OCRI Impact Week
The Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) London has lined up activities towards the OCRI Impact week scheduled for 26 – 30 January, 2026.
In December 2025, the CIJ opened registration towards a global webinar with the theme: From Skills to Shifts: How Climate Investigations Get Results.
On Thursday 29 January we welcome speakers to discuss several cross cutting issues about investigating climate change in a way that brings tangible outcomes from different regions. The webinar brings together insights from our Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) success, empowering hundreds of frontline reporters in 58 countries.
Click here to read more and register for the webinar
Climate Investigations Training Scholarship
Consequently, we are excited to announce the 2026 Climate Investigations Training Scholarship open to journalists in countries OCRI has worked in since 2022. 10 eligible journalists from Africa, LATAM, West and South Asia will be selected from applications received before the 11 February deadline.
Click here for eligibility criteria and to apply
OCRI Impact Blogs
Apart from hosting the webinar during the scheduled OCRI Impact Week, we will on the other days, publish articles written by partners and beneficiaries of OCRI that spotlights successes recorded and lessons for the future in ensuring that the climate crisis is adequately reported:
- The cumulative value of the OCRI Partnership: a transformative shift in Arab climate journalism by Ahmed SabaaEllail (Egypt) – 26 January
- Can a story change a law? What we learned reporting on climate in West Africa by Akintunde Babatunde (Nigeria) – 27 January
- Safer schools & compensation for climate-related losses: How the OCRI skills I gained made a difference in Nepal by Basant Pratap Singh (Far western Nepal) – 28 January
- Can investigative journalism make a difference in an age of climate crisis? by Tom Sanderson and Adeolu Adekola – 30 January
The list above will be updated with the links of each article during the OCRI Impact Week so keep an eye open on this post or follow us on our social media handles and with #OCRIImpact.