In commemoration of World Radio Day 2025, broadcasters and other media professionals have stressed the need to use the medium to spread awareness and educate audiences to take climate action.

Themed, Radio and Climate change: A powerful tool for Climate Action, the professionals added, “the world faces the growing challenge of climate change, radio remains a vital medium for spreading awareness, educating audiences, and encouraging collective action.”

They described radio as one of the most accessible and trusted ways to reach people, particularly in remote or underserved areas. In 2025, radio’s role in tackling climate change is more important than ever, offering a platform for conversations that promote environmental sustainability and inspire action.

Whether it’s through community radio stations broadcasting local climate news, national networks raising awareness about global environmental challenges, or global stations promoting international climate agreements, radio helps amplify voices and bring people together around a shared commitment to protecting our planet.

In an era marked by the dizzying speed of technological innovation and the rapid obsolescence of one shiny new platform after another, Radio is beginning its second century of service as one of the most dependable and widely utilized forms of media in the world.

Proclaimed in 2011 by UNESCO Member States and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 as International Day of the United Nations, February 13 became World Radio Day (WRD).

While the Paris Agreement takes on capital importance, radio contributes to the achievement of its international objectives by supporting populations in the face of climate change through the dissemination of fact-based information, listeners’ voices, dedicated radio shows.