Media and Climate Change Observatory Monthly Summary: A slew of climate records were broken, many of which have been, or are on course to be, broken again this year - Issue 76, April 2023

Citeable URL: https://scholar.colorado.edu/concern/articles/1831cm272

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April media coverage of climate change or global warming in newspapers around the globe dropped 12% from March 2023 and also dipped 4% from April 2022 levels. International wire services decreased 16% while radio coverage went down 26% from March 2023. Compared to the previous month, coverage decreased in all regions: 4% lower in both the European Union (EU) and in North America, down 8% in Asia, 19% lower in Africa, down 23% in both Oceania and in the Middle East, and 33% lower in Latin America. Figure 1 shows trends in newspaper media coverage at the global scale – organized into seven geographical regions around the world – from January 2004 through April 2023.

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