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And daniela, youre actually facing particular challenges in brazil because, of course, there its very highly politcised as an issue because of the policies of mr bolsonaro. and i wonder if that means being a journalist in brazil, it also means you feel youre an activist too, in a sense? so more and more young people, more and more people are interested in climate issues in brazil and in the amazon. im a journalist — i think activists are a different kind of, lets say, animal. im not an ngo jou...

For the media show. hello. heat pumps, decarbonisation, the paris agreement, net zero. with less than two weeks to go until cop26, were being deluged with detail and jargon. but how much do you actually understand about climate change? do you even know what cop actually stands for? its conference of the parties, if you dont. today, were asking what role the media has in educating us about climate change. maybe you feel hectored, rather than informed. or maybe you think the media isnt going far e...

South and the issues there being different when it comes to climate change from the global north — what do you make of how journalists around the world are approaching climate change? you mentioned the news corp decision to change from a previously sceptical position with their mission zero 2050 statements? to danielas pointjust now, this summer with the heatwaves in europe and the various floods, you often heard european politicians say that the climate crisis is real and it is here. and i al...

Well, i dont share that observation. i see quite a lot of scientific dissent — as there should be. doubt is a core feature of science, and some of the greatest scientific breakthroughs consist of overthrowing earlier certainties of other scientists. so i agree, and many scientists say to me that they really struggle with journalists wanting to get definitive answers from them. going back to the elephant in the room, at least in many newsrooms, the activism question — my personal view is that...

The forest is important because, for many reasons, not only because trees capture and store carbon, but also because of the biodiversity — its a huge treasure that we dont know whats there — and also for all the knowledge of these indigenous people, that i mentioned before. so its important for brazil — for instance, the tropical forest has a very important role...to rain. and the rain is important for our country, for the countries that neighbour us like argentina or uruguay, and for the ...

Time i heard any sort of nuanced scientific dissent. is that a problem, do you think? well, i dont share that observation. i see quite a lot of scientific dissent — as there should be. doubt is a core feature of science, and some of the greatest scientific breakthroughs consist of overthrowing earlier certainties of other scientists. so i agree, and many scientists say to me that they really struggle with journalists wanting to get definitive answers from them. going back to the elephant in th...

And wolfgang, daniela was talking about the global south and the issues they are being different when it comes to climate change from the global north — what do you make of how journalists around the world are approaching climate change? you mentioned the news corp decision to change from a previously sceptical position with their mission zero 2050 statements? to danielas pointjust now, this summer with the heatwaves in europe and the various floods, you often heard european politicians say th...

— im sure thatll be up— at the front of the newspaper. daniela, environmental reporter at brazils valour economico — i suppose, what do you make of our discussion so far? are these discussions between journalists that youve been hearing so far here, are they similar to the ones youre having in brazil? yes. first of all, thanks for having me here. most welcome. yeah, was listening to you all, and they are all very similar things. so for instance, ive been covering these issues in valor sinc...

See across these organisations now. and daniela, youre actually facing particular challenges in brazil because, of course, there its very highly politcised as an issue because of the policies of mr bolsonaro. and i wonder if that means being a journalist in brazil, it also means you feel youre an activist too, in a sense? so, more and more young people, more and more people are interested in climate issues in brazil and in the amazon. im a journalist — i think activists are a different kind of...

Daniela chiaretti is environment reporter at brazils biggest financial newspaper, valour economico. natasha clark is the environment correspondent for the sun. tom chivers is the science editor at unherd. and wolfgang blau is the former global chief operating officer of conde nast — but hes now the co—founder of the oxford climatejournalism network. wolfgang, i gather you feel so strongly about climate change that you basically paused your career to educate yourself? its true, kate. it sudde...