World Environment Day and UN Climate-Change Negotiations

June 6, 2011

With World Environment Day coming up on 5 June and the next UN climate-change negotiations running from 6-17 June, you might be interested to know about the updated Earth Journalism Toolkit, produced by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network. It includes 34 environmental health topic pages and 18 climate change pages — each with background information, tips for reporters, case studies and links to more resources. There are also 6 skills pages and a whole set of resources. You can also comment on any of the pages. I have included the full list of weblinks below.

Tsunamis

Large tsunamis are rare relative to other kinds of natural disasters, but when they do occur they can devastate coastal populations.

Genetically Modified (GM) Crops

Climate change, rising food prices and a growing world population mean that GM crops are in the spotlight like never before, but few technologies are more controversial.

Acid Rain

Acid rain is a classic example of an environmental threat that originates in one place and causes problems in another, often very far away.

Adaptation to Climate Change

Vulnerable countries and communities urgently need to adapt to current and future impacts of climate change.

Air Pollution (Indoor)

Indoor air pollution is one of the great untold stories. It is responsible for more than a million premature deaths every year.

Air Pollution (Outdoor)

Outdoor air pollution – caused by industry, cars, fires and other factors – poses a range of health threats that can be felt far from their source.

Asbestos

Asbestos is a toxic mineral that has been banned in many Western nations but is widely used in developing countries, where it poses serious health threats to millions of people.

Resource – News University (Poynter Institute) Online Courses

This is one of the Earth Journalism Toolkit’s selected resources for journalists. Read on for a full description.

Resource – Society of Environmental Journalists

This is one of the Earth Journalism Toolkit’s selected resources for journalists. Read on for a full description.

Resource – WFSJ Online Course in Science Journalism

This is one of the Earth Journalism Toolkit’s selected resources for journalists. Read on for a full description. Via Earth Journalism Network.

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