New award promotes solutions-focused climate reporting in Arabic

The Climate School initiative, in collaboration with Greenpeace, has launched the Climate School Award for Arab Climate Journalism. This is the first regional award in the Middle East and North Africa dedicated to climate journalism, which has a goal of recognizing journalism in the Arabic language that addresses climate change in the region. The award includes a category for “Best Climate Solutions Report,” and winners will be announced in May 2025. Co-founder Rahma Diaa says: “We ensured that the award included a dedicated category for solutions journalism to encourage journalists to produce more climate solutions reports. Audience surveys have confirmed the public’s preference for solutions journalism, particularly when discussing the climate crisis […] Solutions journalism plays an effective role in raising climate awareness in communities, helping the public understand climate solutions, assess their effectiveness, and inspire them to innovate more solutions to address the climate crisis.” Diaa is an accredited solutions journalism trainer who has presented on climate solutions journalism through the Climate Journalism Diploma, organized by the Climate School in collaboration with the International Journalists’ Network and Greenpeace.