The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance,
PACJA, has launched the second edition of the African Climate Change and
Environmental Reporting (ACCER) Awards in Dakar, Senegal.
The launch was held on the Island of Goree,
off the Senegalese coast, on the sidelines of a five-day African Civil Society
Post-Warsaw and Post-2015 strategic meeting.
Secretary General of PACJA, Mithika Mwenda
said, “the event will honor African journalists who have excelled in reporting
on issues of climate change and the environment and whose stories are impacting
policy decisions and livelihoods on the continent”.
The awards is designed to reward exemplary
journalists and media houses whose reporting and analysis practically influence
national policy formulation and implementation processes on climate change
issues – and towards accelerated access to public service delivery.
Identification of recipient of the awards
will be through a mass public-driven and interactive process and an independent
panel of eminent professionals will carefully review the various nominations to
determine deserving winners.
The
maiden edition of the Awards, held in Nairobi Kenya in June 2013, attracted
over 100 entries from print and electronic journalists across the continent.
Mr. Mithika however noted that PACJA was
not impressed by the number of entries obtained from Francophone countries and
thus urged journalists in Senegal and other French-speaking countries to show
interest by sending in many entries in the forthcoming Awards.
He added, “I am very confident that the
ACCER Awards will drive environmental reporting across Africa for sustainable
development”.
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by Kofi Adu Domfeh/ in Dakar-Senegal
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