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How To Talk About Climate and Clean Energy Now

"From the government shutdown to tariffs, immigration, AI, the cost of living, and a host of other pressing issues, how are Americans thinking about climate change and clean energy and how do we talk about them in today’s environment? On November 6, 2025, Dr. Anthony Leiserowitz, Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, and Will Howard, Head of Insights and Advisory Services for the Potential Energy Coalition shared key findings from their research, including both audience insights and effective messaging recommendations. They helped us understand whether people view climate action and the cost of living as competing goals – and what that means for communicators now."

How To Talk About Climate and Clean Energy Now

Summary:

"From the government shutdown to tariffs, immigration, AI, the cost of living, and a host of other pressing issues, how are Americans thinking about climate change and clean energy and how do we talk about them in today’s environment? On November 6, 2025, Dr. Anthony Leiserowitz, Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, and Will Howard, Head of Insights and Advisory Services for the Potential Energy Coalition shared key findings from their research, including both audience insights and effective messaging recommendations. They helped us understand whether people view climate action and the cost of living as competing goals – and what that means for communicators now."

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November 6, 2025

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Science communicators

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Article

The Role of Emotion in Climate Change Communication

"To understand the role of emotion in climate change communication, researchers often study the effects of messages that attempt to evoke different emotional responses — for example, comparing the message effects of a humorous vs. a fearful or hopeful message. These types of studies, however, do not isolate emotional content from emotional delivery. For example, if we test different videos explaining the effects of climate change on extreme weather and one is humorous and one is fearful, the messages will differ in content (i.e., the words and information included) and delivery (i.e., how the message is communicated), so it is often unclear which factors make the message emotionally compelling. To investigate this, we [YPCCC] designed a study (N = 3,463) where we independently varied emotional content and emotional delivery." The study was published Oct. 7, 2025 in the journal Environmental Communication.

Fellowships & Grants

Grist’s Climate Rural Reporting Grant

"Thanks to a generous donor, Grist will once again offer grants to newsrooms to report stories on rural America. This time, stories must focus on climate or environmental justice. For this new round of funding, applicants can request up to $5,000 per project." Newsrooms and freelancers can apply by December 3, 2025 at 6pm ET.

Video

CCNow Basics: Disinformation & Greenwashing

"Myths about climate change continue to proliferate online, but such disinformation campaigns are nothing new. This CCNow Basics Session explores how disinformation, misinformation, and greenwashing shape public understanding of climate change. The session also covers the problem of 'false balance' in journalism and offers strategies to counter disinformation with both audiences and editors, while keeping the focus on fact-based information."

CCNow Basics: Disinformation & Greenwashing

Summary:

"Myths about climate change continue to proliferate online, but such disinformation campaigns are nothing new. This CCNow Basics Session explores how disinformation, misinformation, and greenwashing shape public understanding of climate change. The session also covers the problem of 'false balance' in journalism and offers strategies to counter disinformation with both audiences and editors, while keeping the focus on fact-based information."

Published By:

Covering Climate Now

Date:

October 30, 2025

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Journalists

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Fellowships & Grants

Red Natural History Fellowship

"In a time when critical and creative inquiry are under attack, the Natural History Museum [in Vashon, Wash.] is inviting applications for the 2026-2028 Red Natural History Fellowship, a two-year program dedicated to co-creating a 'natural history for a world in crisis.' As environmental emergencies intensify, scholars and scientists are working directly with communities to expose the impacts of industrial pollution on public health, protect sacred items or ancestral remains threatened by pipelines, and sound the alarm about the systemic causes of climate change—leveraging their expertise and institutional resources in the shared struggle for a world beyond extraction. The Red Natural History Fellowship supports this growing movement by connecting and catalyzing collaborations among emerging and established scholars, writers, organizers and practitioners advancing a non-capitalist and anti-colonial practice of natural history—one grounded in protecting the world we share in common for the generations to come." Fellows receive a $2000 stipend, production and communications support, and more.

