Analyzing the Framing of Climate Change Discourse in Nigerian Media: Implications for Public Engagement and Policy Development

Abstract

This paper aims to analyse how well the media has fared in framing climate change discourse in the Nigerian media. Some other questions that would be addressed by this paper border on the implications of this analysis of climate change discourse for public discussion and policy-making. The study may also interact in a condensed way with how previous framing of climate change discourse in the Nigerian media has impacted public opinion and policy making. This paper will serve the Nigerian community in advancing climate change discourse and influence public perspective and policy making. The goal is to furnish the readership with the knowledge necessary for constructive and productive discourse on climate change both among the governmental officials and the citizens, which would help reformulate and reconstruct policies that will attenuate the effects of climate change in the nation. The study does not merely articulate the problem but also highlights the solutions, asserting the fact that while the challenge seems insurmountable, the collective efforts of humans to address will prove useful in the end; especially as the media seeks to formulate its framing of climate change discourse in such a way as to stimulate creative thinking and generate positive public responses.