Start an "On the way to COP30" chronicle.
On the occasion of WRD 2025, let your audience know that you have already started journalistic coverage of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30), to be held in November 2025 in Brazil.
This event is of considerable importance, particularly for those Member States most vulnerable to climate change, a large proportion of which are small island developing States (SIDS). Despite their importance and interest, these conferences are often difficult to access and follow.
First, get to know the COP:
- understanding the organization of the COP
- understanding COP vocabulary
- understanding COP mechanisms
- understanding the dividing lines within the COPs, and the issues and discussion points that will be debated during COP30, in particular concerning global warming and its consequences in terms of impact on the planet.
- categorizing the main documentary resources that will be useful for COP30 coverage and relevant to listeners in the radio signal coverage area.
Announce your editorial intentions on February 13th 2025.
Share the topics you want to cover on air over nine months. For example, what were the outcomes from COP29? How can we prepare ourselves to produce news stories and journalistic investigations on COP30 topics that are adapted to local issues? What are the most important themes for each of your broadcast areas? How can you mobilize your audience and communities for this upcoming event?
Your weekly chronicle "On the way to COP30" can be enriched with "United Nations Climate Change News". Then you will have access to plenty of news to feed into your broadcasts.
You could also establish a partnership with a local government or non-governmental organization that is familiar with the issues and realities of climate change in your broadcasting area (such as an association, research centre, university, public body or company) and announce that, too, on 13 February 2025.