In September, at an event hosted by the New York Times, Farhana Yamin, a longtime climate negotiator and former adviser to the Marshall Islands, had a bone to pick with John Kerry, the US climate envoy. “What will you be doing to step up and actually put money into loss and damage?” Yamin asked, referring to […]
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Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter Next Tuesday’s midterm elections in the United States, like the recently concluded elections in Brazil, have enormous climate implications. While American voters tell pollsters the most important issues on their minds are the cost of living, abortion rights, and the future of democracy, Americans are also voting on preserving […]
Each month, Covering Climate Now speaks with different journalists about their experiences on the climate beat and their ideas for pushing our craft forward. This week, we spoke with Shannon Osaka, The Washington Post’s ‘climate zeitgeist’ reporter. Previously, Osaka covered climate change for Grist. We talked about how climate is shaping culture, the backgrounds and […]
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We’re excited to share the news that TIME is joining Covering Climate Now — during the same week that CCNow’s ‘Burning Questions’ premiered on public television’s WORLD channel across the United States. “TIME focuses on the stories that matter and climate is the existential issue of our time. Through our editorial coverage of climate change, sustainability, and […]
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Through the eyes of award-winning journalists, CCNow’s climate special ‘Burning Questions’ makes clear that climate change is one of the biggest problems humanity has ever faced. The combustion of oil, gas, and coal is causing global temperatures to rise, which in turn causes more extreme weather. Heat waves have gotten hotter and longer, droughts more […]
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Ahead of the fast approaching United States midterm elections and the COP27 global climate summit, Covering Climate Now is airing an unprecedented TV special that asks the most urgent question of our time: Will humanity act in time to preserve a livable planet? Co-hosted by Al Roker and Savannah Sellers of NBC News, ‘Burning Questions’ […]
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Each month, Covering Climate Now speaks with different journalists about their experiences on the climate beat and their ideas for pushing our craft forward. This week, we spoke with Jeff Berardelli, the chief meteorologist and climate specialist at WFLA-TV in Tampa, Florida. Berardelli was previously the meteorologist and climate specialist for CBS News in New […]
The Guardian has been Covering Climate Now’s lead media partner since our founding in April 2019. That October, Katharine Viner, the Guardian’s editor-in-chief, announced a climate pledge that would further strengthen the paper’s already strong commitment to the story. “The climate crisis is the most urgent issue of our times,” Viner wrote, and it required […]
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“Only connect!” E.M. Forster’s exhortation in the novel ‘Howards End’ is also good advice for climate reporting. When extreme weather events occur — such as Hurricane Ian, which devastated Florida last week, or the record downpours that have flooded Pakistan since June leaving one-third of the country under water— it’s essential for news reports to […]
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