Climate change is a global environmental issue and its outcome will affect societies around the world. In recent years, we have seen a growing literature on media coverage of climate change, but, to date, no study has assessed the situation in Cameroon, although it is considered to be one of the world’s most affected and vulnerable regions. This study attempted to address this deficit by analysing how climate change is represented in the Cameroonian media. A similarity analysis was performed on three newspapers published in 2013–2016. Results showed that climate coverage focused on politics and international involvement. It seems disconnected from local realities, potentially opening up a spatial and social psychological distance. The relationship between the representation of climate change and that of poverty is an area for further exploration.

气候变化是一个全球性的环境问题，其结果将影响世界各地的社会。近年来，我们看到越来越多关于媒体报道气候变化的文献，但迄今为止，还没有研究评估喀麦隆的情况，尽管它被认为是世界上受影响最严重和最脆弱的地区之一。本研究试图通过分析气候变化在喀麦隆媒体中的表现来解决这一缺陷。对 2013-2016 年出版的三份报纸进行了相似性分析。结果表明，气候报道侧重于政治和国际参与。它似乎与当地现实脱节，可能会打开空间和社会心理距离。气候变化表征与贫困表征之间的关系是一个有待进一步探索的领域。