Climate Beat

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Announcement

Covering Climate Now Announces Journalism Awards Finalists

September 15, 2021

Winners will be announced in early October in a livestream awards special hosted by NBC News’ Al Roker and Savannah Sellers

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REPUBLISHABLE STORY

September 20, 2021

It’s Climate Week! Begin your COP26 Coverage Today

“We really are out of time," the UN Secretary–General said last week. With just weeks until the Glasgow summit, there’s not a minute to waste.

Events

September 16, 2021

Presenting the Inaugural CCNow Climate Journalism Awards Finalists

The quality of work demonstrated by these finalists gives us great faith in the future of climate journalism.

September 15, 2021

Covering Climate Now Announces Journalism Awards Finalists

Winners will be announced in early October in a livestream awards special hosted by NBC News’ Al Roker and Savannah Sellers

Announcement

September 9, 2021

Climate Delay Is the New Climate Denial

The industry that has denied climate change for decades now has a new tactic.

September 2, 2021

Climate Silence Reigns, As the Emergency Explodes

The climate emergency is exploding in various parts of the world this week, but climate silence inexcusably continues to reign in much of the United States media.

September 2, 2021

Why Won’t US TV News Say ‘Climate Change’?

It’s media malpractice not to mention that burning fossil fuels drives extreme weather events like Hurricane Ida.

Column

August 26, 2021

COP26 could not be more important. Kickstart your coverage now.

Audiences need to know what’s at stake. Here are three themes to get the COP26 story right.

August 20, 2021

Code Red: Countdown to COP26

Journalists must help audiences understand why the upcoming summit of world leaders in Glasgow is one of the most important diplomatic meetings in history.

August 12, 2021

After a “Code Red” IPCC Report, Journalists Must Keep Up the Pace

Many major news outlets reported on the dire warnings by scientists, but media coverage quickly dropped-off.

August 12, 2021

Coverage of the “Code Red” Climate Report Was Good. Here’s How to Sustain It.

From now to COP26 in November journalists should focus especially on climate justice and climate solutions—and we should play the story so much bigger.

Column

August 9, 2021

“This Was Avoidable,” Climate Activists Say About Grim New Science

The United Nations’s latest climate report says capping global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C target is imperative—and still within reach through immediate, aggressive action.

Column

August 5, 2021

Olympics Remind Us: Climate Change Is a Story About Our Bodies

It’s sobering to remember that the climate emergency is also a story about the conditions we humans are made to take and those we are not.

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