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Our editors highlight the week's best climate stories, announce collaborations, and share insights on how best to cover the climate emergency.

Climate Beat

The Radicalism of the First Earth Day

April 18, 2024

Let’s reclaim Earth Day’s original spirit to deepen public engagement and encourage action.

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April 25, 2024

Climate’s Rising Significance Ahead of November Elections

New polling shows that a growing number of voters across the political spectrum want climate action and are hungry for climate solutions stories

Climate Beat

April 18, 2024

The Radicalism of the First Earth Day

Let’s reclaim Earth Day’s original spirit to deepen public engagement and encourage action.

Climate Beat

April 11, 2024

A Rare Moment of Collective Wonder

The North American eclipse prompted millions of people to stare at the cosmos — with echos of the awe that inspired the first Earth Day in 1970.

Climate Beat

Climate on the Ballot

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April 22, 2024

New From Us: Reporting on Climate and the 2024 US Elections

We’re rolling out new resources to help you cover climate and the election

Climate on the Ballot

April 15, 2024

Help Audiences Understand Who’s Spreading Climate Disinformation — and Their Political Aims

Expect more climate disinformation intended to influence voting behavior. Here are some tips to fight it.

Climate on the Ballot

April 8, 2024

Climate-First Americans Are Less Likely to Vote

Americans who list climate and the environment as their top issues could swing the election — if they turn out and vote

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Q&As

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April 10, 2024

Q&A: ‘Huge Blind Spot’: The 19th’s Jessica Kutz on Covering The Gender-Climate Connection

We spoke recently with The 19th's Jessica Kutz about stories that have exemplified her beat, the “egregious” gender-based oversights that permeate disaster planning and responses, and the opportunity for climate action to help rectify historical inequities.

Q&As

January 18, 2024

Q&A: Le Monde Climate Journalist Nabil Wakim Envisions an ‘All-Climate Newsroom’

We spoke recently with Nabil Wakim, a climate and energy journalist at Le Monde, about the details and results of Le Monde’s climate training program, beats for which a culture shift might come more slowly than others, and the climate questions weighing heaviest on the newspaper’s audience.

Q&As

December 13, 2023

Q&A: Exposing Obstruction with the Centre for Climate Reporting’s Lawrence Carter

"I think journalists need to have a very healthy dose of skepticism. We should not take leaders’ very carefully and very expensively assembled talking points at face value."

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Editorials

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February 7, 2024

This Is the Year of the Climate Election. Journalists Should Cover It That Way

The press is covering the 2024 campaign as if climate isn’t on the ballot, but 56% of US voters are ‘concerned’ or ‘alarmed’ about the crisis

Editorials

November 29, 2023

How TV News Can Help Save the Planet

Television stations should take the lead on transforming the global climate story into a local one.

Editorials

March 20, 2023

Translating the IPCC Report Into Plain English

Today’s “final warning” requires urgent coverage. Here’s a cheat sheet to help you meet the moment.

Editorials

Announcements

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April 4, 2024

Subscribe to CCNow’s Climate and Elections Calendar

The 2024 calendar includes over 100 events, including key election dates, climate conferences, international summits, and more.

Announcements

November 28, 2023

Covering Climate Now Launches New Training Program for Local TV

Aim is to help reporters, producers, and meteorologists produce more and better climate coverage

Announcements

October 3, 2023

Kyle Pope Joins CCNow Leadership Team

CCNow co-founder Kyle Pope joins from Columbia Journalism Review, as climate journalism shifts into high gear globally

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Newsmaker Interviews

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October 12, 2021

Greta Thunberg Is “Open” to Meeting Biden at UN Climate Summit

In the lead-up to COP26, the Swedish activist talks about Biden’s climate plan, the media’s responsibility, and what gives her hope.

Newsmaker Interviews

December 2, 2020

UN Secretary General: Without the US in the Paris Agreement, Humanity Faces Climate ‘Suicide’

Joining China and other big polluters, Biden’s pledge of “net zero” US emissions by 2050 brings the Paris Agreement goals “within reach.”

Newsmaker Interviews

September 9, 2020

UN Secretary General Says COVID-19 Spending Must Be “Climate-Smart”

Governments should use COVID-19 economic recovery for “massive investments” in green jobs and technologies, Secretary General António Guterres says in interviews by Covering Climate Now partners NBC News, Noticias Telemundo and Agence France Presse.

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