The BBC World Service Trust is the BBC's international development charity. It uses the creative power of media to reduce poverty and promote human rights.
The British Council is the UK's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. As well as education, it runs programmes in the arts, science, sport, governance and English language.
Africa Talks Climate (ATC) is a major research and communications partnership project undertaken by the BBC World Service Trust and funded by the British Council. Launched ahead of the crucial COP15 climate change summit in Copenhagen in December 2009, it will provide valuable insight into the public's understanding of climate change in Africa.
Ten countries have been identified as the focus of research: DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Fieldwork will be conducted in two stages, following a pilot study in Nigeria.
Objective
The drive to help people understand issues such as climate change and to have the opportunity to speak and act is at the heart of the work of the BBC World Service Trust
The major objective of Africa Talks Climate is to identify ways to engage, inform and empower Africans in local, national and international conversations about climate change. To achieve this, the initiative will collate opinions and then amplify the voices of people at all levels of society.
A robust qualitative research design blending focus group discussions and indepth interviews conducted at multiple locations in each country will produce the most comprehensive pan-African report on attitudes to climate change to date.
Africa Talks Climate will inform the work of the British Council and others working on climate change projects in the region, and the results will be published and communicated to the media in Africa. It is anticipated that the findings will inform the development of a climate change communications strategy, and how media and communications can be used to suppport Africa's response to climate change.
The BBC World Service Trust is the BBC's international charity. We use media and communications to reduce poverty and promote human rights, thereby enabling people to build better lives.
We believe that independent and vibrant media are critical to the development of free and just societies.
We share the BBC's ambition to provide accurate, impartial and reliable information to enable people to make informed decisions.
We aspire to a world where individuals and civil society use media and communications to become effective participants in their own political, economic, social and cultural development.
For more information, vIsit our website.
The British Council is the UK's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. As well as education, it runs programmes in the arts, science, sport, governance and English language.
The British Council is working to strengthen networks and relationships among decision makers, influencers and future leaders worldwide to tackle climate change.
It works in 109 countries worldwide.
For more information about the British Council's work in the region, visit the website.
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