GLOF coverage needs shift from disaster reporting to solutions: study

Pakistan’s leading newspapers continue to report glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) largely as isolated disasters, with 76.8 per cent of coverage focusing on problems rather than preparedness, early warning, adaptation and long-term resilience, a new study has found. The study analysed GLOF-related news reports, editorials and opinion articles published in English and Urdu national newspapers…

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