O PAPEL DA MÍDIA NA DIVULGAÇÃO DE INFORMAÇÃO SOBRE MUDANÇAS CLIMÁTICAS EM MOÇAMBIQUE

Abstract

Mozambique is a country located on the east coast of Africa, in a region vulnerable to extreme events arising from climate change. Climate change is a reality in the life of the Mozambican population, placing Mozambicans in a situation of vulnerability from the effects of major extreme events. In Mozambique, climate change manifests itself mainly through climatic events such as drought, floods and tropical cyclones, whose impacts affect sectors such as agriculture, food security, water resources, forestry, human settlement, infrastructure and coastal zones. This article aims to discuss the role of the media in disseminating information on climate change in Mozambique, raising awareness in the national media in the search for better treatment and continuous and permanent dissemination of information on climate change so that communities can find better ways to deal with the effects of climate change and hence reduce the impacts, and for its elaboration it was based on bibliographical research and documental research through the analysis of various information available on this subject. In this sense, for better dissemination of information on climate change and the occurrence of associated extreme events, it is considered important to incorporate the media in this process, as the role of the media in the dissemination of information on the weather, climate, climate changes in the various scales of approaches is increasingly important.