Role of Media in Creating Awareness about Climate Change- A Case Study of Bijapur City

Climate change is a long-term change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. The Projected climate change impact scenarios indicate increase in and variable trend of both rainfall and temperature into the 21 st century, reduction in the quantity of surface run off across the various river basins, droughts and intensity of floods in various parts of the country. Major environmental issues are through Forest and Agricultural land degradation, Resource depletion (water, mineral, forest, sand, rocks etc.,), Environmental degradation, Public Health, Loss of Bio diversity, Loss of resilience in ecosystems, Livelihood Security for the PoorThe communication of climate change from scientists and policy-makers to the public via the mass media has been a subject of major interest because of its implications for creating national variation in public understanding of a global environmental issue. With all this back ground this research is to assess the role of media in creating awareness about the climate change in Bijapur city. Even it is intended to find which media is best in making the people understand about Climate Change.