"The impacts of climate change are experienced across cultures, languages and locations. The Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research demonstrates the power and necessity of building networks across communities, journalists and researchers to better understand the ways climate change is experienced on the ground, and in turn, the ways on the ground experiences shape our knowledge about climate change."

"To tell impactful climate stories, journalists need not only a basic understanding of climate science but also strong connections with scientists, policymakers, academics and people on the ground, especially among vulnerable communities affected by climate change. Building these connections is important because scientists and academics often publish valuable research and findings in scientific journals, but the information can be too technical for the general public to understand. As journalists, we play an important role in bridging this gap by translating complex scientific findings into simple, relatable and engaging stories that readers and audiences can easily understand.”

"Language, language, language, because they (public) speak in their own language. But when we went when it comes to do the stories about climate change, and all that, where we deal with the scientists, mostly journals are all in English. This is why it is important to have local context and local language.”

“We need media that can rewrite or repackage serious content from us so that it can be understood and consumed by anyone, including people who are not very scientific. To us as researchers, all these things are important, but journalists will look for something that has news value. Researchers and journalists have different perceptions of what is important.”