Red Natural History Fellowship

Summary:

"In a time when critical and creative inquiry are under attack, the Natural History Museum [in Vashon, Wash.] is inviting applications for the 2026-2028 Red Natural History Fellowship, a two-year program dedicated to co-creating a 'natural history for a world in crisis.' As environmental emergencies intensify, scholars and scientists are working directly with communities to expose the impacts of industrial pollution on public health, protect sacred items or ancestral remains threatened by pipelines, and sound the alarm about the systemic causes of climate change—leveraging their expertise and institutional resources in the shared struggle for a world beyond extraction. The Red Natural History Fellowship supports this growing movement by connecting and catalyzing collaborations among emerging and established scholars, writers, organizers and practitioners advancing a non-capitalist and anti-colonial practice of natural history—one grounded in protecting the world we share in common for the generations to come." Fellows receive a $2000 stipend, production and communications support, and more.

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CCNow Academy: Tropical Cyclones

Covering Climate Now and Climate Central

"In light of hurricane Melissa, Covering Climate Now has made its exclusive CCNow Academy training session public so that journalists may better explain climate change's influence on the historic storm. In this session, experts from Covering Climate Now and Climate Central highlight how warm oceans fuel stronger, more destructive tropical cyclones in every ocean across the world."

CCNow Academy: Tropical Cyclones

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"In light of hurricane Melissa, Covering Climate Now has made its exclusive CCNow Academy training session public so that journalists may better explain climate change's influence on the historic storm. In this session, experts from Covering Climate Now and Climate Central highlight how warm oceans fuel stronger, more destructive tropical cyclones in every ocean across the world."

Organization:

Covering Climate Now and Climate Central

Date:

October 28, 2025

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Indigenous Voices on Climate Communication

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC)

"How can Indigenous knowledge systems, rooted in oral traditions, deep relationships with the Earth, and community-led action be used to communicate effectively on climate change? On October 28, 2025, Dr. Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, an Indigenous climate journalist and scholar from Samoa, moderated a conversation with Dr. Ihirangi Heke, an expert on health and the environment of Māori descent, and Rahiem Eleazer, the Environmental Liaison for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. Drawing from distinct Indigenous communities and histories, the speakers explored how their cultural traditions and worldviews guide their approaches to addressing climate issues within their own communities and in collaboration with others."

Indigenous Voices on Climate Communication

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"How can Indigenous knowledge systems, rooted in oral traditions, deep relationships with the Earth, and community-led action be used to communicate effectively on climate change? On October 28, 2025, Dr. Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, an Indigenous climate journalist and scholar from Samoa, moderated a conversation with Dr. Ihirangi Heke, an expert on health and the environment of Māori descent, and Rahiem Eleazer, the Environmental Liaison for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. Drawing from distinct Indigenous communities and histories, the speakers explored how their cultural traditions and worldviews guide their approaches to addressing climate issues within their own communities and in collaboration with others."

Organization:

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC)

Date:

October 28, 2025

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Climate Blueprint: Myths & Disinformation

"Myths about climate change continue to proliferate online, but such disinformation campaigns are nothing new. Journalists can strengthen their reporting by learning about the history of climate disinformation, by practicing strong accountability journalism, a necessary first step in truly tackling the climate crisis, and by using solutions journalism to critically evaluate claims of 'going green.' This is the latest in our webinar series on pressing climate journalism topics, inspired by 'The Climate Blueprint for Media Transformation,' published in summer 2024 by Solutions Journalism Network and Covering Climate Now. In this, our third roundtable discussion, titled 'Myths & Disinformation,' we analyzed climate disinformation narratives, discussed strategies for evaluating climate solutions from vested interests, and shared tips for incorporating accountability into your reporting."

Climate Blueprint: Myths & Disinformation

Summary:

"Myths about climate change continue to proliferate online, but such disinformation campaigns are nothing new. Journalists can strengthen their reporting by learning about the history of climate disinformation, by practicing strong accountability journalism, a necessary first step in truly tackling the climate crisis, and by using solutions journalism to critically evaluate claims of 'going green.' This is the latest in our webinar series on pressing climate journalism topics, inspired by 'The Climate Blueprint for Media Transformation,' published in summer 2024 by Solutions Journalism Network and Covering Climate Now. In this, our third roundtable discussion, titled 'Myths & Disinformation,' we analyzed climate disinformation narratives, discussed strategies for evaluating climate solutions from vested interests, and shared tips for incorporating accountability into your reporting."

