Are We Tired Of Talking About Climate Change?
The Inquiry
BBC
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2015
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
It seems something is missing from newspapers and TV bulletins - climate change. A story which dominated the news five years ago has dropped steadily down the agenda. One study has found coverage has dropped 36% globally in that time. Why? On The Inquiry this week we hear a tale of chronic political fatigue. We ask whether our hunter-gatherer brains simply aren't wired to think long-term. And we find out why climate change has all the hallmarks of a story likely to make newspaper editors groan. It could be – as one of our expert witnesses tells us – time to "change the narrative".
(Image: A man places his hand on the parched soil. Credit: Press Association)
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| 0:30.9 | BBC World Service, this is Helen the Merriman with the inquiry. |
| 0:37.0 | This week, are we tired of talking about climate change. Now inquiry regulars will know that we |
| 0:46.8 | normally start this program with a story. This week we can't and that's |
| 0:52.2 | because our question is about a story week we've |
| 0:55.0 | have noticed that's because our question is about a story that's gone missing. |
| 0:59.0 | We've noticed that the world's media seems to have dropped something, climate change. Yes, there's the odd story here |
| 1:05.7 | and there, but a subject that dominated the news five years ago seems to have largely |
| 1:10.4 | disappeared. Since there's a consensus amongst the majority of the world scientists |
| 1:15.6 | that temperatures are rising, |
| 1:17.5 | most likely driven by human behavior, |
| 1:20.2 | we wanted to know why climate change coverage has been drying up. |
| 1:24.0 | Are we tired of talking about it? |
| 1:27.0 | If so, why? |
| 1:29.0 | Part 1, a disappearing story. |
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