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Climate Change and the Challenge for Media

Heat pumps, net zero, decarbonisation, the Paris agreement. With less than two weeks to go until Cop26, we’re being deluged with detail and jargon. But how much do you actually understand about climate change? Do you even know what COP actually stands for? (It’s Conference of the Parties if you don’t). Katie Razzall asks what role the media has in educating us about climate change. Maybe you feel hectored rather than informed? Or maybe you think the media isn’t going far enough; if we now face an existential crisis, should journalists dispense with the notion of objectivity and become activists in the fight to save the planet?

English
  • Originally Aired October 23, 2021
  • Runtime 26 minutes
  • Network BBC News
  • Created September 23, 2025 by
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