Deadline: 30-Jul-23
The Climate Tracker in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) is happy to announce an opportunity for journalists who want to cover the 28th United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change ( COP28 ), which will take place in the city of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, from November 30 to December 12, 2023.
This event will take place at an intermediate point for humanity, 7 years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement, and 7 years after achieving the goal of reducing emissions by 43% by 2030. In this sense, adaptation, financing and loss and damage will be some of the key issues at this summit.
In-person reporting: travel to Dubai and cover COP28
- In Climate Tracker, they will choose journalists from Latin America to report the COP in person in the United Arab Emirates. For this they will cover the full cost of travel, accommodation, stipend and provide 1 month of online training prior to COP28.
- Special consideration will be given to journalists who have participated in other Climate Tracker programs.
- Those selected for face-to-face coverage undertake to:
- Publish three reports (one before COP28, another during COP28 and the last one after the negotiations have finished).
- Participate in all training sessions on climate negotiations.
- Provide updates and relevant information on proceedings to the global team of online reporters who will also be covering COP28.
- The program includes different benefits. In this way, the selected journalists will receive:
- Stipend for two weeks in Dubai.
- Full travel and accommodation coverage.
- Work and live the COP experience with journalists from all over the world.
- Being part of the renowned Climate Tracker COP team.
- Interview and network with the world’s leading environmental voices.
- Follow the negotiations of your country live and directly.
- 1 month of online pre-COP28 training before the conference.
- Individual and small group mentoring throughout COP28.
- Support to edit and present your stories during COP28.
- Opportunities to work on collaborative stories with other reporters from your region and the world.
Virtual reporting: Apply to the remote team and cover COP28 from your country
- In Climate Tracker they will choose journalists from Latin America to report the COP remotely and virtually.
- Journalists will receive:
- €300 stipend.
- 1 month of online training on COP28 before the conference.
- Individual and small group mentoring throughout COP28.
- Support to edit and present your stories during COP28.
- Opportunities to work on collaborative stories with other reporters from your region and the world.
- If you are selected or selected, you are expected to attend the training sessions and publish 3 news reports on COP28 (one before the conference starts and two during the conference).
Eligibility Criteria
- The ideal candidates, both in the face-to-face and remote team, are:
- Be between 18 and 35 years old. They are the organization that seeks to promote and support the career of journalists at the beginning of their career.
- Minimum 1 year of experience in journalism (they expect you to send them a climate or environmental story that you have published in the last 3 months).
- Hungry to improve as a journalist: this is a learning experience.
- Intermediate command of English.
- Important: you do not need to have a native command of English to apply for this call, since you can write the reports in your language and the training sessions will be held in Spanish. However, if you apply for the face-to-face opportunity, it is important that you do have an intermediate command of English in order to function more easily during the conference.
For more information, visit Climate Tracker.