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An 11-member executive committee of the Global Climate Media Network (GCMN) was formed on Friday with Md Habibur Rahman (Ekattor Television, Bangladesh) as its convenor and Ashekin Perince (Channel-24, Bangladesh) as its member secretary in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan.
The GCMN, an independent and nonprofit organisation aimed at exchanging and dissemination of climate information, ensuring climate justice, and improving the efficiency of journalists, was formed following a meeting with journalists who came to Baku to cover the World Climate Conference (COP29).
Other members of the convening committee are Md Shamim Jahangir (Just Energy News, Bangladesh), Mohammad Azizur Rahman (The Financial Express, Bangladesh), Dainele Barbone (ImprontaZero, Italy), Paharika (CNBC, Indonesia), Keitaro (Asahi Shimbun, Japan), Arif-uz-Zaman (Amader Somay, Bangladesh), Ibrahim Khalilullah (CNN Academy, Bangladesh), Mahmud Rakib (Ekhon TV, Bangladesh), and Mukesh Pokhrel (Freelance Journalist, Nepal).
The GCMN will organise international seminars, symposia, and workshops in different countries across the globe to create awareness over climate issues including global warming, floods, draughts, melting of glaciers, deforestation, etc. among the global citizens to ensure a livable world in an equitable fashion.