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The News Impact Summit in Copenhagen, organised in partnership with the Google News Initiative, will address how climate misinformation undermines public trust in climate policies and stalls progress toward a green transition. Across Europe, vested interests and populist movements have fueled misinformation campaigns that delay crucial environmental actions.
Journalists and media professionals play a crucial role in confronting these threats by exposing greenwashing, political pressure, and disinformation that compromise climate action. The summit offers journalists a hub to strategise effective responses to these narratives.
Through talks, panels, workshops, and interactive discussions, attendees will explore innovative storytelling techniques to highlight the urgency of climate action, debunk falsehoods, and empower communities to demand accountability from policymakers and industry stakeholders.
The Climate Journalism Award will be delivered at the Summit, and the winners will explain the best practices and tools they have used to produce some of the best climate journalism stories and investigations of the year.
About the News Impact Summits
Since 2014, the EJC has organised 36 News Impact Summits. The Summits have inspired communities of journalists and media organisations in 29 cities in 20 countries across Europe and the Middle East, featuring 400+ speakers from leading international news organisations.
Please note that the European Journalism Centre (EJC) is unable to provide visas, invitation letters, or stipends to cover travel and accommodation expenses for attendees.
Andrew Harper is Special Adviser, Climate Action, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
In the plenary session, Andrew will discuss the importance of using accurate terminology when referring to climate refugees. He will share insights from various case studies and examples from news reports and journalistic stories.
Moderated by: Ruona Meyer
The session highlights the risks of being a climate and environmental journalist, followed by a panel structure for Q&A.
According to the Covering the Planet report, nearly half of journalists covering the global climate crisis have faced threats to their work. Europe is no exception, with hostility towards climate journalists on the rise, exacerbated by delays in effective policy implementation. This session will shed light on the growing risks faced by climate journalists in Europe, as well as the challenges they face in an increasingly hostile environment.
Meet a “verified champion” fighting climate misinformation one short video a time!
Mar Gomez is a Spanish meteorologist, creator, and influencer with Verified Champions, a UN campaign focused on shifting narratives and improving the information ecosystem around climate change by combating misinformation.
“Adnan and the green lies” : Why P3 chose satire to talk about climate change?
How Danish Radio P3 is using humour to develop new narratives around climate and engage young audiences through a satirical climate show “Adnan and the green lies”.
Wojciech Oleksiak, The Europeans and Charles Terroille, Science Feedback will explore the challenges of misinformation and delay tactics in climate reporting.
Moderator: Dimitra Letsa
Wojciech Oleksiak will draw on his investigation into the manipulation of farmer protests to illustrate how power brokers turned protests to their advantage
Charles Terroille will complement this panel by discussing findings from the Climate Facts Europe Report. The report highlights how narratives surrounding extreme weather events are often linked to state actors, and the role prominent politicians and public figures played in spreading this misinformation.
For more details on the investigations:
Pinpoint for climate journalism
Mia Sahl, Google News Initiative Teaching Fellow
A practical workshop to explore features in Pinpoint, an AI-based tool built by Google to help journalists find and verify stories. This workshop will take participants through the latest capabilities of Pinpoint, which allows the instant parsing of thousands of documents, such as those which may be obtained during coverage of climate affairs.
Visualising science as a tool to fight climate misinformation
Angela Morelli InfoDesign Lab
When addressing the science of climate change and its profound impact on humanity and nature, we encounter extraordinary complexity. Visualisation is often promoted as a powerful tool that can guide human beings in navigating that complexity. However, visualising climate science can confuse, disengage, misinform or polarise. Much of this depends on how we approach the design process.
How can we use Design to foster clarity in a landscape where complexity and confusion can unintentionally fuel misinformation?
Through case studies, Angela will share practical tips and facilitate a conversation on visualising climate science to create engagement, inform decisions, and capture the imagination of an audience.
Misinformation and misconceptions in climate reporting: How to avoid becoming part of the problem.
Thomas’s workshop will reflect on "our role as journalists and how we are part of the problem when addressing climate misinformation". He will share case studies and examples from his reporting that is relevant to Denmark and the local attendees. Additionally, he will throw some light on Zetland's unique subscription model that forms the majority of its revenue.
Climate Journalism Award ceremony