PKSF holds climate finance training for ERF members

A three-day training programme is underway to enhance journalists’ knowledge of the impacts of climate change, adaptation strategies and climate finance, as well as their capacity to produce evidence-based reports. 

PKSF organised the training, which began on 8 November, for members of the Economic Reporters' Forum (ERF), an organisation of economic journalists in Bangladesh, according to a press release.

The inaugural session of the training programme, titled ‘Climate Change and Climate Finance’, held at PKSF Building-2, was attended by Md Mashiar Rahman, deputy managing director of PKSF, as the chief guest. 

Dipen Kumar Saha, deputy general manager, delivered the welcome address. The session was moderated by Suhas Shankar Chowdhury, assistant general manager of PKSF.

A total of 25 ERF members are participating in the training, which will cover the global and national contexts of climate change, climate finance, adaptation, safe water management and climate-resilient livelihoods. 

The programme will also emphasise evidence-based climate journalism, information verification and accountability. 

As part of the training, the journalists will participate in a field visit to Satkhira on 11 and 12 November to observe firsthand PKSF’s activities related to climate-resilient housing, livelihoods and safe water.