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Conference

Visualising Climate 2026

"Visualising Climate is the first global conference on data visualisation for climate and environmental sciences. Bringing together scientists, artists, communicators, and journalists, this event will serve as a meeting point between data and storytelling, evidence and perception, art and science. Over three days of talks, workshops, and informal conversations, participants will delve into how data can be visualised to inform, engage, inspire action, and influence policy. This summit is a space to share tools, techniques, and case studies that push the boundaries of visual narratives, foster interdisciplinary collaboration and co-creation, and empower change through data visualisation."

Where: Bologna, Italy
When: November 4–6, 2026

Visualising Climate 2026

Summary:

"Visualising Climate is the first global conference on data visualisation for climate and environmental sciences. Bringing together scientists, artists, communicators, and journalists, this event will serve as a meeting point between data and storytelling, evidence and perception, art and science. Over three days of talks, workshops, and informal conversations, participants will delve into how data can be visualised to inform, engage, inspire action, and influence policy. This summit is a space to share tools, techniques, and case studies that push the boundaries of visual narratives, foster interdisciplinary collaboration and co-creation, and empower change through data visualisation."

Where: Bologna, Italy
When: November 4–6, 2026

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VISIT

Resource Database / Guide

Carbon in Context

Project Drawdown

"Carbon in Context is a free-to-use tool that converts greenhouse gas emissions quantities into familiar terms. It can help you better understand and communicate climate change with clarity. Gas types:"

Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Methane (CH4)
Nitrous oxide (N2O)
R-22 (HCFC-22)
Perfluoromethan (CF4)
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)

Video

Compelling Climate Visuals and Where to Find Them

"Join Covering Climate Now and Climate Visuals for a special webinar about how to visualize climate change with videos and stills, for print and TV. Learn more about visual databases where you can source imagery, with Alastair Johnstone-Hack of Climate Visuals and Hilary Ogali of Wikimedia. Hear from photographer Justin Cook about his process for reporting and creating climate visuals, with a focus on solutions. Come with questions!"

Video

Press Briefing: America’s Extreme Drought and Its Climate Connection

"In this press briefing, meteorologists, water experts, and reporters from drought-stricken areas across the nation highlighted how they’re covering its impact on water supplies, agriculture — and even data centers, and equipped journalists with a better understanding of how to make the climate connection in their own reporting."

Press Briefing: America’s Extreme Drought and Its Climate Connection

Summary:

"In this press briefing, meteorologists, water experts, and reporters from drought-stricken areas across the nation highlighted how they’re covering its impact on water supplies, agriculture — and even data centers, and equipped journalists with a better understanding of how to make the climate connection in their own reporting."

Published By:

Covering Climate Now and Climate Central

Date:

April 22, 2026

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Journalists

VISIT

Article

A Burning House, A Quiet Media, A Silenced Majority

"Climate coverage declined globally in 2025 by 14% compared to 2024. In the US, ABC News, CBS News, and NBC News reduced the airtime devoted to climate change by 35%. ... To understand this retreat from climate coverage and how it might be remedied, CCNow’s executive director Mark Hertsgaard held conversations in early 2026 with more than 30 climate journalists at leading TV, radio, newspaper, magazine, and digital news outlets in Asia, North and South America, Europe, and Africa. ... Those conversations, along with CCNow’s years of work with journalists and news outlets around the world, inform a white paper that CCNow is releasing today."

A Burning House, A Quiet Media, A Silenced Majority

Summary:

"Climate coverage declined globally in 2025 by 14% compared to 2024. In the US, ABC News, CBS News, and NBC News reduced the airtime devoted to climate change by 35%. ... To understand this retreat from climate coverage and how it might be remedied, CCNow’s executive director Mark Hertsgaard held conversations in early 2026 with more than 30 climate journalists at leading TV, radio, newspaper, magazine, and digital news outlets in Asia, North and South America, Europe, and Africa. ... Those conversations, along with CCNow’s years of work with journalists and news outlets around the world, inform a white paper that CCNow is releasing today."

