Abstract:
Abstract: Climate change is a momentous issue across the globe since the
onset of the mid-19th century. The impact of ‘climate changes’ is one of the
most critical issues for Bangladesh due to its geological position, high
density of population, poverty and dependence of some major livelihood
sectors on climatic factors. Communication experts have traditionally
defined some major functions of the mass media to the society: to inform, to
educate and to entertain. Media can play these roles effectively to
communicate the climate change issues in Bangladesh. Experience and
observation show that media have no agenda in general to disseminate
information on adaptation and mitigation of catastrophic-shocks triggered
by ‘climate change’. The article depicts how the print media of Bangladesh
oversee ‘climate change’ issues and cover the same.
