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Environmental and climate change journalism is a segment of journalism practice that focuses on issues that affect the natural environment, biodiversity, natural resources, climate systems. Environmental and climate change journalism also focuses on environmental governance and sustainable development. Environmental and climate change journalism interrogates issues such as climate change and global warning, water resources and water security. Also covered under this news category include land degradation and desertification, biodiversity conservation. Furthermore, environmental and climate change reporting explores the efficacy of Government waste management and environmental policies. It analyses Government efforts for dealing with natural disasters from a policy perspective. Environmental and climate change journalism deals with Government’s climate change adaptation policies and strategies. It looks into latest trends in environmental up such as sustainable development and a focus on the green economy.