Published By:

Covering Climate Now

Date:

April 16, 2026

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VISIT

Resource Database / Guide

U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters

"Climate Central maintains this comprehensive database tracking U.S. weather and climate disasters since 1980 where overall damages/costs reached or exceeded $1 billion (including Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustment to 2026). ... Since relaunching this dataset last October [2025] under the leadership of Adam Smith, former lead scientist for NOAA’s U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters program, we’ve worked hard to expand and improve the tool for journalists, researchers, and the public. The latest update [April 2026] includes:

State-by-state data and breakdowns — allowing users to see how and which events have impacted individual states from 1980 to today.
New ways to explore disaster types — making it easier to examine across states and regions trends in wildfires, severe storms, tropical cyclones, floods, droughts, winter storms, and more.

"Stay tuned for more updates later this year, as we continue to expand the Billion Dollar Disasters offerings. The next round of additions will include a breakdown of severe weather events by damage type, and the ability to assess smaller but still consequential disasters that fall below the billion-dollar threshold."

U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters

Summary:

"Climate Central maintains this comprehensive database tracking U.S. weather and climate disasters since 1980 where overall damages/costs reached or exceeded $1 billion (including Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustment to 2026). ... Since relaunching this dataset last October [2025] under the leadership of Adam Smith, former lead scientist for NOAA’s U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters program, we’ve worked hard to expand and improve the tool for journalists, researchers, and the public. The latest update [April 2026] includes:

State-by-state data and breakdowns — allowing users to see how and which events have impacted individual states from 1980 to today.
New ways to explore disaster types — making it easier to examine across states and regions trends in wildfires, severe storms, tropical cyclones, floods, droughts, winter storms, and more.

"Stay tuned for more updates later this year, as we continue to expand the Billion Dollar Disasters offerings. The next round of additions will include a breakdown of severe weather events by damage type, and the ability to assess smaller but still consequential disasters that fall below the billion-dollar threshold."

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VISIT

Fellowships & Grants

Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism

JSK Journalism Fellowships at Stanford

"Good environmental journalism changes things. It puts a name to what was once invisible, and makes people care about places and problems they might never otherwise encounter. This is the idea behind the Knight-Risser Prize. And after a decade of recognizing outstanding published work, we’re doing something different: Starting in 2026, the prize will help fund the reporting before it happens. "Up to $10,000 is available to support an enterprise or investigative environmental story set in the western United States, which is defined as all states west of the Mississippi River, including Hawaii and Alaska. "The Knight-Risser prize is open to reporters, photographers, radio and audio journalists, television and video journalists, and documentary filmmakers working in the United States." Deadline: June 2, 2026.

Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism

Summary:

"Good environmental journalism changes things. It puts a name to what was once invisible, and makes people care about places and problems they might never otherwise encounter. This is the idea behind the Knight-Risser Prize. And after a decade of recognizing outstanding published work, we’re doing something different: Starting in 2026, the prize will help fund the reporting before it happens. "Up to $10,000 is available to support an enterprise or investigative environmental story set in the western United States, which is defined as all states west of the Mississippi River, including Hawaii and Alaska. "The Knight-Risser prize is open to reporters, photographers, radio and audio journalists, television and video journalists, and documentary filmmakers working in the United States." Deadline: June 2, 2026.

Organization:

JSK Journalism Fellowships at Stanford

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Journalists

VISIT

Video

Live From SEJ: The State of Climate Journalism

"Covering Climate Now held a frank conversation about the state of climate journalism, in a discussion from the Society of Environmental Journalists convention in Chicago. Amid concerns about a backsliding of climate coverage in the press, CCNow interviewed dozens of climate reporters from around the world to assess the challenges facing reporters on the climate beat. The result is ‘A Burning House, A Quiet Media, A Silenced Majority,’ a new white paper from CCNow that was released at SEJ."

