The recent disasters in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have once again brought climate and disaster events under spotlight. These events underscore the importance of how effective storytelling plays an important role in shaping public understanding and responses to climate change and disasters.
Topic: Telling Climate and Disaster Stories Right
Date: Time: 28th August 2025 | 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm
The webinar “Telling Climate and Disaster Stories Right” explores how to communicate these complex issues with accuracy, nuance, and responsibility, while remembering that not every disaster is caused by human-induced climate change and that evidence-based reporting is essential.
Bringing together experts, academics, and communicators, the session offers insights on professional storytelling, avoiding sensationalism, and highlighting underrepresented perspectives. It will address how to use data and personal accounts to create factual stories that resonate with audiences, while steering clear of graphic images and dramatic language that may desensitise the public. Participants will learn to craft narratives that inform while upholding the dignity of affected communities.
This session aims to strengthen the capacity for responsible communication that fosters greater climate awareness across diverse audiences.
Agenda
Speakers
1. Chair: Prof Govind Singh, Media Advisor to Uttarakhand CM, & Chairman, Media Advisory Committee, Government of Uttarakhand
2. Prof Kanchan K Malik, Dept of Communication, and Faculty Fellow, UNESCO Chair on Community Media, University of Hyderabad
3. Prof Ramesh Menon, Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication, Pune
4. Meenakshi Gupta, Co-Founder, Goonj
5. Sarbjit Singh Sahota, Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist, UNICEF
6. Moderator: Rajiv Tikoo, Convenor, Voices of Bharat: Yuva for Sustainability
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