climate media
Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope: The media needs to cover the climate crisis as seriously as it covered COVID
With some exceptions, the news industry is still not responding to the true scale and danger of global heating.
Crisis? What crisis? Media failing to convey the urgency of the climate emergency
If an alien landed on Planet Earth today and started watching television and reading the newspapers, it would probably not realize that humanity and the natural world face an existential threat – one that has taken us into the Sixth Mass Extinction, is already devastating the lives of many, especially in the Global South, and is set to hit the rest of us soon.
Mentions of climate change in scripted entertainment largely absent
While there has been much research on social, political and economic issues in media and its impact on viewers, there has been little to none on climate change. It’s a major topic, as the United Nation’s latest report keeps pleading for more aggressive and accelerated actions in order to avert a climate catastrophe.
‘Extrapolations’ is the climate TV show we’re finally ready for
Our favorite 2022 climate coverage. (Some of it’s even good news!)
The late night hosts joined forces to talk climate change. Here are the best moments
Eight of America's late night talk show hosts joined forces this Wednesday, each using their shows' platforms to address climate change in a special cross-network "Climate Night."