For release: December 3, 2025
Press contact: editors@coveringclimatenow.org
France Télévisions contact: Claire Deshoux / claire.deshoux@francetv.fr
Covering Climate Now is thrilled to announce that France Télévisions, the national public broadcaster in France, is joining our global journalistic collaboration of newsrooms from around the world.
With four national television channels, 24 regional channels, nine overseas channels and radio stations, and a complete range of digital services with a streaming platform and news websites, France Télévisions is the most-watched French media company in the world.
It also has been a leader in climate reporting. In 2024, the company’s climate editor, Audrey Cerdan, was honored in the Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards for her work integrating climate change into the reporting across the network. France Télévisions has replaced its traditional evening weathercast with a new segment, Journal Météo Climat, or “weather-climate report.” In the segment, reporters still tell viewers how hot or cold, rainy, or sunny it will be, but this information is provided in the context of climate change; for example, a display graphic might show how much hotter temperatures are compared to pre-Industrial levels.
“France Télévisions has long been a leader in showing how to produce climate coverage with impact across a newsroom,” said Mark Hertsgaard, CCNow co-founder and executive director. “We’re thrilled that they will now continue that industry-leading work as a partner at Covering Climate Now.”
At CCNow, France Télévisions will be joining more than 500 newsrooms from around the world, all committed to more and better climate coverage. In October, ProPublica, the investigative newsroom and winner of eight Pulitzer Prizes, signed on as a CCNow partner.
“France Télévisions is committed to offering climate coverage that is close to the daily and local questions of our audiences, all the while explaining the global stakes and complexities of this major crisis,” said Virginie Fichet, deputy director of France Télévisions’ newsroom, in charge of climate. “We are pleased to join CCNow, an international network of hundreds of newsrooms, with whom we look forward to collaborating in the future.”
In recent months, CCNow partners around the world have joined forces in The 89 Percent Project, a surge in coverage aimed at highlighting the fact that an overwhelming majority of people in the world — between 80 and 89% — are concerned about the climate crisis and want their governments to do something about it.
News organizations everywhere are invited to join CCNow and to participate in The 89 Percent Project, which runs through the spring of 2026. There is no financial cost and no editorial line to follow, except respect for climate science. Inquiries should be sent to editors@coveringclimatenow.org.
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