The Water and Climate Coalition, and previously the GPPN, has generated significant media coverage in relation to its advocacy on water and climate. More details of press coverage are provided below:
Karin Lexén of the Water and Climate Coalition Secretariat was invited to speak at a press briefing organized by the Global Water Partnership on June 13, at the UNFCCC climate change conference in Bonn.
Read more: Water and Climate Coalition’s Karin Lexén spoke at press briefing
The press confrence arranged on Monday December 6th presented the Water and Climate Coalition with an opportunity to present its work to an audience of journalists present at COP16 in Cancun.
Read more: PRESS CONFERENCE: WCC holds press conference at COP16 Negotiations
In the closing plenary session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) at COP16 on Saturday 5th December, six countries called for water to be tabled as an agenda item for the next session of the SBSTA in June 2012.
The official launch of the Water and Climate Coalition in Bonn, on June 3rd, garnered significant international media attention.
For Water Day the GPPN issued a press release to decry the ‘Evaporation of Water from the Climate Change Talks’, which was included as part of a wider Press Pack.
The press release generated significant international media attention, including the articles below:
Read more: Water Day and the Barcelona Climate Change Negotiations, 2nd – 6th November 2009