Join our “1.5ºC Survive and Thrive” campaign and win a fully funded fellowship to the COP23 climate negotiations
in Bonn this November! We will also be awarding a semi-funded
fellowship and several online fellowships to improve your writing
skills.
1.5ºC is the temperature increase we
must stay below if we want to save our planet. This is critical for many
nations around the world to protect glaciers, reefs, avoid sea level
rise or extreme heat. This is why Climate Tracker is starting a campaign
to support ambitious and consistent climate action in line with the 1.5
goal. We want journalists and communicators from everywhere in the
world to explain why this limit is necessary, and why we will live in a
better world if we do not surpass it, transitioning to a greener and
more sustainable future.
The best writers will get a chance to
attend COP23 Bonn in November 2017 with the Climate Tracker team. There
you will receive training on climate and journalism, get to attend the
international climate negotiations and meet amazing people from
everywhere in the world! You cannot miss it!
Are you interested? Here what you have to do:
Between the 10th of April and the 19th of May you have to write two articles about two specific topics we will give you. Then you have to publish them in media in your country or region. It can be a newspaper, a magazine, an online news site, etc. Once an article is published, you have to submit the link to us through our app: http://app.climatetracker.orgClimate Tracker will revise the articles submitted through the app, give you feedback and tips, and select the best writers, who will win the different prizes mentioned.
The two topics are the following:
- First publishing time (10th-28th April): Explain why is important for your country to stay below the 1.5ºC limit with concrete impacts
- Second publishing time (1st-19th May): Explain the solutions that your government needs to enforce (NDCs, national policy…) and why taking action is beneficial