Media and Climate Change Observatory Monthly Summary - Issue 15, March 2018

• Main Authors: Boykoff, Maxwell, Katzung, Jennifer, Nacu-Schmidt, Ami
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: CU Scholar 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Climate change; Global warming
• Online Access: https://scholar.colorado.edu/mecco_summaries/16; https://scholar.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=mecco_summaries

March media attention to climate change and global warming was up 20% throughout the world from the previous month of February 2018. Coverage in Asia was up 44%, Europe increased 17%, Oceania went up 17%, and North America was up 23%. Central/South America dropped 10%, while coverage in Africa decreased 31%. In the Middle East, numbers remained relatively on par with February 2018 counts. Global numbers were about a third though of those (66% less) from counts a year ago (March 2017) when a great deal of global media attention was focused on US President Donald J. Trump’s plans to dismantle former US President Barack Obama’s Climate Action Plan along with high winter temperatures in northern locations like the Arctic circle.