Webinar Series: Investigating the Climate Crisis with Results

Thurs Sept 10, Oct 1 & Nov 5, 2026

3pm-4:30pm (UK Time)

This 3-series webinar is bringing to the fore specific areas that journalists and other non-state stakeholders should turn their lenses to in order to go from typical reporting of environmental and climate events to investigating salient issues to drive results. Over the last four years, we’ve learned a lot about how journalism can get results in pushing for climate progress and addressing injustice.

Through the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) we’ve empowered hundreds of frontline reporters in 58 countries with cutting edge skills for investigative research and create engaging content. Join us to hear more from carefully selected expert speakers who will share their knowledge in biodiversity and ocean reporting, covering COPs holistically and connecting security, conflict & climate solutions. This webinar series builds on on our January webinar From Skills to Shifts: How Climate Investigations Get Results and you’ll gain a deeper understanding of what it takes to interrogate certain thematic areas towards enabling accountability and action while staying ahead in the discourse.

Thurs Sept 10, 2026 3pm-4:30pm (UK Time)

Focus on Biodiversity & Ocean reporting

The first session in the series focuses on biodiversity and ocean reporting. It will provide an overview of the international governance framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and practical steps for journalists to report on, especially around finance and human rights in preparation for the CBD COP17 holding from October 19 to 30, 2026 in Armenia.

Thurs Oct 1, 2026 3pm-4:30pm (UK Time)

Focus on COP31

The session will set out the current state of policy structures and intergovernmental debate, by giving practical tips and advice for preparations as well as the best practice for reporting during COP31 happening in Türkiye from November 9-20 whether in attendance or remotely.

Thurs Nov 5, 2026 3pm-4:30pm (UK Time)
Connecting Security, Conflict & Climate solutions

The last session of the series will provide participants with tips and techniques to connect every other journalism beat to climate change using security and conflict as case study angles to report the climate crisis from. It will also emphasise how to use a constructive, ethical and evidence-based solutions approach to climate investigations by helping participants write about the climate crisis with contextual honesty, while avoiding leaving their audience feeling hopeless and disempowered.

Speakers

Adeolu Adekola, OCRI Project Manager, CIJ

Jessica Aldred, Senior Editor, Ocean Investigations, Pulitzer Center

Lina Yassin, Climate Diplomacy Researcher, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Tom Sanderson, Deputy Director, CIJ

Tais Gadea Lara, Climate Change journalist

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Adeolu Adekola

Adeolu Adekola joined the CIJ to manage its Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI). The initiative has reached beneficiaries in 58 countries and counting (across Africa, Asia and the Americas), with reported impacts and successes that have included making communities more climate-resilient, and reducing the vulnerabilities of local populations to climate change.

Jessica Aldred

Jessica is an environmental journalist with experience spanning more than two decades in major newsrooms in the U.K. and Australia including The Times, ITV, The Independent, ABC, The Age, and Channel Seven.

Lina Yassin

Lina Yassin is a Sudanese climate journalism and development consultant, with experience working on climate change communications and journalism projects across the MENA region. She worked for 5 years as the Operations Manager at Climate Tracker where she implemented a series of journalism fellowships and training on climate change and climate policy across different countries.

Tais Gadea Lara

Tais Gadea Lara is a climate journalist from Argentina. Since 2014 she has been covering the climate negotiations and international politics. In 2024 she was a Climate Explorer at the Constructive Institute in Denmark, working on a global project to help journalists improve climate reporting.

Tom Sanderson

Tom Sanderson is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism. He joined the CIJ in 2014 as Training Coordinator and now oversees all aspects of the CIJ’s training provision and leads on the development of funded projects and initiatives.

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10 September 2026 15.00–16.30 GMT (UK time)
1 October 2026 15.00–16.30 GMT (UK time)
5 November 2026 15.00–16.30 GMT (UK time)

GMT (UK time)

29 January 2026

From Skills to Shifts: How Climate Investigations Get Results

Jan 29, 2026 3pm-4:30pm (UK Time) You can download slides from each of the speakers below: Maximiliano Manzoni - Climate Journalism - Lessons from Latam Syed Nazakat - Addressing Climate Misinformation - Now and Beyond Adeolu Adekola - OCRI Impact Summary Over the last four years, we’ve learned a lot about how journalism can get results in pushing for climate progress and addressing injustice.

Upcoming:

16 September – 29 October 2026

Climate Investigations Course: All Modules

A comprehensive programme of training, providing all the expertise, skills and tools required to conduct thorough investigative research into the climate crisis. Book here for a 20% discount on all modules.

Open Climate Reporting Initiative

Climate change is a multi-faceted problem in which the issues at play are interlinked and complex, running across many different fields; scientific, financial and political. Finding solutions requires an understanding of these issues that can be facilitated through access to high-quality, trusted information and the ability to construct compelling narratives.

Can investigative journalism make a difference in an age of climate crisis?

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