Water and Climate Change

17 major rivers, hundreds of lakes and vast wetlands — notwithstanding these substantial water resources, Africa is one of the world’s most water-stressed continents. Climate change is seen as one of the key reasons: erratic rainfall, and increased incidence and intensity of floods, droughts and extreme heat is expected to further jeopardise the lives and livelihoods of almost 118 million extremely poor people in the continent – at a time when the COVID pandemic continues to devastate most nations and their populations.

To mark the launch of its latest issue and cover story on the subject, investigated and written by a team of extremely talented journalists working in Africa, Down To Earth magazine (www.downtoearth.org.in), Centre for Science and Environment (www. cseindia.org), and Kenya-based Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture (MESHA) announced the first Africa Network Media Cafe – an online briefing for media people working in Africa

The Media Cafe focused on Water and Climate Change in Africa from a reporter’s perspective. It demystified the ground situation through expert analyses; and explored existing coverage of the issue, as well as identified future story possibilities.

PLEASE NOTE:

• The Media Cafe is open only to practising journalists working in and based in Africa.
• This is a free online event.
• The Cafe offers an opportunity to all the selected participants for publishing in Down To Earth and Sayansi magazines.
  All selected participants who attended the Cafe received an e-certificate of participation.

ABOUT THE AFRICA NETWORK MEDIA CAFES

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is a highly respected think-tank based in New Delhi, India, which works on some of the key issues and concerns of environment and development in the Global South. Down To Earth is a fortnightly English magazine that the Centre has been helping to publish since the 1990s. A number of writers, subject experts and journalists from Africa regularly contribute articles and opinions in this magazine.

CSE and Down To Earth share a long-standing and successful association with MESHA, working together to build capacity and understanding of journalists in Africa on issues of environment and development. The partnership has resulted in a number of pan-Africa briefings, training programmes, etc over the past several years. The Africa Network Media Cafe is a new initiative under this partnership – designed as a series of media briefings on some of the most critical and current survival questions that are dogging the Global South. Beginning with this first one, the organisers plan to conduct one Media Cafe every two months.

FOR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT

SUKANYA NAIR
sukanya.nair@cseindia.org
8816818864