What is the role of factual, current affairs and news programming in telling the stories of climate change? With such a powerful platform to educate and inspire, how do broadcasters make global climate change stories relevant to audiences? Can you report the challenges our planet faces without overwhelming or demoralising viewers? And how can broadcasters maintain impartiality and inspire positive change?
Host Tom Heap (Environment Broadcaster & Author) will be joined by Liz Bonnin (Science, Natural History and Environmental Broadcaster) Rachel Corp (Editor, ITV News), Sarah Whitehead (Deputy Head of Newsgathering, Sky News), Laura Piper (Climate Correspondent, STV News) and Ciaran Jenkins (Scotland Correspondent, Channel 4 News), who will share their insights and personal stories, giving testimony to the climate issues they’ve witnessed around the world.