Do you really know what your journalists, assistants, technicians, researchers, digital developers, directors and others expect from you when it comes to radio coverage of climate change? What if the celebration World Radio Day 2025 was the perfect opportunity to find out?

If you do not have the resources to carry out the quantitative and qualitative studies needed to ensure the success of your programme schedule, recruit volunteers or students to interview the people concerned. Prepare a quick survey on your website. Ask them to respond by e-mail and instant messaging. 

What do your radio colleagues want to know about climate change? Multilingual management for your editorial staff?

A more political, economic or social editorial line?

Focus on local solutions?

Are your programmes specific enough?

Are they too general?

Would standard weekly programming be best? Or programmes on specific dates?

How could long-term investigations be financed?

How could interaction with auditors be improved?

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.