change-toolkit-available-now