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.

Donald Trump looks over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as she speaks to US Navy personnel aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier at Yokosuka naval base on October 28, 2025.

Japan’s New Climate Bomb—in the US Japan’s New Climate Bomb—in the US

Bloomberg Green reveals the climate costs of the US-Japan trade deal.

Feb 26, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

NewsGuild members are joined by other protesters during a rally outside the Washington Post office building on February 5, 2026, in Washington, DC.

Where Climate Coverage Goes to Die Where Climate Coverage Goes to Die

The very notion of public service journalism is under assault at precisely the moment that it’s most needed.

Feb 19, 2026 / Kyle Pope

Winter Olympic Committee Press Conference

The International Olympics Committee Is Urged to Drop Oil Company Sponsors The International Olympics Committee Is Urged to Drop Oil Company Sponsors

Global warming means the future of Winter Games “is literally melting away.”

Feb 5, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

Minnesotans film a federal law enforcement agent during a patrol in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 11, 2026.

Citizen Journalists Are Minneapolis’s Unsung Heroes Citizen Journalists Are Minneapolis’s Unsung Heroes

Without their videos of ICE shootings, we wouldn’t know what is really happening.

Jan 29, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

Climate Stories Are Everywhere

Climate Stories Are Everywhere Climate Stories Are Everywhere

Why do many news outlets ignore the connections between climate change and the struggle for democracy?

Jan 22, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

Homes burn as powerful winds drive the Eaton Fire on January 7, 2025, in Pasadena, California.

Climate Hushers Need to Get Real Climate Hushers Need to Get Real

Political realism doesn’t outweigh scientific realism.

Jan 15, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

A man holds a plaque reading “No War for Oil” in front of the US Embassy in Dublin.

The US Is a Violent Petro-State The US Is a Violent Petro-State

Trump’s attack on Venezuela illustrates fossil fuels’ many perils.

Jan 8, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

People participate in a demonstration in front of the main entrance of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, on November 10, 2025.

Backsliding in Belém Backsliding in Belém

Petrostates at COP30 quash fossil fuel and deforestation phaseouts.

Nov 24, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death”

Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death” Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death”

Indigenous people lead COP30 protests against agribusinesses that “want to take everything.”

Nov 17, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

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

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