COP31 Climate Media Training
This year’s COP is an incredible opportunity to ensure that your messages and perspectives are represented in the media as the world’s largest climate conference receives attention. Join Youth Climate Collaborative (YCC) and Entertainment + Culture Pavilion for our Climate Media Training, where we'll help you strengthen how you use traditional and digital media to advance just climate action.
Last year, we hosted our first COP Media Training in Belém, and we're excited to bring it to Antalya this year. Our full-day program brings together climate communicators, creators, campaigners, storytellers, and media practitioners to learn, experiment, share ideas, and build connections. Throughout the day, we'll explore the tools, strategies, and creative approaches that can help us communicate climate issues in ways that cut through, connect with people, and inspire action.
Expect a mix of practical training, creative showcases, hands-on deep dives, and candid conversations with people working at the forefront of climate media and storytelling.
Intended Beneficiaries: Anyone of any age who wishes to use their voice and stories to influence policy change and shift culture. We aim to accept all registrants and will track who completes most of the training, which sessions are popular, etc.
Here is the tentative agenda:
11:00am-12:00pm: Explore the Antalya Culture and Arts Center and enjoy their Culture Route event together
12:00-12:50pm: Mix and mingle in the venue's cafe (drinks and cafe food provided, but note that this is not a full lunch)
1:00-1:25pm: Welcome + COP Overview
What's happening at this year's COP, and what we're hoping to see from it
The media landscape at COP31: what to expect from traditional versus social media, and the role civil society can play
1:30-2:00pm: Session by The Climate Propagandist
2:05-3:00pm: From Ground to Story: Media Training for Grassroots Voices by Bring Back Green
This hands-on training teaches how to create powerful videos and content for and with the community they work for.
We will explore how to identify a meaningful story narrative in your community and tell it in a way that is clear, authentic, and easy to understand. From identifying your core message to simple steps for shooting, scripting, and sharing, you will leave with practical tools to amplify the impact already happening on the ground. Learn how to train community members to create media pieces and amplify their grassroots impact, far and beyond.
3:00-3:10pm: Break
3:10-4:05pm: Session by Siddiqui Media
Showreel and Siddiqui background
Video examples exercise
Process overview, tips and tricks
Practice in groups - drafting interview questions, recording vox pops and b-roll
4:10-4:30pm: Futureswell
4:35-5:05pm: Youth Climate Collaborative x Futureswell share about the Creators Commons for audience feedback on digital tools and training for creators
5:10-5:40pm: Cultural Global Stocktake Advocacy Training by Entertainment + Culture Pavilion
5:45-6:15pm: TBC
6:20-6:30pm: Closing Remarks