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October 22, 2025

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Fellowships & Grants

NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship

"Natural Resources Defense Council's Rewrite the Future, in partnership with the Black List, CAA Foundation, NBCUniversal, and the Redford Center, launched the fifth-annual NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship. The fellowship will award $20,000 to three writers to support revisions of a feature screenplay or pilot that engages with climate change in a compelling way. Fellows will receive creative support, including consultation with Rewrite the Future and six months of mentorship from an established screenwriter with an interest in climate storytelling." Deadline: Nov. 28, 2025.

Article

How Newsrooms Are Uncovering Asia’s Climate and Environmental Crises, From Illegal Sand Mining to Sinking Cities

"Across Asia, journalists are coming together to link climate and environmental harms across borders — a tactic that is enabling them to dig deeper into cause and effect, and trace environmental harms from where they are happening on the ground up to the powerful forces that are behind the activity. ... GIJN spoke with organizations, editors, and journalists who are finding ways to overcome the barriers to connect reporters and investigate critical topics across this diverse region."

Podcast

Covering the Climate Community, With Waqas Ejaz of the Reuters Institute

"Policymakers, scientists and even disruptive protest groups all largely want the same thing: to save the planet. They just go about it in different ways — here is how the media fits in."

Covering the Climate Community, With Waqas Ejaz of the Reuters Institute

Summary:

"Policymakers, scientists and even disruptive protest groups all largely want the same thing: to save the planet. They just go about it in different ways — here is how the media fits in."

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Journalism.co.uk

Date:

September 19, 2025

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Journalists

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Article

How To Find Climate-Health Stories in Europe

"Journalists can ramp up their national environmental health care coverage by following how communities, researchers and policymakers are responding to Europe’s changing climate, which is already transforming public health."

Article

How To Find Local Climate-Health Stories

"Climate change coverage has been dominated by negative content that highlights the scale of the crisis, the stubbornness of fossil fuel use or the failure of international negotiations. ... People need to know what can be done in their communities. But how can you find those stories? You can find tons of leads with some savvy networking and online sleuthing. Here are some ideas to get you started."

Source database

SCIP Climate/Environmental Source Book

"The team behind the SciComm Identities Project (SCIP) has created a source book for journalists covering climate and environmental topics to provide a more representative range of experts who are also trained science communicators. The guide features two dozen SCIP fellows: scholars and professors whose work is related to climate change across a wide range of disciplines. In the source book, fellows are listed according to cross-cutting topics to easily identify their primary areas of expertise. Each fellow’s section includes their title and institution, a short bio that lists their research and areas of expertise, and their contact information. Where applicable, it also links to their social media and personal websites. You can also search the document by clicking on more than 50 topic areas, which range from agriculture to wildfires, and identify experts by their geographical area."

SCIP Climate/Environmental Source Book

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"The team behind the SciComm Identities Project (SCIP) has created a source book for journalists covering climate and environmental topics to provide a more representative range of experts who are also trained science communicators. The guide features two dozen SCIP fellows: scholars and professors whose work is related to climate change across a wide range of disciplines. In the source book, fellows are listed according to cross-cutting topics to easily identify their primary areas of expertise. Each fellow’s section includes their title and institution, a short bio that lists their research and areas of expertise, and their contact information. Where applicable, it also links to their social media and personal websites. You can also search the document by clicking on more than 50 topic areas, which range from agriculture to wildfires, and identify experts by their geographical area."

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September 18, 2025

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Video

Solutions Journalism Applied to Climate Coverage

"What are climate solutions, and how can journalism highlight them? Principles, approaches, and examples of reporting that offer constructive responses to the climate crisis."

