Climate News Tracker
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Using data to track what audiences learn from UK public service media coverage of climate and the environment.
📊Our new analysis shows that climate-related terms appeared in nearly half of monitored UK news programmes in August, before falling in September. 🌦The drop in coverage is partially explained by less mentions of 'extreme weather'. Read more 👉 bit.ly/3UNoKAZ #ClimateChange #DataVis
Nearly nine in ten journalists and production staff say new approaches are needed in climate reporting 📰🌍 We surveyed journalists, producers, editors and production staff to find out what they think about the state of climate reporting. Read the full results 👉https://bit.ly/3Va88Do
Our new analysis finds that there was no single set of featured voices in this summer’s climate coverage. Who audiences heard from depended on the story and where they got their news. Read the full analysis 👉 climatenewstracker.org/from-lidos-t... #DataVis #ClimateChange
Andy Burnham’s first Labour Party Conference speech covered housing, social care, the NHS, energy, the cost of living and more. But despite setting out an agenda for energy market reform and new infrastructure, he made only one brief reference to the #ClimateCrisis. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4AMibyQ
When a glacier collapse caused flash floods in Nepal, how did UK newsrooms explain it? #ClimateChange was most often linked in the first 2 days, then coverage moved to rescues and casualties. Climate was linked in: 📺 23% TV and Radio 🌐 22% Online articles 📱 6% Instagram 📱 5% TikTok #DataViz
Nearly nine in ten journalists and production staff say new approaches are needed in climate reporting 📰🌍 We surveyed journalists, producers, editors and production staff to find out what they think about the state of climate reporting. Read the full results 👉https://bit.ly/3Va88Do
As #ClimateWeekNYC begins, we're exploring what UK audiences want from climate news 🌍 Together, 7 in 10 said #ClimateChange should feature in extreme-weather reporting either when the scientific evidence supports a connection or as a central part of every story.🌦 Read more 👉 bit.ly/4gZXDLq
One week in August saw: 🌡 Record temperatures 🔥Wildfires ⏰An emergency alert 🛢The Rosebank consultation. We looked at how UK public service media linked these events and whether they were connected to #ClimateChange. What you learned depended on where you got your #News from. Find out more 👇
Heatwaves, wildfires, emergency alerts and Rosebank: Where did public service media join the dots? - Climate News Tracker
TV and radio were much more likely than online and social media to connect a week of heatwaves, wildfires, emergency alerts and North Sea drilling. Drilling received the least coverage, but was the…
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🌦️What do audiences want from extreme weather reporting? We asked them what news organisations should do more often. They wanted: 🌍The climate connection 🏡What it means for where they live These were both ahead of immediate news only. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4xGSJch #DataViz 📊 #ClimateCommunication
🔥We all felt this summer's heat. Where did the transition feature in coverage? Heatwaves were by far the biggest focus when UK news linked extreme weather to the fossil fuel transition. Air conditioning was the one topic that came up across every platform. Read more here👉 bit.ly/4gVFpdU
Extreme weather brought the fossil fuel transition into UK news, but rarely as the main story - Climate News Tracker
Heatwaves provided the main opportunity to connect extreme weather with the move away from fossil fuels, but the transition was more often a secondary part of the story and was rarely discussed on…
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📊 Our research finds nearly 9 in 10 people working in UK public service newsrooms think a new approach is needed to cover the climate crisis. ❓ In an era of news avoidance and social media, what should that new approach look like? Read the full research 👉 bit.ly/4hXIE5G #DataViz
Our new research finds audiences want the climate context behind extreme weather coverage. ☀🔥🌦 - 50% of the UK public want news to explain the climate link when scientific evidence supports it. - A further 20% want climate change central to every extreme-weather story. Read the full findings 👇
Half the UK public want news reports to explain climate link to extreme weather - Climate News Tracker
As heatwaves, wildfires and drought dominate summer headlines, new Climate News Tracker research finds half the UK public want news organisations to explain the climate link when scientific evidence…
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