By
Kofi Adu Domfeh
DAKAR, Senegal - 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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