Article

What Journalists Should Know About the Threat of Chikungunya

"Dengue, malaria, West Nile, Zika … most people have heard of these diseases. But far fewer people are familiar with chikungunya, a tropical disease likely to increase with the continuing effects of climate change." Find basics, study findings, story ideas and resources.

Video

Investigating the Climate Crisis: A Toolbox for Accessing Databases and Sources

"A 'toolbox' for finding and using reliable climate data, maps, and platforms. Includes guidance on ethically incorporating Indigenous perspectives in reporting. Speakers:

Heron Martins, environmental engineer; expert in Amazon data systems; currently with Center for Climate Crime Analysis
Ikaruni Nawa, Indigenous journalist and anthropologist; co-leader of the Brazilian Indigenous Journalists Network

Investigating the Climate Crisis: A Toolbox for Accessing Databases and Sources

Summary:

"A 'toolbox' for finding and using reliable climate data, maps, and platforms. Includes guidance on ethically incorporating Indigenous perspectives in reporting. Speakers:

Heron Martins, environmental engineer; expert in Amazon data systems; currently with Center for Climate Crime Analysis
Ikaruni Nawa, Indigenous journalist and anthropologist; co-leader of the Brazilian Indigenous Journalists Network

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Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas

Date:

August 13, 2025

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Reporting Climate Through a Justice Lens

Covering Climate Now

"Climate change impacts us all, but not equally. Those who contributed the least to the crisis are often the ones who are facing its harshest consequences. This makes climate change not just an environmental story, but a justice story. Climate justice cuts not only across national boundaries, but also lines of race, gender, wealth, and age. If we leave this perspective out of our reporting, we’re leaving out an essential part of the story." Watch the recording of the August 13, 2025, training session, hosted by Covering Climate Now (CCNow), on "how to report climate with a justice lens. Together, we explored how to recognize injustice, investigate responsibilities, and tell stories that reveal the full picture."

Reporting Climate Through a Justice Lens

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"Climate change impacts us all, but not equally. Those who contributed the least to the crisis are often the ones who are facing its harshest consequences. This makes climate change not just an environmental story, but a justice story. Climate justice cuts not only across national boundaries, but also lines of race, gender, wealth, and age. If we leave this perspective out of our reporting, we’re leaving out an essential part of the story." Watch the recording of the August 13, 2025, training session, hosted by Covering Climate Now (CCNow), on "how to report climate with a justice lens. Together, we explored how to recognize injustice, investigate responsibilities, and tell stories that reveal the full picture."

Organization:

Covering Climate Now

Date:

August 13, 2025

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Journalists

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Article

Tips to Investigate Climate Change Impacts in an Era of Science Denialism

"As oligarchs and populist governments ratchet back the gathering and dissemination of climate-related information, journalists can use these techniques to find relevant sources and track impact."

Article

How Clear and Simple Data Visualizations Bring the Climate Crisis Home

"Data visualizations are some of the most powerful tools in a climate science communicator’s playbook. The most famous have taken on enormous symbolic value — like the 'Hockey Stick' graph showing rising temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere since the year 1000. But designing climate visuals that are clear to the public and policy makers is not a straightforward task. ... There is growing evidence that more intuitive visualizations, informed by psychological research, can help people make better sense of climate data." See multiple examples of visuals.

Resource Database / Guide

GIJN Reporting Guide for Landfill Methane Emissions and Solutions

"This GIJN guide will describe what resources are available and what questions to ask about methane emissions from landfills and how to reduce them. Examples of great investigations on the issue can be found at the end of this guide." Topics include:

How landfills contribute to climate change
Finding out about methane emissions
What to ask about solutions

GIJN Reporting Guide for Landfill Methane Emissions and Solutions

Summary:

"This GIJN guide will describe what resources are available and what questions to ask about methane emissions from landfills and how to reduce them. Examples of great investigations on the issue can be found at the end of this guide." Topics include:

How landfills contribute to climate change
Finding out about methane emissions
What to ask about solutions

Published By:

Global Investigative Journalism Network

Date:

July 30, 2025

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Video

Is Climate Change to Blame? Understanding and Communicating the Link Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather

"On June 12, 2024, the Yale Center for Environmental Communication hosted a conversation focused on the field of attribution science — a field focused on determining the influence of human-induced climate change on extreme weather events. We learned how scientists establish these connections as well as how to effectively communicate the impact of human-caused climate change on extreme weather events."

