World Radio Day 2025; February13th.

FORUM: “Radio and Climate Change” World Radio Day 2025. This year, we celebrate the many opportunities that radio broadcasting brings for giving prominence to climate change issues. 2025 marks a pivotal year for climate change. In accordance with the Paris Agreement, if humanity is to limit global warming to 1.5°C, the greenhouse gas emissions must peak by that year at the latest, before they begin to fall. While the Paris Agreement takes on capital importance, radio contributes to the achievement of its international objectives by supporting populations in the face of climate change through the dissemination of fact-based information, listeners’ voices, dedicated radio shows … Broadcasters must prioritize the quality and diversity of information sources, as they play a critical role in addressing climate-related issues. To all radio professionals and volunteers, everywhere in the world, UNESCO salutes your daily work and your commitment to the future of our planet, our future. Here are the ways to Celebrate this year celebration: 1. Put more emphasis on facts 2. Review your programming strategy 3. Present realities from elsewhere 4. Inform from an intersectional point of view 5. Start an "On the way to COP30" chronicle 6. Give the audience a say 7. Prepare for the storm 8. Raise the safety awareness of environmental journalists 9. Redouble your efforts to combat disinformation 10. Encourage your audience to listen to the radio critically 11. Strengthen staff competencies in relation to climate change issues 12. Set the tone 13. Green your radio; Follow the conversations with the hashtags: #13February, #WorldRadioDay.

EVENTS: On February 13th, World Radio Day 2025 will be dedicated to “Radio and Climate Change” to support radio stations in their journalistic coverage on this issue. Together, let's prepare the celebration the 14th edition of World Radio Day. panelists will address climate-related issues. This includes dismantling climate skeptics' arguments, investigating greenwashing, understanding ecological economics, and reporting on climate activism and barriers to solutions.The UNESCO and its partners invites the worldwide Radio industry in all its many forms - commercial, public, non-profit – to join in this global celebration of the medium at this special journey. Ahead of World Radio Day, we're celebrating projects where radio is empowering communities on the frontline of climate change.

OPPORTUNITIES: To benefit from the 2025 Opportunities and appear on the UNESCO map please click here. Your radio station will also have the chance to connect with a radio station in another locality or country. Thanks to these collaborations, you will be able to exchange programs, guests, sound archives, and even… consider a longer-term relationship beyond February 13, 2025. Take advantage of this opportunity! Regularly consult the map to discover new radio stations or partners that could match your search…

STATEMENTS: Read the statement of Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of World Radio Day 2025; February 13th.

Get Involved!

1. Put more emphasis on facts

2. Review your programming strategy

3. Present realities from elsewhere

4. Inform from an intersectional point of view

5. Start an On the way to COP30 chronicle

6. Give the audience a say

7. Prepare for the storm

8. Raise the safety awareness of environmental journalists

9. Redouble your efforts to combat disinformation

10.  Encourage your audience to listen to the radio critically

11. Strengthen staff competencies in relation to climate change issues

12. Set the tone

13- Green your radio