August 28, 2018: The Science, Technology and Environment Minister, Sudip Roy Barman stressed on generating awareness in combating climate change. Greater awareness and proper adaptation strategy can affectively minimise threat of Climate change.
“Climate change has a potential to disrupt the normal life. The issue is assuming significance specially in the Himalayas region — there is a need to educate the urban and rural people about the impacts of climate change and adaptation measures. And, media has an important role to play in this context,” Roy Barman said. He said this after inaugurating a three-day workshop on ‘Climate Change Reporting’ at Prajna Bhavan in Agartala today.
The media workshop has been jointly organized by the Indian Himalayas Climate Adaptation Programme (IHCAP) of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Centre for Media Studies (CMS) in collaboration with the Department of Science, Technology and Environment.
The Minister urged the media personnel to focus on environmental issues and innovative adaptation strategies to sensitize people.
