Climate Awareness
Climate AwarenessGrist and Climate Central will host a virtual conversation called "Distorted" on 28 October 2026 at 1 p.m. ET, bringing meteorologists, journalists and researchers together to discuss how to communicate more accurately and thoughtfully before, during and after extreme weather.
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Climate AwarenessToday, 24 October 2026, the world marks the International Day of Climate Action — a grassroots day that turns concern about climate change into visible, coordinated action. Seventeen years after it began, the day arrives at a telling moment: atmospheric carbon dioxide has climbed far past the level the day was named for, and the
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Climate AwarenessMediterranean universities have one more week to join a region-wide mapping of climate teaching, after the organisers of the Euromed climate education survey extended its deadline to 30 October 2026. The survey will feed a searchable inventory of climate-related academic programmes to be published before the UN climate conference COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye, in November.
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Climate AwarenessLibraries across the United Kingdom are turning into climate classrooms this week. Green Libraries Week 2026 runs from Wednesday 21 October to Wednesday 28 October 2026, with hundreds of libraries hosting events that help people find reliable climate facts and spot misinformation. The national week is led by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information
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Climate AwarenessScientists who believe technology will largely solve the problems caused by climate change take measurably fewer climate actions themselves, according to a new study of more than 9,000 scientists across 115 countries. The research, from the London School of Economics and published in Environmental Research Letters, finds that these "techno-optimistic" scientists sign fewer petitions, protest
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Climate AwarenessMunich opened the first-ever Munich Climate Week on 19 October 2026, and Spain's Basque Country is running its own climate and energy week at the same time — a sign that climate awareness is moving out of conference halls and into city streets, just weeks before COP31. The Munich Climate Week runs from 19 to
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Climate AwarenessPlan International's Change Her Forecast report reveals how climate shocks are raising risks of child marriage, teen pregnancy and violence for girls — and launches a global campaign to put girls at the heart of climate action.
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Climate AwarenessClimate awareness in Britain has reached a new record: more than four in five adults in Great Britain say climate change has affected them in at least one way over the past year, according to an official survey by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figure of 85 percent is up from 74 percent
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Climate AwarenessAn informative awareness explainer on plastic waste and climate awareness: the numbers behind everyday waste, from 460 million tonnes of plastic use to the 9% recycling rate.
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Climate AwarenessA new European Union-backed campaign, Our Climate – Our Community, has gone live with a mission to strengthen climate awareness across the Mediterranean. The campaign's new website turns science, education and inclusive storytelling into local action — empowering women, young people and local communities along the Mediterranean's shores, with a special focus on its southern
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Climate AwarenessDUBLIN — Ireland has launched the first national school programme to link artificial intelligence literacy with climate education. GreenFutures, a free four-lesson programme for Transition Year students, was officially launched with the aim of helping young people understand how AI and climate change are reshaping their world. The programme was developed by the Research Ireland
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Climate AwarenessThe Office of the Vice President of the Philippines will launch a nationwide public information campaign on El Niño preparedness, with plain guidance for households and agricultural workers.
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Tanmiah Food Company has launched a plan to plant 100,000 eucalyptus and sidr trees across the UNESCO-listed Al-Ahsa oasis in Saudi Arabia, in a four-way partnership advancing the Saudi Green Initiative.
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Green JournalismCovering Climate Now has published a practical guide to help journalists cover COP31 in Antalya, from preparation and trusted resources to the negotiation storylines to follow.
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Green JournalismAmphora Media's cross-border investigation "Profit in Every Drop" has won Environment and Planning Journalism at the Malta Journalism Awards 2026.
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Green JournalismBroadcast journalists from Namibia, Zambia and Senegal have begun a two-day climate reporting programme under the AUB–Green Climate Fund Climate Impact Stories Partnership, aiming for accurate, human-centred, solutions-focused coverage.
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Green JournalismEntries have opened for the 2026 Climate Media Awards, celebrating African reporting on how communities grow, share and source food in a changing climate.
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Green JournalismUN-OHRLLS has opened a fully funded journalism fellowship for reporters from 44 least developed countries to cover the Doha Programme of Action Midterm Review in Doha on 25-27 March 2027. Applications close 30 November 2026; ten fellows will be selected.
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Green JournalismCanada and United Nations University experts brief journalists on 2 November 2026, a week before COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye.
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Green JournalismStephanie Wallcraft has won the 2026 AJAC Environmental Journalism Award for her article on Natural Resources Canada's Fuel Consumption Guide, with Nadine Filion as runner-up.
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Green JournalismGrist has launched Distorted, a months-long reporting series on how misinformation spreads before, during and after extreme weather, and how trusted journalism can help communities find the truth.
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