The Climate Story in 2026 — Covering Climate Now

Venezuela’s oil future. Worsening climate impacts, despite soaring clean energy. Elections in the US, Brazil, and Bangladesh. A potential post-COP30 surprise. The 89% Project’s next phase, and much more. How do we as journalists cover the big climate stories in 2026? And how do we get industry colleagues, in our own newsrooms and beyond, to [...]Read More... from The Climate Story in 2026

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Die Klimakrise – eigentlich kein Thema? Wissenschaftler:innen zu Gates‘ „Memo“

https://youtu.be/DUAXXDPOHUQ?si=vq3KtcmVLbuuRnhS Kurz vor der COP30 hat Bill Gates es mit einem sogenannten „Memo“ (Gates, 2025) geschafft, die mediale Aufmerksamkeit von den negativen Daten zur Entwicklung des Klimas und den weiter steigenden Emissionen abzulenken. In seinem Memo stellt er die Klimakrise als hochgespieltes Problem dar. Trump, bei dem Gates mit anderen Tech-Milliardären erst kürzlich zum Abendessen eingeladen war (Gann et al., 2025), feierte das Memo als Erfolg (Shockey, 2025). Auch Gates habe erkannt, dass die Klimakrise ein erfundenes Problem sei. Gates hat das als „gigantic misreading“ zurückgewiesen (Harder, 2025). Covering Climate Now hat gestern vier bekannte US-Klimawissenschaftler:innen – Kim Cobb, Zeke Hausfather, Katharine Hayhoe und Daniel Swain – zu einer öffentlichen Zoom-Konferenz eingeladen, um schnell auf Gates' PR-Aktion zu reagieren. Die Aufnahme des von Sammy Roth moderierten Events wurde auf YouTube publiziert (Covering Climate Now, 2025). […]

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Die Klimakrise – eigentlich kein Thema? Wissenschaftler:innen zu Gates‘ „Memo“ – Lost and Found

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The Guardian renews its commitment to journalistic coverage of the climate crisis:

"The 89% project: Between 80 and 89% of the world’s people want their governments to be doing more to address climate change. The Guardian has partnered with Covering Climate Now and newsrooms across the globe to tell their stories"

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Latest The 89% project news, comment and analysis from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice

Interesting piece about how people perceive other people's views on the #ClimateCrisis and encouraging to continue to be more vocal about it #The89PercentProject #CoveringClimateNow

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/22/spiral-of-silence-climate-action-very-popular-why-dont-people-realise

‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?

Researchers find 89% of people around the world want more to be done, but mistakenly assume their peers do not

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Press Briefing: How Do We Know Climate Change Fueled That Storm?

In this webinar co-sponsored by Covering Climate Now, Climate Central, and World Weather Attribution, panelists will discuss how journalists can explain weather attribution science to their audiences.

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Why Exxon Is Suing Its Shareholders | The-14

A recent lawsuit could reflect the oil and gas industry’s growing legal strategy to escape accountability for fueling the climate crisis Advocates say the oil giant’s legal actions seem aimed at preventing shareholders from even suggesting the company makes a plan to reduce its emissions, considering such resolutions are completely non-binding — and the one

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