Shortly before 2020 is over, we will have a look back at 2019 to map the climate change debate as reflected transnationally on Twitter. Compared with the two years prior, 2019 showed a particular abundance of climate-related tweets: While the total tweets count of 2018 grew by 8% from 2017, the total count of 2019 grew by 70%. Then what triggered the climate discourse so much on Twitter that year?
Shortly before 2020 is over, we will have a look back at 2019 to map the climate change debate as reflected transnationally on Twitter. Compared with the two years prior, 2019 showed a particular abundance of climate-related tweets: While the total tweets count of 2018 grew by 8% from 2017, the total count of 2019 grew by 70%. Then what triggered the climate discourse so much on Twitter that year? Continue reading “2019 on Twitter: Climate activism awakening”
Entwicklung des Klimas statt Entwicklung der Aktienkurse? Quelle: Pixabay/NASA
Das Format “Börse vor 8” dürfte den Meisten bekannt sein – in meinem Fall handelt es sich hierbei um die fünf Minuten vor der Tagesschau, in denen ich mir etwas zu Naschen hole, bevor ich es mir auf dem Sofa bequem mache. So dürfte es vielen gehen; weniger als 6 Prozent der Deutschen besitzen direkte Aktien. Dennoch nutzen die öffentlich-rechtlichen Medien ihre beste Sendezeit, um über genau dieses Thema zu berichten.
Eine Petition von change.org fordert jetzt, dass die öffentlich-rechtlichen Medien in den fünf Minuten vor der Tagesschau eine Sendung zu den Themen Umwelt-, Klimaschutz und Nachhaltigkeit ausstrahlen soll. Diese Themen betreffen uns alle und werden gesamtgesellschaftlich als eine der größten Herausforderungen der heutigen Zeit gesehen. Da die ARD ihrem Auftrag nach wirtschaftlich und politisch unabhängig und lediglich dem Gemeinwohl verpflichtet ist, sollte die Sendezeit dementsprechend mit lokalen Lösungsansätzen für eine nachhaltige Gesellschaft gefüllt werden, anstatt mit der Börse.
Der Petition wird auch auf Twitter mit dem Hashtag #klimavor8 eine Stimme verliehen.
There is an interesting new comment by Prof. Max Boykoff on our partner blog from the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research in Boulder, Colorado/USA. He describes how older adults try to diminish climate engagement promoted by young activists – and calls for more support: “Trust in this next generation of leaders”.
Adrienne Russell (below left) and Risto Kunelius (below right) are part of the MediaClimate research team studying coverage of UN climate summits. Risto is a professor at University of Tampere, Finland and Adrienne is an associate professor at University of Denver.
On Saturday in Montreuil, the site of the “alternative village” set up at COP21, Bill McKibben and Naomi Klein took ExxonMobil to court at what they called “The People’s Climate Summit.” It was a mock trial that was also a significant public event.
The Paris climate protests on Sunday 30 November were largely silent. After the 13 November terror attacks and the state of emergency introduced by President Hollande, demonstrations are banned.
At Place de la République, where the monument is still surrounded by messages of grief and the scent of roses, activists gathered in the morning. Several thousand pairs of shoes were placed to draw attention to the ban on demonstrations. A few hours later, some people tried to march, but were stopped by a massive contingent of police who barred all the roads exiting the place.
