🏛️ 🌏 We held our first town hall meeting earlier this year. In 2026, we plan to reach more practitioners and researchers interested in climate change and environment in media. Connect with us if you would like to collaborate or learn more about our projects. 🤝 #MeCCO #media #climatecommunication
Media & Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO)
@media-climate.bsky.social
We monitor climate change coverage in over 130 media sources in 59 countries and 14 languages in seven different regions around the world, providing monthly data updates, along with open access datasets, figures & summaries/explainers and year-end reports
MeCCO is a growing network of members from all over the world. 🌏 Our core team comprises of the following members. We are an interdisciplinary collective tracking #media coverage of #ClimateChange and #GlobalWarming on a monthly basis. Join our network. 🌟 Our website: mecco.colorado.edu
Just updated: My chart showing trends in climate change coverage at the big 5 U.S. newspapers, with data via @media-climate.bsky.social. Data now run through Jan 2026, and are pretty timely with the recent Washington Post news For more of my charts: reportearth.substack.com/p/reporteart...
Newspaper coverage of climate change around the globe dropped 6% from May to June 2025 -- and by 28% compared to June 2024, despite increasing frequency and severity of climate-fueled extreme weather events. Read more from the @media-climate.bsky.social here: mecco.colorado.edu/summaries/is...
Media tracking by @media-climate.bsky.social makes it clear that, despite steadily warming temperatures, U.S. news coverage of climate change is declining 🧪
Global warming isn’t funny -- except in the hands of these comedians. Check out our instagram @everydayclimate for clips from this event and more to come! apnews.com/article/come...
Global warming isn't funny -- except in the hands of these comedians
Comedians have long used jokes to raise awareness of serious problems, and many are now turning the gaze to climate change.
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see our latest explainer about media coverage of climate change or global warming, reviewing February 2025 mecco.colorado.edu/summaries/is... led by @maxboykoff.bsky.social w/ two dozen collaborators across the world This is issue 98, find our archives, open-source figures & datasets at our website
MeCCO Monthly Summaries :: Media and Climate Change Observatory
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As important to read as ever...by @cwiedinm.bsky.social @cires.colorado.edu
"NOAA is taxpayer-funded, so it is a public good – its services provide safety and security for everyone, not just those who can pay for it." CIRES' @cwiedinm.bsky.social and Kari Bowen explain @noaa.gov's role in U.S. weather forecasts. @us.theconversation.com @colorado.edu
how may a 2nd Trump term shape levels of media coverage of climate change/global warming? comparing coverage in 1st Trump term (2017-2020) vs. Biden term (2021-2024): - global coverage in Biden term ⬆️43% - US print coverage in Biden term ⬆️29% - US TV coverage in Biden term ⬆️40% ➡️ mecco.colorado.edu
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how may 2nd Trump term shape levels of media coverage of climate change/global warming? coverage in 2nd Obama term (2013-2016) vs. 1st Trump term (2017-2020): - global coverage in 1st Trump term⬆️44% - US print coverage in 1st Trump term⬆️88% - US TV coverage in 1st Trump term⬆️38% ➡️ mecco.colorado.edu
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Each of the past 8 yrs, our @media-climate.bsky.social team publishes a report on the previous year's media coverage of climate change We began in 2007 & we've monitored coverage over 25 yrs in outlets worldwide Watch for our retrospective early next week sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/icecaps/rese...
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