Live From SEJ: The State of Climate Journalism

Summary:

"Covering Climate Now held a frank conversation about the state of climate journalism, in a discussion from the Society of Environmental Journalists convention in Chicago. Amid concerns about a backsliding of climate coverage in the press, CCNow interviewed dozens of climate reporters from around the world to assess the challenges facing reporters on the climate beat. The result is ‘A Burning House, A Quiet Media, A Silenced Majority,’ a new white paper from CCNow that was released at SEJ."

Published By:

Covering Climate Now

Date:

April 16, 2026

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VISIT

Conference

First Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels

"To help journalists understand the Santa Marta conference and how they might go about covering it [in person or remotely], CCNow hosted a webinar on April 15. Panelists included key Colombian and Dutch diplomats who are organizing the conference and The Guardian’s Jonathan Watts. CCNow’s executive director and co-founder, Mark Hertsgaard, moderated. CCNow’s Hertsgaard and Elena González will also be in Santa Marta to support journalists with their coverage; please contact them via editors@coveringclimatenow.org. ... The First Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels, taking place April 24–29 in Santa Marta, Colombia, will begin drafting a global 'roadmap' to phase out fossil fuels. Petrostates used UN consensus rules to veto that idea last November at COP30. But as CCNow pointed out in an article published this week, the Santa Marta conference will not be governed by UN rules. What’s more, the 85-plus countries that favored a roadmap at COP30 collectively amount to the biggest economic superpower on Earth. If they can outline a credible roadmap for withdrawing their immense buying power from fossil fuels, it could echo the effect of the 2015 Paris Agreement, causing governments and private investors alike to follow suit for fear their fossil fuel investments will become stranded assets."

First Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels

Summary:

"To help journalists understand the Santa Marta conference and how they might go about covering it [in person or remotely], CCNow hosted a webinar on April 15. Panelists included key Colombian and Dutch diplomats who are organizing the conference and The Guardian’s Jonathan Watts. CCNow’s executive director and co-founder, Mark Hertsgaard, moderated. CCNow’s Hertsgaard and Elena González will also be in Santa Marta to support journalists with their coverage; please contact them via editors@coveringclimatenow.org. ... The First Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels, taking place April 24–29 in Santa Marta, Colombia, will begin drafting a global 'roadmap' to phase out fossil fuels. Petrostates used UN consensus rules to veto that idea last November at COP30. But as CCNow pointed out in an article published this week, the Santa Marta conference will not be governed by UN rules. What’s more, the 85-plus countries that favored a roadmap at COP30 collectively amount to the biggest economic superpower on Earth. If they can outline a credible roadmap for withdrawing their immense buying power from fossil fuels, it could echo the effect of the 2015 Paris Agreement, causing governments and private investors alike to follow suit for fear their fossil fuel investments will become stranded assets."

Dates:

April 24, 2026 - April 29, 2026

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VISIT

Fellowships & Grants

NatGeo RFP for Illuminating Climate Solutions

National Geographic and The Climate Pledge

"Stories, and the people who tell them, matter more than ever. At a time when we’re flooded by noise and competing causes, authentic storytelling is critical to being able to cut through the clutter and evoke emotion in a way that causes people to respond and to act. National Geographic and The Climate Pledge seek to turn the power of storytelling toward illuminating climate resilience and solutions around the world." Grants up to $100,000 are available. Deadline: May 25, 2026.

NatGeo RFP for Illuminating Climate Solutions

Summary:

"Stories, and the people who tell them, matter more than ever. At a time when we’re flooded by noise and competing causes, authentic storytelling is critical to being able to cut through the clutter and evoke emotion in a way that causes people to respond and to act. National Geographic and The Climate Pledge seek to turn the power of storytelling toward illuminating climate resilience and solutions around the world." Grants up to $100,000 are available. Deadline: May 25, 2026.

