CCCC Kampala March 2010

Announcement (First)

The Climate Change Communication Conference will take place in March 2010 in Kampala, Uganda. This conference will be informed by the outcome of a number of major conferences on Climate Change that have recently been concluded or soon to be concluded. These include the World Science Journalists Conference -London, the World Climate Conference (WCC3)-Geneva, The Global Broadcasters Conference-Paris among others.

In all these meetings the importance of communicating climate and climate change information has come out clearly as a major priority. It is against this background that this conference is being organized by a consortium of institutions and organizations.

These include but are not limited to:
1. The Network of Climate Journalists in the Greater Horn of Africa-NECJOGHA
2. Network for Environment and Climate Journalists in Africa-NECTAFRICA
3. Internews
4. Uganda Journalists Association-UJA
5. IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center-ICPAC
6. Several others still to confirm.

Application Forms will soon be posted for participation in the various categories.

A call for abstracts of paper and poster presentations will soon be made available.

Patrick Luganda
Chair NECJOGHA
Director NECTAFRICA