#climate-journalism

#climate-journalism

Covering Climate Now was formed in 2019 in response to the climate silence that then prevailed in much of the press, especially in the United States. Over the years that followed, hundreds of newsrooms joined our effort, and press coverage of the story began to reflect the scale of the crisis. Newsrooms beefed up their climate reporting teams; they confronted misinformation that sought to play down the problem; they thought creatively about how to find the climate connection on every beat.

It was Jeff Bezos, the Amazon billionaire, who came up with the tagline "Democracy Dies in Darkness" for The Washington Post. According to a memoir by the paper's former editor, Martin Baron, Bezos greenlighted the "democracy" line after an internal staff favorite was rejected by his then-wife, MacKenzie Scott. In his book Baron admits to initially being impressed by the new owner, now the world's third-richest man.

Tatiana Schlossberg, a granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy and a prominent climate activist and environmental journalist, died on December 30 at age 35, her family announced through a social media post.

The Guardian has long been at the forefront of agenda-setting climate journalism, and in a news cycle dominated by autocrats and war, we refuse to let the health of the planet slip out of sight. We stand out as a media organisation by examining why the climate emergency is creating a new era of demagogues and how powerful governments, financial institutions and big oil companies are turning their back on climate promises.