MEDIA-WORKSHOP 2018 "Communicating on Climate Change" 3-5 JUNE, 2018 Paris, France 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITORIAL P.3 ABOUT THE MEDIA-WORKSHOP P.4 PARTICIPANTS' PROFILE P.5 MAIN MEDIA & ORGANIZATIONS P.6 PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME 2018 P.7 TESTIMONIES FROM PARTICIPANTS P.8 MEDIA COVERAGE BEST-OF P.9 OVERVIEW PREVIOUS EDITIONS P.10 CONTACTS P.12 2 EDITORIAL Hoesung Lee Petteri Taalas Chair, IPCC Secretary General, WMO Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change World Meteorological Organization The International Weather and Climate It is a great pleasure for me to serve as a patron Forum provides an important opportunity of the International Weather and Climate for weather presenters and the scientific Forum. Since 15 years, the WMO has supported community to engage with each other. the FIM and its goal of strengthening Developing contacts with weather knowledge and international collaboration presenters is one of the main focuses of the among weather presenters. These well-known IPCC's outreach strategy. We've been TV and radio personalities are among the most working with the WMO for some years effective communicators that we have in the now to support these meetings. WMO community. They deliver information I welcome the work of the Forum in and knowledge about the weather, but also bringing together weather presenters to about science, climate variability. improve their understanding of climate change. 3 ABOUT THE MEDIA-WORKSHOP CONTEXT The Media-Workshop is organized each year in the framework of the International Weather and Climate Forum, which is a major meeting of mobilization and education bringing together different communities. The workshop gathers around 100 weather presenters and representatives of international organizations, from 50 countries. AIMS Dedicated to the discussion of communication strategies at a high international level, the workshop aims at conducting an in-depth reflection on how to communicate more effectively on Climate Change, towards viewers but also policy-makers. GOVERNANCE For the next editions (2018, 2019 and 2020), the IWF is co-constructed within the framework of a new partnership governance composed of: Météo et Climat, Alliantis and IW2C. The IWF is supported by a high-level Committee: Petteri Taalas General Secretary of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Anne Hidalgo Mayor of Paris. Chair of C40 Hoesung Lee Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Jean-Marc Lacave CEO of the French National Meteorological Service Météo-France Jean Jouzel President of Météo et Climat (French Meteorological Society) Hervé Le Treut Director of the Institute Pierre-Simon Laplace 4 PARTICIPANTS' PROFILE KEY-FIGURES 100 participants 60 Weather Presenters (70% are professional meteorologists) 50 Countries represented ASIA NORTH AMERICA EUROPE 15% 17% 48% AFRICA SOUTH AMERICA 16% 7% 5 MAIN MEDIA & ORGANIZATIONS Each year, the Media-Workshop brings together representatives from 50 countries: COUNTRY ORGANIZATION COUNTRY ORGANIZATION ALGERIA ENTV TV4 NETHERLANDS RTL ARGENTINA TV Publica Canal 7 PERU TV Perú AUSTRALIA ABC News, SBS Australia POLAND TVP 1 BELGIUM VTM, RTBF, RTL TVI PORTO RICO WKAQ BELIZE Channel 5 QUATAR Al Jazeera BOTSWANA BTV REP. OF DJIBOUTI RDTV BRAZIL TV GLOBO REP. OF SEYCHELLES SNMS/SBC BULGARIA Nova TV REP. OF THE PHILIPPINES TV5 BURKINA-FASO TNB SOUTH AFRICA SABC BURUNDI RTNB SPAIN Antena 3 TV, TVE, TV3, Roca CANADA ICI Radio Canada, MeteoMedia, CBC SRI LANKA MTV Channel CCTV, Shanghai Meteorological Media CHINA SWITZERLAND RSI, SF TV, RTS Centre CROATIA HRT TAIWAN DaaiTV CUBA CubaVisión TV TURKEY TRT Haber CZECHREPUBLIC CT1 Czech Television UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Sky News Arabia DENMARK DBC UK BBC News FIJI Fiji TV USA ABC, CBC, WDID TV, NBC, Climate Central FINLAND YLE VIETNAM VTV TF1, France Télévisions, BFM TV, M6, Cnews, FRANCE EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL European Commission MeteoGroup GERMANY ZDF, ARD, RTL, MunichRe EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL European Climate Foundation GREECE Real Media EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL European Space Agency INDIA DD News EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL ECMWF ITALY Rai, Mediaset, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL International Red Cross JAPAN NHK EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL IPCC LIBANON MTV Lebanon EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL UN Foundation MOROCCO 2M EUROPE/INTERNATIONAL WMO MEXICO Televisa MONGOLIA Eagle TV 6 PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME 2018 Dates Venue Languages 3-5 June, 2018 Paris, France English - French Presentations & Roundtables Exchanges with climate experts and other specialists in the psychological and social dimensions of climate communications, social science. Various topics such as : Recent scientific advances in the attribution of extreme weather events, Adapting to disaster risks, Mobilizing action on climate change, Observing the climate from space Climate… Discussion Groups Participants (average of 20 per groups) discuss various Role Playing Game topics related to extreme weather events and global warming stakes, highlighting constraints and opportunities Communicating climate change complex issues to people with in communication. no formal education (and no scientific training) can be very At the end of the day, the rapporteurs present to the difficult to perform. audience a synthesis of the main outcomes of the The participants will apprehend the various approaches and discussions. stakeholders through an interactive role play. Exhibits 7 TESTIMONIES FROM PARTICIPANTS Michael WILLIAMS(WMO)& JonathanLYNN (IPCC) Paul MONARE,SABC (South Africa) In addition totheirgrowing role in communicating about climatechange, weather presenters The workshop has significantly impacted my day today workflowin a can use advances in climatescience toprovideforecasts andcontext about seasons and other very positivemanner.I havenow incorporated climate education in my longer termtimeperiods. weather reports. I inform the viewers about climate change, sustainable development and 'green living. EvelyneDHÉLIAT, TF1(France) The Forum plays a key role in the education and the awareness among the general public - especially of children - about the topic of climate change. Ariel RODRIGUEZ,Telemundo51 (USA) The 13thIWFwas an eye-opening experiencefor meas a meteorologistand Everton FOX, Al Jazeera (Qatar) environmental reporter. I came away with a revitalizedsense of I had the privilege of attending the IWF 2017, a truly urgency, and with a betteridea about how tocommunicate to international event […]. We aim to improve our my viewersthe effectsof climatechange within our community. understanding of climate change as we share resources and communicate its importance. Habibatou DIAKITÉ, ORTS (Mali) Tim NUTHALL,EuropeanClimate Foundation My country is located in the Sahelo-Saharan Region, It was great to meet you all and to engage with the weather consequently temperatures may rise up to46° presenters. (114.8ºF)! A very positive force in helping to tackling climate change. Therefore, special and urgent awareness-raising is […] I think you did a great job in bringing together such imperative. great people. Nam NGUYEN HOANG, VTV(Vietnam) I understand that not only Vietnam but other countries are also encountering their own climate change issue. We have the mutual problem of how totransform the communication in a Marie-PierreMOULIGNEAU, RTBF(Belgium) way thatattract moreaudiences but still keep the scientific We are and must be thelink between the scientists and the public, nature of information. because only by raising awareness among people we’ll be able to change things. 8 MEDIA COVERAGE - BEST-OF France France United States Belgium Italy France Czech Republic France United States Brazil South Africa 9 France Workshop 2017 in Turin, at the Italian Meteorological Society H.Q. Be aware of the importance of the role you can play on climate change education. Segolene Royal, Former Minister for Ecology and Environment and Presidentof COP21 10 Workshop 2016 in Paris, at the Ministry for Ecology and Environment Reception at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs by invitation of former Minister, Laurent Fabius Workshop 2015 in Paris, at the Economic Social and Environmental Council ...I support the fact that you use your fame and talent to raise the public awareness on Climate Change... Rasmus H. Petersen Former Minister of Climate and Energy, Denmark Workshop 2014 in Paris, at the Economic Social and Environmental Council 11 CONTACTS Christian VANNIER Founder and Director of the IWF Mobile : +33 (0)6 32 34 54 14 [email protected] Morgane DAUDIER Delegate General, Head of communications, Météo et Climat Mobile : +33 (0)6 60 37 60 21 [email protected] FOLLOW US www.forumeteoclimat.com @Forumeteoclimat #FIMC18 12.