Organization:

National Geographic and The Climate Pledge

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Journalists

VISIT

Video

Communicating Climate Solutions

Yale Center for Environmental Communication

"How can we most effectively communicate about climate solutions? Many people who are Alarmed about climate change aren’t taking climate action. Within the group of Americans Alarmed about climate change, 46% can be categorized as “willing Alarmed” – they are willing to engage in climate action but rarely do. The webinar featured Miriam Remshard, a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge studying the barriers to effective climate action and how psychological interventions can be used to foster more impactful behavior. Samantha Harrington of Yale Climate Connections moderated the conversation and also provided highlights from over ten years of climate solutions coverage. Sam also walked us through YCC’s Climate Solutions Hub, a tool that helps people find the actions that work best for their life."

Fellowships & Grants

Solutions Visuals – CBNI

Solutions Journalism Network

"The Solutions Visuals program, part of SJN’s Climate Beacon Newsroom Initiative, is SJN’s first dedicated visuals program, created to train newsrooms in producing solutions-focused photos, videos and multimedia stories. ... The program works with U.S.-based newsrooms to expand, experiment with and refine their visual coverage of the responses to climate change and how those solutions intersect with issues like health, economics and civic life. Throughout 12 months of training and mentorship, newsrooms learn how to move beyond images of disaster and devastation and develop the visual storytelling skills needed to capture evidence-based climate solutions in action. ... This year, six newsrooms will be selected to receive $10,000 each along with a year of coaching and support from SJN staff and partners, including award-winning photographers and visual storytellers." Deadline: April 24, 2026.

Solutions Visuals – CBNI

Summary:

"The Solutions Visuals program, part of SJN’s Climate Beacon Newsroom Initiative, is SJN’s first dedicated visuals program, created to train newsrooms in producing solutions-focused photos, videos and multimedia stories. ... The program works with U.S.-based newsrooms to expand, experiment with and refine their visual coverage of the responses to climate change and how those solutions intersect with issues like health, economics and civic life. Throughout 12 months of training and mentorship, newsrooms learn how to move beyond images of disaster and devastation and develop the visual storytelling skills needed to capture evidence-based climate solutions in action. ... This year, six newsrooms will be selected to receive $10,000 each along with a year of coaching and support from SJN staff and partners, including award-winning photographers and visual storytellers." Deadline: April 24, 2026.

Organization:

Solutions Journalism Network

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Journalists

VISIT

Video

Press Briefing: 2026’s “Super El Niño” and Its Potential Global Impacts

"Covering Climate Now and Climate Central hosted a webinar exploring the science behind the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and how this supercharged climate pattern may push global temperatures to record-levels. In this press briefing, meteorologists and reporters highlighted the many weather impacts predicted to unfold in 2026-2027 given past El Niño events and equipped journalists with a better understanding of how to make the climate connection in their own reporting."

Press Briefing: 2026’s “Super El Niño” and Its Potential Global Impacts

Summary:

"Covering Climate Now and Climate Central hosted a webinar exploring the science behind the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and how this supercharged climate pattern may push global temperatures to record-levels. In this press briefing, meteorologists and reporters highlighted the many weather impacts predicted to unfold in 2026-2027 given past El Niño events and equipped journalists with a better understanding of how to make the climate connection in their own reporting."

Date:

April 9, 2026

Category:

For:

VISIT

Video

Data Journalism: Reporting Where Climate and Health Meet

"In this webinar, Climate Central and SciLine walked journalists through the tools and skills needed to report accurately and confidently when climate and health overlap. Journalists learned how to find climate and health data, key terminology, where to find the right experts, and how to tell familiar stories in a way that centers the communities most affected by climate change and its health impacts. We also looked at real newsroom examples of health reporting built on these tools and skills, so you can see firsthand what kinds of questions the data can help answer and how it fits into timely storytelling. You’ll walk away from this session with story ideas, paired with graphics, toolkits, and expert resources to support your reporting."

