UN-based media organization launches  

UNEARTH News

 

Winner of the 2011 Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Silver Medal  

for coverage of climate change will report on the human dimensions of climate change in the developing world   

 

UNITED NATIONS, New York, 5 December 2012:Award-winning MediaGlobal News - an independent news organization based at United Nations Headquarters in New York City - is proud to announce the online launch of UNEARTH News, a new and distinct voice reporting on the human dimensions of climate change, and the prime source of comprehensive coverage on the impact of global climate change on developing countries.

 

UNEARTH News [www.unearthnews.org],will succinctly communicate tangible solutions for climate change adaptation and mitigation in the developing countries to the global media, parliamentarians, environmental companies, and policymakers in the United Nations' member states.

 

"I would like to congratulate you for launching UNEARTH News on the impact of climate change on developing countries. This is a very important agenda for all of us, if we are looking towards a sustainable future," said Gyan Chandra Acharya, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States.

 

"In UNEARTH News you should highlight what developing countries are doing in terms of dealing with coastal management, forestry, agriculture, ocean management, and renewable energy," Acharya added. 

 

"We are pleased that you are launching UNEARTH News," said Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations. "We need public awareness. We need this sort of media to educate human beings for the good of humankind."   

 

In 2011, MediaGlobal was the Winner of the 2011 Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation/United Nations Correspondents Association Award for excellence in journalism for its reporting on the impact of climate change in the world's least developed countries. UNEARTH News will continue this work with deeper focus.   

 

MediaGlobal and UNEARTH News work in partnership with the United Nations through the Global Media Compact, which includes United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as a signatory.

 

"Primarily, we cover the countries in the developing world," said Executive Director and UN Bureau Chief Nosh Nalavala. "It's a niche we have created and it is in keeping up with the United Nations mandate that Climate Change 'is the major, overriding environmental issue of our time' and the single greatest challenge facing environmental regulators."

 

Climate change is a growing crisis with economic, health and safety, food production, security, and other dimensions. "Our readers are concerned about the state of the planet and have a keen sense of social responsibility," says Managing Editor Kevin Huyge. "The UNEARTH News editorial team works each day to bring news stories that are balanced, cutting-edge, timely and, above all, useful."

 

UNEARTH News has the formal support of the United Nations Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States.

 

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CONTACTS:

Nosh Nalavala, Executive Editor and Bureau Chief, UNEARTH News, nosh.nalavala@mediaglobal.org; Telephone: 609.529.6129

 

Kevin Huyge, Managing Editor, MediaGlobal News, kevin.huyge@mediaglobal.org; Telephone: 917.434.3936