‘Decolonise to decarbonise’, African climate journalists urged
Friday, September 01, 2023 | 140 Views |
From September 4 to 6 over 30 climate journalists from across the region pondered on the African climate story, identified gaps in the narrative and how best to frame the story to enable climate action and agenda setting.
During the diagnostic sessions, African realities and voices were found missing from the story, yet it is vital to set the African agenda. Hence news media practitioners in the climate space were urged to reframe the story. This can be thought of as decolonising the African climate narrative, which more often than not is buried in the Western discourse.
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