See also: YPCCC Resources on Extreme Heat and Climate Change, July 30, 2025

Is Climate Change to Blame? Understanding and Communicating the Link Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather

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"On June 12, 2024, the Yale Center for Environmental Communication hosted a conversation focused on the field of attribution science — a field focused on determining the influence of human-induced climate change on extreme weather events. We learned how scientists establish these connections as well as how to effectively communicate the impact of human-caused climate change on extreme weather events."

See also: YPCCC Resources on Extreme Heat and Climate Change, July 30, 2025

Published By:

Yale Center for Environmental Communication

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Journalists

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Article

What Makes Heat So Hard To Cover?

"For journalists, the most urgent climate disaster is also the trickiest to report on." This CJR article offers tips on how to report on heat events by visualizing "a chronic, invisible crisis," along with ideas for images, adding context and more.

Training program

Covering Climate Now Training Initiative: The Climate Newsroom

"Covering Climate Now is expanding its newsroom training initiatives to enhance climate coverage through local media across the US. The project, called The Climate Newsroom, builds on the success of The Climate Station local TV training program and our work with more than 500 media partners worldwide to offer free, customized training designed to help your outlet cover climate stories more effectively. The training program is available in English and Spanish, spans four sessions over eight weeks, followed by six months of ongoing support and feedback."

Covering Climate Now Training Initiative: The Climate Newsroom

Summary:

"Covering Climate Now is expanding its newsroom training initiatives to enhance climate coverage through local media across the US. The project, called The Climate Newsroom, builds on the success of The Climate Station local TV training program and our work with more than 500 media partners worldwide to offer free, customized training designed to help your outlet cover climate stories more effectively. The training program is available in English and Spanish, spans four sessions over eight weeks, followed by six months of ongoing support and feedback."

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Fellowships & Grants

COP30 Climate Change Media Partnership Reporting Fellowship

Earth Journalism Network

"The Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP), led by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, is pleased to announce the COP30 CCMP Reporting Fellowship Program for journalists from low- and middle-income countries interested in covering the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP30). Hosted this year by Brazil, the conference is scheduled to take place in the city of Belém from November 10-21, 2025, with the World Leaders’ Summit on November 6-7." Deadline: July 15, 2025, 11:59 PM (Pacific/Niue).

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Library

How To Talk About Climate and Clean Energy Now

The Role of Emotion in Climate Change Communication

Grist’s Climate Rural Reporting Grant

CCNow Basics: Disinformation & Greenwashing

Red Natural History Fellowship

CCNow Academy: Tropical Cyclones

Indigenous Voices on Climate Communication

Climate Blueprint: Myths & Disinformation

NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship

How Newsrooms Are Uncovering Asia’s Climate and Environmental Crises, From Illegal Sand Mining to Sinking Cities

Covering the Climate Community, With Waqas Ejaz of the Reuters Institute

How To Find Climate-Health Stories in Europe

How To Find Local Climate-Health Stories

SCIP Climate/Environmental Source Book

Solutions Journalism Applied to Climate Coverage

What Journalists Should Know About the Threat of Chikungunya

Investigating the Climate Crisis: A Toolbox for Accessing Databases and Sources

Reporting Climate Through a Justice Lens

Tips to Investigate Climate Change Impacts in an Era of Science Denialism

How Clear and Simple Data Visualizations Bring the Climate Crisis Home

GIJN Reporting Guide for Landfill Methane Emissions and Solutions

Is Climate Change to Blame? Understanding and Communicating the Link Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather

What Makes Heat So Hard To Cover?

Covering Climate Now Training Initiative: The Climate Newsroom

COP30 Climate Change Media Partnership Reporting Fellowship