“The annual Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards has become a recognized standard for excellence in climate journalism. Since our program’s launch in 2021, it has grown every year by leaps and bounds. In 2025, we received more than 1,200 entries.”

Entry submissions cover 14 subject-based categories. The awards also have a “Large projects & collaborations” category; an “Emerging Journalists of the Year” and a “Journalists of the Year” award, given to “three journalists who demonstrate exemplary commitment to the climate story and whose work has had a transformative impact on our profession.”