Les échos : climat et médias, même combat

The document asserts that media concentration and poor governance in France result in a lack of quality information on climate change, which the authors link to public health risks and a failure to uphold constitutional rights to environmental information.

• The authors claim that media indifference to the climate crisis is evident in the minimal coverage given to major events: the COP 15 on biodiversity received only 0.3% of French media space, and the IPCC synthesis report published in March represented only 0.6% of media space over the four days surrounding its release.
• Public awareness and trust in climate science in France are low, with only 11% of the population feeling 'completely' informed about climate change and 39% doubting the conclusions of the recent IPCC report.
• A Swiss study from April indicates that current media coverage of climate change is more likely to trigger 'denial and avoidance' in readers than to encourage 'pro-environmental behaviors'.
• The authors argue that the lack of quality environmental information violates the right to a healthy environment and the right to environmental information, both of which are part of the Environmental Charter within France's constitutional bloc.
• To address these failures, QuotaClimat and the Institut Rousseau have published a citizen legislative proposal, and approximately twenty members of the National Assembly are considering proposals to make the media treatment of environmental issues a national priority.

APA

Vernières, A.-L., & Morel, E. (2023). Les échos : climat et médias, même combat. QuotaClimat. https://quotaclimat.org/actualites/les-echos-climat-et-medias-meme-combat-tribune/

Chicago

Vernières, Anne-Lise, and Eva Morel. Les échos : climat et médias, même combat. QuotaClimat, 2023. https://quotaclimat.org/actualites/les-echos-climat-et-medias-meme-combat-tribune/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Vernières |first1=Anne-Lise |last2=Morel |first2=Eva |title=Les échos : climat et médias, même combat |publisher=QuotaClimat |date=7 August 2023 |url=https://quotaclimat.org/actualites/les-echos-climat-et-medias-meme-combat-tribune/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{vernires2023les, author = {Vernières, Anne-Lise and Morel, Eva}, title = {{Les échos : climat et médias, même combat}}, publisher = {QuotaClimat}, year = {2023}, month = aug, url = {https://quotaclimat.org/actualites/les-echos-climat-et-medias-meme-combat-tribune/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }