Communicating climate justice: A vital part of COP27’s outcomes

The statement asserts that low-income communities in the Global South and marginalized groups are disproportionately affected by climate change but are excluded from media representation and policy conversations. It argues that ensuring these groups have access to affordable digital platforms and communication tools is vital for implementing viable climate justice solutions, despite the likelihood that COP27's final texts will ignore the role of communications.

• Current emission trajectories suggest the world is heading toward 3 to 4 degrees Celsius of warming by 2100, which threatens to make entire regions of Africa, Australia, the United States, South America, and Asia uninhabitable due to flooding, desertification, and direct heat.
• Marginalized groups, including Indigenous peoples, family farmers, and the urban poor in the Global South, are more severely impacted by climate change than wealthier nations but lack the media visibility and policy access needed to shape international and national responses.
• The democratization of media and information systems, specifically through access to affordable digital platforms, is presented as a necessary requirement for generating the political will to tackle the climate crisis.

APA

Rowley, S. (2022). Communicating climate justice: A vital part of COP27’s outcomes. World Association for Christian Communication. https://waccglobal.org/communicating-climate-justice-a-vital-part-of-cop27s-outcomes/

Chicago

Rowley, Saskia. Communicating climate justice: A vital part of COP27’s outcomes. World Association for Christian Communication, 2022. https://waccglobal.org/communicating-climate-justice-a-vital-part-of-cop27s-outcomes/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{rowley2022communicating, author = {Rowley, Saskia}, title = {{Communicating climate justice: A vital part of COP27’s outcomes}}, publisher = {World Association for Christian Communication}, year = {2022}, month = nov, url = {https://waccglobal.org/communicating-climate-justice-a-vital-part-of-cop27s-outcomes/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }