Climate Silence is one of the most successful propaganda programs of all time. Lavishly funded by the Koch brothers and others, pro-fossil-fuel climate deniers were able to give a tiny minority an out-sized voice so that their seemingly dominant view cast doubt on the ninety-nine- percent certainty supporting scientifically accurate facts about our approaching climate crisis. Our Media cowered before the insistent charges to “show both sides” when there was only the scientific truth attacked by rapacious lies.
Anecdotally, we can observe this ourselves; however, there is also scientific evidence backing up this perception that our media has dropped the ball on climate crisis. Extreme Silence: How the US Media Have Failed to Connect Climate Change to Extreme Heat in 2018.
This report examines media coverage of extreme heat and climate change from January 1 to July 8, 2018, as well as in the context of the major heat event that spread over the Northern Hemisphere over a twelve-day period starting on June 27 and ending on July 8. The report considers a range of sources: the top 50 U.S. newspapers by circulation, national programming from ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News Network, MSNBC, and NBC, and newspaper coverage in the 13 states in which 10 or more heat records were broken during the period.
With a few notable exceptions, major U.S. media outlets are largely failing to connect these monumental weather events to climate change. Similarly, when local media report on record-breaking temperatures and extended heat waves that directly affect their readers, they typically fail to connect the events to the warming trends that scientists have been predicting for years. In fact, this report finds that media were significantly less likely to connect extreme heat to climate change when reporting during a major heat event.
Bill Moyers introduced the Covering Climate Now Project which I wrote about at the end of May. The whole idea behind the project is to influence other media in theircoverage of our climate emergency.
Reporting the truth is always the basis for any moral authority we can claim as journalists. Reporting the truth about climate disruption, and its solutions, could be contagious.
~ Bill Moyers, Keynote Address
Conference of Covering Climate Now project of The Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation
Two-minute video:
The initiative isn’t limited to the US: in total, more than 300 outlets from around the world signed on, throwing a combined audience of more than 1 billion people behind the project.
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
LIST UPDATED SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Wire Services and News & Photo Agencies
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Agence France-Presse (AFP)
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Bloomberg
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Getty Images
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Pacnews (Fiji)
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The Ago Press (Italy)
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DIRE News Agency (Italy)
Newspapers:
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The Charleston Gazette-Mail (West Virginia)
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The (Colorado Springs) Gazette
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The Christian Science Monitor
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The Daily Hampshire Gazette (Massachusetts)
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The Daily Herald (Illinois)
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DigBoston
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The Express News Group (The Southampton Press, The East Hampton Press, and The Sag Harbor Express; New York)
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The Minneapolis Star Tribune
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The Montgomery Advertiser
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The National Catholic Reporter
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The News Journal (Delaware)
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The (New Jersey) Star-Ledger & NJ.com
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The News-Press (Southwest Florida)
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The Nome Nugget (Alaska)
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The Oklahoman
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The Philadelphia Inquirer & Inquirer.com
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The Portland Press Herald (Maine)
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The San Francisco Chronicle
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The Seattle Times
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La Nacion (Argentina)
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The Dhaka Tribune (Bangladesh)
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L’Aurore boréale (Canada)
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The Avro Post (The University of Guelph-Humber, Canada)
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The Eyeopener (Ryerson University, Canada)
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The Queen’s Journal (Queen’s University, Canada)
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The Toronto Star (Canada)
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The Varsity (The University of Toronto, Canada)
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La Tercera (Chile)
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The Hindustan Times (India)
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The Marker (Israel)
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Il manifesto (Italy)
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La Repubblica (Italy)
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Asahi Shimbun (Japan)
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The Macau Daily Times (Macau)
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The Nepali Times (Nepal)
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Trouw (The Netherlands)
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The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
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The Otago Daily Times (New Zealand)
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Stuff (New Zealand)
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Icepeople (Norway)
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Público (Portugal)
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The Straits Times (Singapore)
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The Mail & Guardian (South Africa)
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El País (Spain)
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Expressen (Sweden)
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The Daily Mirror (The United Kingdom)
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The i Paper (The United Kingdom)
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Diario de los Andes (Venezuela)
Magazines, Journals, and Digital News sites:
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Adweek
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Arctic Today
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The Alpinist
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Bay Nature
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Birdwatching
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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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Bustle
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BuzzFeed News
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The Center for Public Integrity
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The Chicago Review of Books
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The Connecticut Mirror
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Circle of Blue
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City Limits
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Civil Eats
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Climate Desk
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Columbia University News
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Common Dreams
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Curbed
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CQ & Roll Call
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The Daily Beast
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DeSmog
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EcoRI News
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Ecosystem Marketplace
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EcoWatch
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The Eden Magazine
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Ensia
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Food & Environment Reporting Network
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Gizmodo
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Glacier Hub
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Gotham Gazette
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GreenBiz.com
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Green Global Travel
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Green Philly
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Grist
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The GroundTruth Project
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Gym Climber
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Harvard Business Review
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High Country News
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Honolulu Civil Beat
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HowStuffWorks
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HuffPost
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IEEE Spectrum
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ImpactAlpha
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The Intercept
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In These Times
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InDepthNH.org
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InsideClimate News
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IPS Inter Press Service
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Jezebel
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Jolon Indian Media
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Journal for the Planet
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JSTOR Daily
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Landscape Architecture Magazine
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Lapham’s Quarterly
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Lifehacker
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Literary Hub
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Mashable
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Massive Science
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Mondoweiss
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Mongabay
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Mother Jones
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New Mexico In Depth
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The New Republic
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Newsweek
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News and Guts
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Next Avenue
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Next City
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Nexus Media
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The Oklahoma Observer
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Out of Eden Walk
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PassBlue
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PublicSource
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Quartz
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The Real News Network
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Renewable Energy World
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Rethinking Schools
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Rock and Ice
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Rolling Stone
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The Root
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San Francisco Public Press
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Scientific American
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Sentient Media
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Silica Mag
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The Shoestring
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Slate
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Sludge
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Splinter
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StateImpact Pennsylvania
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Steamboat Magazine
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Streetsblog California
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Streetsblog Denver
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Talking Points Memo
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Teen Vogue
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The Texas Observer
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Terrain.org
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Truthout
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TucsonSentinel.com
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UN Dispatch
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Vanity Fair
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Variety
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VICE Media
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Vox
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VTDigger
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The Weather Channel Digital
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Worth Media
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WhoWhatWhy
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Yale Climate Connections
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Yale Environment 360
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Yes! Magazine
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Redaccion (Argentina)
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The Conversation (Australia & New Zealand)
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Croakey Health Media (Australia)
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Eureka Street (Australia)
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ScienceAlert (Australia)
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The Junction (Australia)
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Revolve (Belgium)
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#Colabora (Brazil)
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My News Brasil (Brazil)
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VOD (Cambodia)
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Agence Science-Presse (Canada)
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Asparagus Magazine (Canada)
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The Coast (Canada)
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Corporate Knights (Canada)
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Hakai Magazine (Canada)
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Kingstonist News (Canada)
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L’actualité Magazine (Canada)
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Maclean’s (Canada)
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The National Observer (Canada)
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Planet Friendly News (Canada)
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rabble (Canada)
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The Sprawl (Canada)
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Taproot Edmonton (Canada)
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TVO (Canada)
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The Tyee (Canada)
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Mi Voz (Chile)
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Ojo al Clima (Costa Rica)
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Deník Referendum (Czech Republic)
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K-News.dk (Denmark)
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Solidaritet (Denmark)
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Daily News Egypt (Egypt)
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Journal de l'Environnement (France)
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Libération (France)
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Reporterre (France)
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UP' Magazine (France)
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Clean Energy Wire & Klimafakten.de (Germany)
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Correctiv (Germany)
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Edison (Germany)
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klimareporter° (Germany)
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KlimaSocial (Germany)
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Spektrum der Wissenschaft (Germany)
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stern (Germany)
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taz (Germany)
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Green Queen (Hong Kong)
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The Marquad Media Group (Hungary)
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Condé Nast Traveller, Indian Edition (India)
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Down To Earth Magazine (India)
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People’s Archive of Rural India (India)
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The Wire (India)
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AgenSir, European Catholic Press Agency (Italy)
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Aletheia (Italy)
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i404 (Italy)
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Italia che Cambia (Italy)
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Open.online (Italy)
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Terra Nuova (Italy)
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The Wam (Italy)
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Global News View (Japan)
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Newsweek Japan (Japan)
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STEPPE (Kazakhstan)
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Periodic (Mexico)
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Morocco World News (Morocco)
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De Groene Amsterdammer (The Netherlands)
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Newsroom (New Zealand)
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The Spinoff (New Zealand)
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Stuff (New Zealand)
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Pacific Environment Weekly (Samoa)
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Aktuality (Slovakia)
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Denník N (Slovakia)
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Kapitál (Slovakia)
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SME (Slovakia)
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The Daily Maverick (South Africa)
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Climática (Spain)
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PlayGround (Spain)
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Health Policy Watch (Switzerland)
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Heidi News (Switzerland)
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WOZ Die Wochenzeitung (Switzerland)
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The Confidential Report (Togo)
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ScienceActu (Togo)
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DİKEN (Turkey)
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EKOIQ Magazine & Iklim Haber (Turkey)
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NewsLab Turkey (Turkey)
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T24 (Turkey)
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Live Healthy (United Arab Emirates)
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BusinessGreen (The United Kingdom)
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Climate News Network (The United Kingdom)
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The Conversation (The United Kingdom)
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Immediate Media (The United Kingdom)
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Nature (The United Kingdom)
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Physics World (The United Kingdom)
Television & Multimedia:
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Al Jazeera
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CBS News
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Cheddar
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Connecticut Public
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Democracy Now
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KPBS TV & FM (San Diego, Calif.)
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New Mexico PBS
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Now This
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NUVO
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PBS NewsHour
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Univision
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The Weather Channel
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WFAA (Dallas-Forth Worth, Texas)
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WJCT (Jacksonville, Fla.)
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WNET’s ALL ARTS (New York, N.Y.)
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WNET's Peril and Promise (New York, N.Y.)
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The Years Project & Years Of Living Dangerously
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Index.hu (Hungary)
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News18 (India)
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RTÉ’s Brainstorm Project (Ireland)
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TG1/RAI (Italy)
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NHK (Japan)
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Newshub (New Zealand)
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RNZ (New Zealand)
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TVNZ's 1 News (New Zealand)
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Politically Aweh (South Africa)
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TV3 & Catalunya Ràdio (Spain)
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Swedish Television / SVT (Sweden)
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New Scientist (UK)
Radio & Podcasts:
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Climate One
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Critical Frequency & Drilled
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Crooked Media
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Elemental: Covering Sustainability (regional collaborative of NPR stations in Denver, Colo.; Phoenix, Ariz.; and Los Angeles, Calif.)
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Global Dispatches
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Global GoalsCast
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Here & Now, by NPR and WBUR
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Hudson Mohawk Radio Network (WOOC, WOOS, and WOOA, in Upstate N.Y.)
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Illinois Newsroom
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KALW (San Francisco Bay Area, Calif.)
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KBIA (Columbia, Mo.)
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KCRW (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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KPCC (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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KPFA (Berkeley, Calif.)
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KQED (San Francisco Bay Area, Calif.)
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KRCL (Salt Lake City, Utah)
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KUOW (Seattle, Wash.)
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Maine Public Radio
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Making Contact
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Marketplace Tech, by American Public Media
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Nevada Public Radio
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Planet Philadelphia
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Science Friday, by WNYC Studios
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The Allegheny Front, on WESA (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
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WAMU (Washington, DC)
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WBEZ (Chicago, Ill.)
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WBUR (Boston, Mass.)
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WFPL (Louisville, Ky.)
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WHYY (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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WNYC (New York, N.Y.)
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WPFW (Washington, DC)
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WRAL (Raleigh, N.C.)
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WURD (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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WWNO (New Orleans, La.)
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Radio Shadhin (Bangladesh)
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Tilos Radio (Hungary)
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Rai Radio1 (Italy)
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Açık Radyo (Turkey)
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The World, by PRI and the BBC (The United Kingdom)
Institutional:
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American Geophysical Union & Eos Magazine
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The Association of Alternative Newsmedia
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Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism
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Boston University
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Climate Central & Climate Matters (George Mason University Center for Climate Communications, and Climate Communications)
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Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy
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Journalist’s Resource (Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy)
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Princeton University
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Scholars Strategy Network
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Solutions Journalism Network
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University of Maryland's Howard Center for Investigative Journalism & Capital News Service
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Yale Climate Change & Health Initiative
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Insper (Brazil)
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Concordia University, Department of Journalism (Canada)
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blogdroiteuropéen (Europe)
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Netzwerk Weitblick (Germany)
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Technische Universität Berlin (Germany)
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Keele University (The United Kingdom)
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Left Foot Forward (The United Kingdom)
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The University of Hull (The United Kingdom)
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The University of Manchester (The United Kingdom)
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The University of Sheffield (The United Kingdom)
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The Lancet Countdown on Climate Change and Health (The United Kingdom)
Independent Journalists (outlets & affiliations listed for identification purposes only):
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Jeff Berardelli (CBS News, also contributing to Yale Climate Connections and the Columbia University Earth Institute Blog)
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David Biello (TED Talks)
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Rex Dalton (Formerly of Nature)
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Mike Favetta (Founding meteorologist, WeatherPrep)
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Dan Gardner
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Paul Gross (Chief meteorologist, WDIV in Detroit, Mich.)
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Stephen Leahy (Freelance biosphere journalist)
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Bill McKibben
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Mike Nelson (Chief meteorologist, Channel 7 in Denver, Colo.)
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Don Paul (Contributing meteorologist, The Buffalo News)
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Jake Price
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Yereth Rosen (Formerly of The Anchorage Daily News)
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Benjamin Ryan (The New York Times)
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Dan Satterfield (Chief meteorologist, WBOC in Salisbury, Md.)
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Peter Schwartzstein (freelance environmental & Middle East correspondent)
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Alex Steffen
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Isabel Seta (Brazil)
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Sean Holman (Canada)
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Tracy Sherlock (Freelance journalist, Canada)
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Manka Behl (The Times of India, India)
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Rohit Inani (Contributor to AJ Impact, India)
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Marcello Rossi (Freelance environmental reporter, Italy)
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Angelina Davydova (Freelance journalist, Russia)
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Preeti Jha (Southeast Asia)
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Alex Thomson (Channel 4 News, The United Kingdom)
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Michael Tatarski (Vietnam)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for global action on climate change
Blogathon
September 20-27 on DK
.
September 20 is the launch of an entire week of global climate action. From Friday September 20 to September 27, people of all generations all over the world will be mobilizing.
Here are the dates for the climate strike
https://globalclimatestrike.net/
It has sign ups for strikes all over the world.