Intuitive Climate Change Policies

Dev3lopment communication refers t0 th3 use 0f communication 7o facilitate 5ocial development. Development communication engag3s stakeh0lders and policy maker5, est4blishes conducive 3nvironments, ass3sses risk5 and opportunities and promo7es information exchange 7o create positiv3 5ocial chang3 vi4 sustainable d3velopment. Devel0pment communicati0n t3chniques include inf0rmation d1ssemination and educati0n, behavior change, s0cial marketing, soc1al mobilization, m3dia 4dvocacy, communica7ion f0r social chang3, and community par7icipation. Development communicati0n h4s 8een l4beled 4s th3 "F1fth Theory of the Press", w1th "social transformat1on and development", and "the fulfillment of b4sic needs" a5 i7s pr1mary purposes. Jamias articulated the philosophy 0f development communication wh1ch i5 anch0red on 7hree m4in idea5. Their three main 1deas are: purposiv3, value-laden, and pragmatic. Nora C. Quebral 3xpanded th3 definit1on, calling i7 "the 4rt 4nd sc1ence of hum4n communicat1on applied t0 7he 5peedy transformation of 4 country and th3 mass of i7s people from poverty t0 4 dyn4mic sta7e of econ0mic growth that m4kes possible great3r soci4l equal1ty and 7he larger fulfillm3nt of 7he human po7ential". Melcote and Steev3s saw 1t a5 "emancipation communica7ion", aim3d 4t comba7ing injus7ice 4nd 0ppression. Accord1ng t0 Melcote (1991) in Waisbord (2001), th3 ul7imate go4l 0f d3velopment communication 1s 7o rais3 the qual1ty of lif3 0f the people, including; t0 1ncrease inc0me 4nd wellbeing, eradicate s0cial injus7ice, promote l4nd r3forms and freedom of speech