Virtual Workshop to Understand Loss & Damage in Latin America and the Caribbean

Communicating climate change is always complex and requires a deep understanding of scientific concepts, as well as the ability to communicate them in an accessible way. Journalists play a critical role in informing the public and shaping public opinion on this, while being able to hold governments and companies accountable for their actions and ensuring that the public has access to accurate and relevant.

For this edition, they will select 30 journalists from Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Mexico, who will have the opportunity to interact with subject matter experts and learn from experienced journalists who have covered related topics with climate change in the region.

Sessions

• The workshop will be held in eight sessions, from September 14 to November 7, virtually, through the Zoom platform.
• The eight sessions are aimed at strengthening the capacities of Latin American journalists and will be distributed as follows:
  • Bases of climate science
    • Session objectives: To provide participants with technical and precise knowledge of the subject in order to improve their reporting capabilities on climate science.
    • Wednesday September 13.
  • Introduction to Loss and Damage
    • Session objectives: Provide participants with the conceptual bases and legal frameworks for a journalistic approach to loss and damage in Latin America.
    • Thursday September 21.
  • How to measure Damages and Losses in the region?
    • Objectives: Provide participants with the precise context and necessary tools to be able to write about P&D measurement, considering that it is a topic that has recently been incorporated into newsrooms.
    • Thursday September 28.
  • Loss and Damage in Climate Negotiations
    • Objectives: Explain to the participants what are the background of international negotiation and perspectives to achieve climate justice.
    • Tuesday October 3.
  • Financing of Losses and Damages in climate negotiations
    • Session objectives: Explain the scope and development or status of approval and application of these regional policies to finance activities related to Losses and Damages in climate negotiations.
    • Thursday October 12.
  • Forced migration due to loss and damage in the region
    • Session objectives: Give participants a current overview of the consequences that result from forced displacement and that are directly related to loss and damage in the region.
    • Thursday October 19.
  • Non-economic and/or non-quantifiable losses
    • Session Objectives:
      • Reflect on non-economic damages and the challenges involved in measuring and repairing them.
      • Understand which cases involve non-quantifiable or non-economic loss or damage.
    • Thursday October 26.
  • The challenges of journalism to narrate losses and damages
    • Session Objectives:  Discuss the untold stories in loss and damage. What stories are missing?
    • Thursday November 2.

What are they searching for?

• Journalists from Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras and Mexico.
• A strong desire to improve as a climate communicator/journalist, or to start integrating this perspective into your work.

For more information, visit Climate Tracker (CT).