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<DIV id=short_desc><FONT size=5><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Broadcast Media and
Climate Change: </FONT><FONT color=#0000ff>4-5 September 2009, UNESCO
Headquarters, Paris, France</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>The International Conference on Broadcast Media and Climate
Change: A Public Service Remit will be held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris,
France, 4 - 5 September 2009.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>This high-level international event is organised by UNESCO in
partnership with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), regional
broadcasting unions and other international broadcasting organizations to
consider a global consensus to raise public awareness on the challenges of
climate change. <BR><BR>There is a consensus in most spheres that the challenges
of climate change are real. The magnitude of impacts of climate change is huge
and permeates every aspect of social and economic development. Nevertheless do
the majority of people take practical actions to avoid the potential cataclysm?
<BR><BR>Broadcast media has a decisive role to play in providing people with
information that would enable and encourage them to take responsibility for
their environment and future generations. Therefore, the conference will bring
together national broadcasters from both developing and developed countries with
regional broadcasting unions, key international broadcasting associations,
scientific organizations and climate-related agencies for them to examine the
major perspectives on climate change today. <BR><BR>Participants will assess the
needs and capacities of broadcasters to disseminate content on this subject, and
will explore ways of improving access to quality information on the subject, as
well as potential modalities for making resources and training programmes
available to media professionals. The aim is to increase the quantity of
programmes on climate, enhance the quality of these programmes and ensure their
permanence in the broadcast media. <BR><BR>Additionally the conference will
serve as a platform for regional and international collaboration to offer and
generate solutions to the most urgent questions and the next steps to take
concerning climate change and broadcast media, particularly in the developing
countries. Such collaboration will empower national broadcasters to fulfill
their role – the public service remit – in making climate change and related
mitigation and adaptation options better understood by audiences.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>For more info: <A
href="http://www.unesco-ci.org/cgi-bin/events/registration/page.cgi?g=5&d=1">http://www.unesco-ci.org/cgi-bin/events/registration/page.cgi?g=5&d=1</A></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT
size=2></FONT><BR>Bazlu<BR>_______________________<BR>AHM. Bazlur
Rahman-S21BR<BR>Chief Executive Officer<BR>Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and
Communication(BNNRC)<BR>&<BR>Member, Strategy Council<BR>UN-Global Alliance
for ICT and Development (UN GAID)<BR> <BR>House: 13/1, Road:2, Shaymoli,
Dhaka-1207 <BR>Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh<BR> <BR>Phone:
88-02-9130750, 88-02-9138501<BR>01711881647 Fax:
88-02-9138501-105<BR> <BR>E-mail: <A
href="mailto:ceo@bnnrc.net">ceo@bnnrc.net</A>, <A
href="mailto:bnnrc@bd.drik.net">bnnrc@bd.drik.net</A><BR><A
href="http://www.bnnrc.net">www.bnnrc.net</A><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>