Communities living in regions with climatic changes that undermine their livelihoods face a two-way problem: a lack of capacity to have their perspectives heard and barriers to receiving information on the drivers of change. Causes range from unintelligible information to difficulties in sharing solutions to a lack of media coverage and critical communications infrastructure that result from a history of marginalization and poverty.
Simultaneously, the ways in which information is created and consumed are undergoing a profound transformation. As the need to inform communities about the challenges posed by a changing climate grows more urgent, the emergence of new modes of information distribution – digital media, social networks and the open data movement -- has ushered in an explosive growth in the types of tools and technologies that help analyze, visualize, and understand our world. These create significant opportunities to cover climate issues with a depth and breadth unimaginable even a short time ago.
This grant opportunity represents a challenge to journalists throughout the world to facilitate a responsive information ecosystem that more accurately and holistically reflects environmental challenges facing people across the planet.
The deadline for applications is June 15, 2015.
