Earth Day: Protect the Planet with GIJN's Environmental Reporting Resources

Earth Day: Protect the Planet with GIJN's Environmental Reporting Resources

While the deterioration of the climate affects citizens around the world, journalists hold into account those responsible. GIJN's resources aim to assist those investigating environmental abuses.

This #EarthDay, take a tour of our databases and guides on environmental reporting:

Reporter's Guide to Investigating Methane (UPDATED)

Illustration: Marcelle Louw for GIJN

GIJN has recently updated its Reporter's Guide to Investigating Methane with important new sources that can help investigative journalists hold to account those responsible for emitting methane gas, a major cause of global warming.

Short on time? Read the shortened version of our guide.

Reporter's Guide to Investigating Carbon Offsets

A man tending to a nursery in the East Kalimantan Province of Indonesia, as part of a reforestation project. Image:

Carbon offsets are truly an international climate change story with potential for cross-border collaboration between journalists. Investigations can be conducted on a number of fronts: whether carbon offset projects are valid, who is benefiting, and who is not. GIJN's Reporter's Guide to Investigating Carbon Offsets aims to assist those covering this topic.

Want the gist? See the abridged guide. We also have a database of key resources, watchdog groups, and case studies for investigating the carbon offsets market.

Resources on Environmental Data

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In this database, global organizations monitoring and measuring natural resources as well as climate and atmospheric data are included. Also, there are reports, scorecards, and expert sources from conservation nonprofits and grassroots environmental groups, as well as legal, scientific, and journalistic organizations.

Reporter's Guide to Holding Governments Accountable for Climate Change Pledges

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Is your government living up to its promises to fight global warming?Transparency about national climate commitments and performance is a critical element in the international effort to fight global warming.

Plenty of material exists for journalists to investigate what their countries are doing and whether promises are being kept. GIJN's Reporter's Guide to Holding Governments Accountable for Climate Change Pledges explains where to find such pledges, and much more.

Reporter's Guide to Investigating Sea Level Rise

The fundamental reason for rising sea levels is global warming caused primarily by human use of fossil fuels. For journalists, explaining the causes and consequences of rising sea levels is a critical and challenging assignment. There are many stories that can be told through the eyes of those already being affected.

GIJN's Reporter's Guide to Investigating Sea Level Rise can help share these perspectives.

Investigating Environmental Crimes

Illustration: Ann Kiernan for GIJN

Networks of business interests, government officials, and criminal groups run illegal operations that harm the environment in multiple ways.?

This chapter from GIJN's Reporter's Guide to Investigating Organized Crime will provide a starting place for journalists to expose those who facilitate, finance, and benefit from environmental crime.


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Alexandre Brutelle

Investigative Journalist & Director @EIF

7 个月

For anyone looking into mining and overlaps with protected areas, we just published this geo-database covering over 20 african countries, #MineAlertAfrica: https://eiforum.org/mine-alert-africa/ . Felt it could be useful for "environmental reporting resources".

Diana Kibuuka

Environment and Climate Science Journalist/UWEC Conservation Educator,National Council Population Award Winner. Uganda Media Women Award Winner. Danida Fellow 2022, @UMWA Board Member

7 个月

Very insightful, thank you

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