Climate Broadcasters Network - Europe
Collection of activities
Date of creation: 2006 Number of members: 51 Number of member countries: 23 Number of activity forms received: 29
The aim of the Climate Broadcasters Network – Europe is to raise awareness on climate change amongst the general public, and to discuss how best to clearly and intelligibly communicate the latest scientific results to citizens. CBN-E has some very active members, involved in various activities ranging from regular weather bulletins to writing books, giving lectures and bigger projects.
The following collection aims to give an overview of the different activities of CBN-E members.
a) Quantitative results : It is difficult to quantify the breadth and repercussions of members’ actions, as complete information on activities is not available for every member. But several examples show that the potential impact and reach of the network is high, for instance when special editions of weather forecasts were organised during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December 2008 in Poznan, an audience of over 8 million people was reached.
b) Qualitative results : Members’ actions comprise the following activities in particular (the order can be interpreted as a ranking from more important/more frequent to less important/less frequent activities):
• Weather bulletins On TV On the radio
• Newspapers/magazines Some of them have their own news column in newspapers Giving interviews on climate change
• Co-producing and hosting TV shows Game shows that involve citizens (e.g. to encourage them to use less electricity) Television programmes with short story lines about the weather and climate change
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