Climate

The Solutions Journalism Network (SJN) is supporting a global network of journalists committed to covering today’s environmental and climate-related challenges through a solutions-oriented lens — and we’d love for you to become part of this rebalancing. To make headway in tackling climate change, it’s not enough for the news to identify problems and threats; people also need to hear about credible options to respond to those problems and threats.

When journalists highlight and explain how governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations, religious groups or local communities are working to tackle climate-related problems, there is an opportunity to learn from what is working, what is not, and what is worth trying. Moreover, in order for people to engage with any major challenge, especially one as daunting as the climate crisis, they need to see possibilities for progress. They need hope — not feel-good news, but rigorous journalism that examines and interrogates policies and programs that are showing genuine promise, backed by evidence. We call this “hope with teeth.” And it is absolutely vital to catalyze and mobilize the public, governments, business people and others to meet the great challenge of our time.

On this page, you’ll find updates on our initiatives, resources, trainers and guides. We also invite you to join the Climate Peer Network, a space to regularly discuss ideas and share best practices.