When: April 7, 2026 @ 1-2 p.m. ET

Data Journalism: Reporting Where Climate and Health Meet

Summary:

"In this webinar, Climate Central and SciLine walked journalists through the tools and skills needed to report accurately and confidently when climate and health overlap. Journalists learned how to find climate and health data, key terminology, where to find the right experts, and how to tell familiar stories in a way that centers the communities most affected by climate change and its health impacts. We also looked at real newsroom examples of health reporting built on these tools and skills, so you can see firsthand what kinds of questions the data can help answer and how it fits into timely storytelling. You’ll walk away from this session with story ideas, paired with graphics, toolkits, and expert resources to support your reporting."

When: April 7, 2026 @ 1-2 p.m. ET

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Journalists

VISIT

Video

Climate Journalism in an Era of AI Slop

Department of Life Sciences Communication, DePaul University Chicago

"Jill Hopke, an associate professor in the College of Communication at DePaul University [and academic representative on the board of directors of the Society of Environmental Journalists], presented 'Climate Journalism in an Era of AI Slop' at LSC's 2026 Science Communication Colloquium."

Fellowships & Grants

NYU Stern Climate Economics Journalism Fellowship

"The NYU Stern Climate Economics Journalism Fellowship will bring a group of journalists to NYU Stern’s Greenwich Village campus to learn from globally recognized experts in the emerging field of climate economics. Participants will discuss the fundamental factors and latest trends in climate economics and finance. The next cohort of the Fellowship will meet in New York City on September 17 and 18, 2026. All the costs of operating the program including all meals will be borne by NYU Stern. In addition, Fellows admitted to the program who reside outside the New York Metro Area will receive a $2,000 stipend to cover travel and accommodation costs; those residing inside the New York Metro Area will receive a $1,000 stipend." Deadline to apply: April 20. Topics to be covered include Biodiversity Loss as an Emerging Economic Risk, The Fast-Changing Economics of Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles, and many more.

NYU Stern Climate Economics Journalism Fellowship

Summary:

"The NYU Stern Climate Economics Journalism Fellowship will bring a group of journalists to NYU Stern’s Greenwich Village campus to learn from globally recognized experts in the emerging field of climate economics. Participants will discuss the fundamental factors and latest trends in climate economics and finance. The next cohort of the Fellowship will meet in New York City on September 17 and 18, 2026. All the costs of operating the program including all meals will be borne by NYU Stern. In addition, Fellows admitted to the program who reside outside the New York Metro Area will receive a $2,000 stipend to cover travel and accommodation costs; those residing inside the New York Metro Area will receive a $1,000 stipend." Deadline to apply: April 20. Topics to be covered include Biodiversity Loss as an Emerging Economic Risk, The Fast-Changing Economics of Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles, and many more.

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Journalists

VISIT

Video

Press Briefing: ‘Virtually Impossible Heat’ & the Future of the American West

Covering Climate Now and Climate Central

"Hundreds of records have been shattered across the Western US amid an early spring heatwave found to be “virtually impossible without climate change.” As abnormally hot weather continues, Covering Climate Now and Climate Central hosted a special webinar highlighting the potential long-term impacts to Western snowpacks, water scarcity, and wildfire risks that will linger long after cooler weather arrives. In this press briefing, meteorologists and reporters explained how this extreme heat event offers a glimpse into our climate change future to help equip journalists with a better understanding of how to make the climate connection in their own reporting during the next “heat dome” impacting their region."

When: Thursday, March 26, 2026 @ 3 p.m. ET

Press Briefing: ‘Virtually Impossible Heat’ & the Future of the American West

Summary:

"Hundreds of records have been shattered across the Western US amid an early spring heatwave found to be “virtually impossible without climate change.” As abnormally hot weather continues, Covering Climate Now and Climate Central hosted a special webinar highlighting the potential long-term impacts to Western snowpacks, water scarcity, and wildfire risks that will linger long after cooler weather arrives. In this press briefing, meteorologists and reporters explained how this extreme heat event offers a glimpse into our climate change future to help equip journalists with a better understanding of how to make the climate connection in their own reporting during the next “heat dome” impacting their region."

When: Thursday, March 26, 2026 @ 3 p.m. ET

Organization:

Covering Climate Now and Climate Central

Category:

For:

Journalists

VISIT

Video

Turning Climate Data into Stories

"Climate data is more accessible than ever, but knowing how to find, interpret, and apply it in your reporting can make a difference in the strength of your stories. In this Climate Central webinar, we’ll explore how journalists and communicators can tap into trusted climate data tools to bring more depth, clarity, and context to stories that connect climate change to our communities. We’ll focus on two widely used resources: ACIS (Applied Climate Information System) and NOAA’s Climate at a Glance dashboard, walking through how to put them to work. You’ll learn how to query city-level observations, pull out key metrics like extreme heat days and heavy rain events, and connect local weather impacts to the broader state, national, and global climate trends."

Turning Climate Data into Stories

Summary:

"Climate data is more accessible than ever, but knowing how to find, interpret, and apply it in your reporting can make a difference in the strength of your stories. In this Climate Central webinar, we’ll explore how journalists and communicators can tap into trusted climate data tools to bring more depth, clarity, and context to stories that connect climate change to our communities. We’ll focus on two widely used resources: ACIS (Applied Climate Information System) and NOAA’s Climate at a Glance dashboard, walking through how to put them to work. You’ll learn how to query city-level observations, pull out key metrics like extreme heat days and heavy rain events, and connect local weather impacts to the broader state, national, and global climate trends."

Published By:

Climate Central

Date:

March 10, 2026

Category:

For:

Journalists

VISIT

Video

Is There Ethical AI Use in Climate Journalism?

"In this one-hour discussion co-hosted with Trusting News, Covering Climate Now and a panel of experts discussed some of the ethical questions about using AI in journalism, specifically on the climate story. This session addressed a range of questions, including what factors to take into consideration before using AI, which tools could deepen our reporting, how to be transparent with audiences about our use of these tools, and how journalists should consider the climate toll of AI tools and report them to audiences."

Is There Ethical AI Use in Climate Journalism?

Summary:

"In this one-hour discussion co-hosted with Trusting News, Covering Climate Now and a panel of experts discussed some of the ethical questions about using AI in journalism, specifically on the climate story. This session addressed a range of questions, including what factors to take into consideration before using AI, which tools could deepen our reporting, how to be transparent with audiences about our use of these tools, and how journalists should consider the climate toll of AI tools and report them to audiences."

Date:

March 10, 2026

Category:

For:

Journalists

VISIT

Resource Database / Guide

Visualizing Climate Litigation

Climate Visuals

"Limited to familiar photographs of people on court steps, or stock images of corporate offices, the visual language of climate litigation is often restricted to depicting a technical process or functioning as surface-level illustration alongside text. But what about the realities of the human and environmental stories being fought in court? Photography can bring those realities into sharp focus for audiences, connecting technical details and context with relatable, engaging, human stories. ... This resource, informed by conversations across the litigation, photography, journalism and NGO sectors, aims to provide practical guidance for making and distributing engaging visual storytelling of climate litigation, making the most of the opportunities that effective photography offers, and helping to get the right images into the right hands and in front of audiences."

Visualizing Climate Litigation

Summary:

"Limited to familiar photographs of people on court steps, or stock images of corporate offices, the visual language of climate litigation is often restricted to depicting a technical process or functioning as surface-level illustration alongside text. But what about the realities of the human and environmental stories being fought in court? Photography can bring those realities into sharp focus for audiences, connecting technical details and context with relatable, engaging, human stories. ... This resource, informed by conversations across the litigation, photography, journalism and NGO sectors, aims to provide practical guidance for making and distributing engaging visual storytelling of climate litigation, making the most of the opportunities that effective photography offers, and helping to get the right images into the right hands and in front of audiences."

