Science writing and climate change / by Crispin C. Maslog, David Robie and Joel Adriano.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part one: Foreword -- Running out of time / David Robie -- Preface -- Why science writing and climate change? / Crispin C. Maslog -- Second preface -- Climate change 101 -- Climate change and media reporting -- Understanding science and scientists -- Effective science journalism -- Tipes for environmental journalists -- Writing for an international science news service -- "Bearing witness" and reporting -- Climate change in Fiji and the Pacific -- Part two: Samples and critiques of stories on climate change -- A hot issue at climate summit -- Hope and despair for Paris Accord goals at COP24 -- COP23 hopes to move Paris accord forward -- Climate change and agriculture -- Time for SIDS to set sail -- Tackling issues of SIDS survival -- A plan for all typhoon seasons -- Build cities to survice storms -- Averting climate refugees -- Global warming debate heats up -- Appendices: About the Pacific Media Centre and Auckland University [of Technology] -- About SciDev.Net, Asia Pacific Bureau.

“Disaster reporting, which focuses on deaths and casualties for the benefit of local readers, is understandable. However, the mass media also need to explain in depth the causes of climate change. Contextual climate change reporting can be taught to journalists by journalism schools if they have enough trained faculty and resources. But Asia-Pacific journalism schools are not able to do this, to cite a paper we published in Pacific Journalism Review (2017), which was based on a small survey of 20 schools in the region…. "There is a vacuum in formal science and environmental education in the Asia-Pacific region… But for the long-term, there is a need for a wide-scale, systematic upgrading of the science communication/science journalism training programmes in the universities with the help of UN agencies like UNESCO.” -- Provided by publisher.