Covering Climate Now

Covering Climate Now is a global journalism initiative committed to bringing more and better coverage to the defining story of our time. Cofounded by The Nation and Columbia Journalism Review, our initiative includes more than 300 outlets worldwide, and dozens of institutional and independent partners, with a combined audience of more than 1 billion people.

More are joining by the day. For more information and a full list of our partners, please visit CoveringClimateNow.org.

World leaders attend a session on the energy transition on the second day of COP30 on November 7, 2025, in Belém, Brazil.

Global Leaders Are Glad the US Isn’t Attending COP30 Global Leaders Are Glad the US Isn’t Attending COP30

Momentum behind decarbonizing the global economy has built to the point where it is inevitable—with or without the United States.

Nov 13, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president, speaks during the COP30 Leaders Summit in Belem, Para state, Brazil, on November. 6, 2025.

At COP30, Will Lula Be a Rain Forest Champion? At COP30, Will Lula Be a Rain Forest Champion?

During this term, Brazil’s president has reduced deforestation but he is government is pushing projects that would open up the Amazon to extractivism.

Nov 8, 2025 / Jonathan Watts

Bill Gates

How Much Suffering Can COP30 Prevent? How Much Suffering Can COP30 Prevent?

Bill Gates gets climate change wrong. It’s not a binary—humanity survives or goes extinct—it’s a questions of scale: How many people will die or be left destitute?

Nov 7, 2025 / Andrew McCormick

A TV reporter braces against the wind as Hurricane Irma approaches in Miami, Florida, on September 10, 2017.

The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion

The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.

Nov 5, 2025 / Amy Westervelt

Climate Disasters Are Traumatizing Brazil’s Children

Climate Disasters Are Traumatizing Brazil’s Children Climate Disasters Are Traumatizing Brazil’s Children

The generation coming into the world now is expected will face unprecedented extreme weather events throughout their lives.

Nov 3, 2025 / Giovana Girardi

A group of Indigenous people is leading a demonstration for the climate organized in Brussels, Belgium, on October 23, 2022.

Coming Sunday: The People Behind the Climate Numbers Coming Sunday: The People Behind the Climate Numbers

The next phase of The 89 Percent Project profiles climate’s supermajority.

Oct 23, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on September 23, 2025, in New York City.

Reporting the Truth When Politicians Lie Reporting the Truth When Politicians Lie

With the global rise of organized misinformation campaigns, outlets should embrace “the truth sandwich” and place a false claim between the actual facts.

Oct 9, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

The World’s Newsrooms Can Learn From Bill McKibben’s Climate Journalism

The World’s Newsrooms Can Learn From Bill McKibben’s Climate Journalism The World’s Newsrooms Can Learn From Bill McKibben’s Climate Journalism

Traditional journalists complain that he is an advocate—the same criticism Woodward and Bernstein faced during Watergate.

Sep 25, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

A man on a rooftop looks at approaching flames as the Springs fire continues to grow on May 3, 2013, near Camarillo, California.

Are We Distracting Ourselves Into Climate Catastrophe? Are We Distracting Ourselves Into Climate Catastrophe?

When shocking news about how soon civilization might collapse is overshadowed by Taylor Swift’s engagement, we might have a problem.

Sep 11, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

A newspaper box with a paper that reads “Michael Bears Down” in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Millville, Florida, on October 11, 2018.

News Avoidance and the Climate Majority News Avoidance and the Climate Majority

The next phase of Covering Climate Now’s 89 Percent Project puts faces to the numbers.

Sep 4, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

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