Deadline Reporting on Climate Change [1]
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Top Deadline Reporting Resources |
Fifth (U.S.) National Climate Assessment [3]
A 2023 U.S. government report covering the latest climate change trends, with 17 different topical chapters on water, energy, land, forests and more, plus a series of regional chapters and chapters on adaptation and mitigation. The report also includes focus chapters on compound events, Western wildfires, COVID, supply chain risks and blue carbon.
Climate Matters [4]
A climate reporting resource program that offers journalists free data, text and visual materials on climate impacts and solutions. Its Extreme Weather Toolkits [5] are journalist-specific fact sheets that cover coastal flooding, drought, extreme heat, heavy rain and flooding, severe weather, snow and ice, tropical weather and wildfires. An initiative of Climate Central [6], an independent organization of leading scientists and journalists conducting surveys, scientific research and reporting on climate and its impacts.
Covering Climate Now [7]
A collaborative co-founded by the Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation in association with The Guardian and WNYC in 2019, CCNow offers resources [7], briefings and tips, journalists-only webinars [8], a Climate Beat [9] newsletter, curated partner stories [10] and a Slack space.
SciLine Climate Resources [11]
This service, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, provides "scientific expertise and context on deadline," with fact sheets [12] (hurricanes, heat waves, extreme weather, cold snaps, wildfires and attribution science) and reporter referrals to scientists [13].
Climate Signals [14]
Data and fact sheets on heat waves, flooding, wildfires, droughts and hurricanes, via a map-based interface, from the nonprofit Climate Nexus [15]. Plus, a resource hub and information about attribution.
Earth Journalism Network Reporter Resources [16]
Training resources, toolkits and online guides on climate topics through Earth Journalism Network, a project of Internews.
500 Women Scientists [17]
This grassroots support network of women scientists has a searchable database listing hundreds of female climate change experts.
Climate Science Rapid Response Team [18]
A match-making service to connect over 160 university or government climate scientists in the United States and abroad with the media.
Climate in the United States [19]
An interactive tool that showcases national and localized climate fluctuations and historical frequencies of severe weather put together by USAFacts [20], a not-for-profit, nonpartisan civic initiative that makes it easy to access and understand U.S. government data.