Organization:

Climate Visuals

Category:

For:

Journalists

VISIT

Fellowships & Grants

Pulitzer Center Impact Seed Fund

"The Pulitzer Center Impact Seed Fund (ISF) supports educational and engagement initiatives in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia related to issues highlighted in Pulitzer Center-supported journalism, addressing the most critical challenges confronting our planet's ecosystems and communities. The 2026 ISF focuses on ocean, transparency and governance, and climate change, rainforests, and its interconnection with workers and vulnerable communities. Grants range from USD $2,500 to $4,000, varying by region." Deadlines:

Africa and Latin America: April 19, 2026
Southeast Asia: May 3, 2026

Pulitzer Center Impact Seed Fund

Summary:

"The Pulitzer Center Impact Seed Fund (ISF) supports educational and engagement initiatives in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia related to issues highlighted in Pulitzer Center-supported journalism, addressing the most critical challenges confronting our planet's ecosystems and communities. The 2026 ISF focuses on ocean, transparency and governance, and climate change, rainforests, and its interconnection with workers and vulnerable communities. Grants range from USD $2,500 to $4,000, varying by region." Deadlines:

Africa and Latin America: April 19, 2026
Southeast Asia: May 3, 2026

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VISIT

Events

Pitch Clinic at the Perugia Journalism Festival

"Covering Climate Now and Clean Energy Wire are hosting a practical session at the 2026 International Journalism Festival in Perugia: 'Covering a heating world with fewer resources.' The session is designed to help freelance climate journalists navigate shifting editorial priorities and tighter budgets, and it includes a live pitch clinic. ... We’ll workshop pitches that have been submitted in advance. The strongest will be considered for publication by The Guardian."

Attendance in person is not required to submit a pitch.
The session will be live-streamed and on-demand, for free.
Only 100 pitches will be accepted, and then the form will be closed.

Pitch Clinic at the Perugia Journalism Festival

Summary:

"Covering Climate Now and Clean Energy Wire are hosting a practical session at the 2026 International Journalism Festival in Perugia: 'Covering a heating world with fewer resources.' The session is designed to help freelance climate journalists navigate shifting editorial priorities and tighter budgets, and it includes a live pitch clinic. ... We’ll workshop pitches that have been submitted in advance. The strongest will be considered for publication by The Guardian."

Attendance in person is not required to submit a pitch.
The session will be live-streamed and on-demand, for free.
Only 100 pitches will be accepted, and then the form will be closed.

Category:

For:

VISIT

Video

Covering the Conflagration: Reporting From the Wildfire Frontiers

Canadian Journalism Foundation

"Wildfires are becoming not only annual events but also unmistakable signs of the broader climate emergency—scorching forests, forcing evacuations, disrupting ecosystems, and crossing borders. Covering the Conflagration brings together journalists who report directly from these frontlines, capturing both the immediate dangers and the longer-term consequences of fire. Jesse Winter, Visual Journalist and recipient of the 2024 CJF Edward Burtynsky Award for Climate Photojournalism; Nancy MacDonald, National Reporter for The Globe and Mail and Colleen Hagerty of the Solutions Journalism Network’s My World’s on Fire project will discuss what it takes to cover these events."

When: Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 1-2 p.m. ET

Covering the Conflagration: Reporting From the Wildfire Frontiers

Summary:

"Wildfires are becoming not only annual events but also unmistakable signs of the broader climate emergency—scorching forests, forcing evacuations, disrupting ecosystems, and crossing borders. Covering the Conflagration brings together journalists who report directly from these frontlines, capturing both the immediate dangers and the longer-term consequences of fire. Jesse Winter, Visual Journalist and recipient of the 2024 CJF Edward Burtynsky Award for Climate Photojournalism; Nancy MacDonald, National Reporter for The Globe and Mail and Colleen Hagerty of the Solutions Journalism Network’s My World’s on Fire project will discuss what it takes to cover these events."

