SHILLONG: A media workshop on Climate Change Reporting was jointly organised by the Indian Himalayas Climate Adaptation Programme (IHCAP) of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India in collaboration with Meghalaya Climate Change Centre (MBDA), and Centre of Media Studies (CMS) on Wednesday.
Speaking in the inaugural session of the three-day workshop, Minister of Information Technology Department, Ampareen Lyngdoh stressed on the need to immediately address the concerns of climate change.
“The threat of climate change is real and it should be given top priority by all concerned stakeholders.” Lyngdoh stated.
She added that the Meghalaya Government has initiated various steps to curb the menace of climate change, but it has been highlighted on the negative side. She further urged all the concerned stakeholders to join hands on tackling the challenges of climate change, adding “Media should highlight different aspects of climate change in right perspective and create awareness among people and communities.”
In the first technical session, ‘Challenges of reporting Climate Adaptation with examples of live stories from the region and Introduction of IHCAP’s media manual on Climate Reporting, Vulnerability of Meghalaya forests to climate change, Changing Climatic Patterns in Meghalaya, Carbon Footprints of Meghalaya’ weredeliberated by experts.
