It’s taken too long, but the mainstream media — finally and haltingly — seems to be realizing that the climate crisis is a story that can no longer be ignored. Until a couple years ago, many of the world’s most influential news organizations, especially in the United States, relegated the climate story to the fringe. […]
Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter. Join us on October 6 at 4 pm US Eastern Time to watch the first annual Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards, celebrating the best climate reporting of 2020. Far from a typical awards show, this special program will provide a snapshot of the global climate emergency as reported by […]
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Covering Climate Now is excited to announce our next joint coverage week, “Code Red: Countdown to COP26,” October 31 to November 6. This corresponds with the first week of the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow, which experts say will go a long way to determining humanity’s climate future. Between now and then, CCNow has a wide […]
Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter. In a virtual address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Chinese president Xi Jinping announced that China will no longer finance the building of any new coal-fired plants abroad. The New York Times’ international climate reporter, Somini Sengupta, took to Twitter to break down the significance of the […]
Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter. We’re thrilled to announce the finalists for the first Covering Climate Now Climate Journalism Awards. The quality of work demonstrated by these finalists gives us great faith in the future of climate journalism. Scan the list and you’ll find brilliantly conceived, superbly executed stories from print reporters and photojournalists, digital, […]
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The global news media consortium Covering Climate Now today announced a slate of 39 finalists for the first annual Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards. The finalists, including print reporters and photojournalists, digital, television and radio journalists, as well as podcasters and commentators, were selected from nearly 600 entries submitted from 38 countries. Finalists were chosen […]
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Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter. Hurricane Ida has left more than a million people in Louisiana without running water, electricity, or air conditioning amid a heat index topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The Caldor fire destroyed hundreds of houses and forced mass evacuations around Lake Tahoe in California. Abroad, vast swaths of Siberia were […]
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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. Hurricane Ida has left more than a million people in Louisiana without running water, electricity, or air conditioning amid a heat index topping 100F. The Caldor fire destroyed hundreds […]
Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter. COP26, set for November in Glasgow, Scotland, is not just another international meeting. As journalists, our coverage of the summit should begin now. Audiences need to know the summit is coming and that the world’s scientists say it’s now or never for governments to reach an agreement for […]
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