When: Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 1-2 p.m. ET

Organization:

Canadian Journalism Foundation

Location:

Virtual

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For:

VISIT

Video

AI Data Centers & Their Climate and Community Impact

Covering Climate Now (CCNow)

"The tech industry’s insatiable interest in AI is driving a data center boom in the US that shows no sign of slowing down. The environmental footprint of these facilities is immense. Once touted by tech companies for their potential boon to stimulate local economies with short-lived construction jobs, these proposed facilities have seen nationwide pushback from across the political spectrum for driving up electricity prices and for their local environmental impacts. This discussion equipped journalists with the fundamental understanding of the economic and climate impacts stemming from AI’s vast power use, explored how to investigate data centers in their area, and highlighted unique story ideas to tackle this growing issue playing out in communities across the world."

AI Data Centers & Their Climate and Community Impact

Summary:

"The tech industry’s insatiable interest in AI is driving a data center boom in the US that shows no sign of slowing down. The environmental footprint of these facilities is immense. Once touted by tech companies for their potential boon to stimulate local economies with short-lived construction jobs, these proposed facilities have seen nationwide pushback from across the political spectrum for driving up electricity prices and for their local environmental impacts. This discussion equipped journalists with the fundamental understanding of the economic and climate impacts stemming from AI’s vast power use, explored how to investigate data centers in their area, and highlighted unique story ideas to tackle this growing issue playing out in communities across the world."

Organization:

Covering Climate Now (CCNow)

Date:

February 24, 2026

Category:

For:

Journalists

VISIT

Video

Training: Causes and Responses to Extreme Winter Weather

"Recent winter extremes have raised new questions about how a warming Arctic may be reshaping weather far beyond the polar regions. Hosted by URI's Metcalf Institute and the Solutions Journalism Network, this training explores the links between Arctic ice loss, polar vortex disruptions and the growing frequency of severe winter weather across the Northern Hemisphere. Panelists examined what scientists know, where questions remain, and how journalists can responsibly report on these connections. The discussion will also focus on solutions — such as grid resiliency efforts in Texas — that show how communities are adapting to these emerging risks." The live training was open only to working journalists.

Training: Causes and Responses to Extreme Winter Weather

Summary:

"Recent winter extremes have raised new questions about how a warming Arctic may be reshaping weather far beyond the polar regions. Hosted by URI's Metcalf Institute and the Solutions Journalism Network, this training explores the links between Arctic ice loss, polar vortex disruptions and the growing frequency of severe winter weather across the Northern Hemisphere. Panelists examined what scientists know, where questions remain, and how journalists can responsibly report on these connections. The discussion will also focus on solutions — such as grid resiliency efforts in Texas — that show how communities are adapting to these emerging risks." The live training was open only to working journalists.

Date:

February 25, 2026

Category:

For:

Journalists

VISIT

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Visualising Climate 2026

Carbon in Context

Compelling Climate Visuals and Where to Find Them

Press Briefing: America’s Extreme Drought and Its Climate Connection

A Burning House, A Quiet Media, A Silenced Majority

U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters

Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism

Live From SEJ: The State of Climate Journalism

First Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels

NatGeo RFP for Illuminating Climate Solutions

Communicating Climate Solutions

Solutions Visuals – CBNI

Press Briefing: 2026’s “Super El Niño” and Its Potential Global Impacts

Data Journalism: Reporting Where Climate and Health Meet

Climate Journalism in an Era of AI Slop

NYU Stern Climate Economics Journalism Fellowship

Press Briefing: ‘Virtually Impossible Heat’ & the Future of the American West

Turning Climate Data into Stories

Is There Ethical AI Use in Climate Journalism?

Visualizing Climate Litigation

Pulitzer Center Impact Seed Fund

Pitch Clinic at the Perugia Journalism Festival

Covering the Conflagration: Reporting From the Wildfire Frontiers

AI Data Centers & Their Climate and Community Impact

Training: Causes and Responses to Extreme Winter Weather