Framing of climate change narrative with special referance to coverage of un climate change conference 2019 in Bangladesh newspapers

This study aims to investigate the news coverage on climate change especially the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP25 in Bangladeshi newspapers, like Prothom Alo, The Daily Ittefaq, The Daily Star, Jugantor, and Bangladesh Pratidin. The main research question concerns the extent to which news coverage of the climate summit is influenced by domestic political elite discussion surrounding the issue. Based on intensive content analysis of news coverage of the 2019 climate summit, the study explores the coverage pattern of climate change of the global summit. The framing theory of mass communication has been used as a theoretical framework for this study. The study shows that almost all the news of climate change conference in Bangladeshi print media during the conference is based on the speeches of prominent political leaders of Bangladesh, primarily the Prime Minister. Bangladeshi press has failed to give importance to climate change issues to benefit and compensate Bangladesh as a vulnerable country due to the effects of climate change as more importance has been given to political prominence.