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Telangana is committed to taking steps to deal with climate change, said Jogu Ramanna, the State’s Minister for Environment & Forests.
“We are already witnessing the impacts of climate change in the form of extreme weather events such as heat waves, intense rainfalls, droughts and hailstorms. We need to prepare our communities to face this challenge,” the Minister said while addressing the closing ceremony of a two-day workshop on climate change for media here.
He said the state government had launched a pilot project in Mahbubnagar district for building capacity of agricultural households and making them climate-resilient.
The workshop on April 11-12 was organised by Centre for Media Studies (CMS), German Agency for International Cooperation and the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, and hosted by the Environmental Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI), Hyderabad.
It was part of a series of four regional workshops. The next three will be held in Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.
All development projects are being examined for climate-friendliness, said B Kalyan Chakravarthy, Director General of EPTRI and Special Secretary, Environment & Forests. He said the media can play a critical role in communicating the challenge of climate change to communities and also influence planners and policymakers. He urged media persons to keep environment and climate at the back of their mind while writing about policies, programmes and initiatives.
Media role“Inadequate or ill-informed coverage of climate change does not help in sensitising people, policymakers and politicians. Clear and authentic media coverage on climate change mitigation and adaptation can help motivate people and communities to act,” said PN Vasanti, Director General, CMS.
The workshop included field visits to Jawaharnagar Solid Waste Management Centre and climate-resilient agriculture initiatives at ICRISAT.
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