Metcalf Institute launched the Climate Change and the News initiative in 2013 to improve and increase news coverage of climate change, one of the most wide-reaching and complex environmental issues of our time. Leveraging an initial grant from The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, the initiative has received support from a broad collaboration of philanthropic, federal, news, and non-profit partners to the bring Metcalf’s highly regarded science-based training to journalists and news consumers across the nation.
This investment in journalists’ professional development is repaid many times over, as alumni of Metcalf Institute’s Climate Change and the News Seminars have the potential to reach millions of news consumers globally, every single day.
Past Climate Change and the News Seminars
The Story Behind Marine Heat Waves
November 5 and 12, 2021
Virtual Seminar via Zoom
Sea Change: How Climate Change is Shifting the Ocean Ecosystem
April 27, 2019
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge Public Library
Power Sector in the Hot Seat: Goals, Challenges, and Opportunities for Reducing Carbon Emissions
September 21, 2016
Sacramento, California
Society of Environmental Journalists Conference
Climate Change & the News: Planning for Rising Seas and Extreme Weather
November 5, 2015
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Rising Seas Summit
Climate Change and the News: Climate Change Planning & Response
May 11-12, 2015
St. Louis, Missouri
National Adaptation Forum
Climate Change and the News: Impacts in the Great Lakes
September 19, 2014
WBEZ Chicago
Navy Pier
Chicago, IL
Climate Change and the News: Seminar for News Editors
September 18, 2014
Chicago, IL
American Society of News Editors and Associated Press Media Editors Annual Convention
Climate Change and the News: Skating on Thin Ice: Climate Change at the Poles
September 5, 2014
Society of Environmental Journalists 24th Annual Conference
Hilton New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
Climate Change and the News: Impacts on Coastal & Marine Environments
April 24-25, 2014
Woodrow Wilson Center
Washington, DC
Climate Change and the News: Climate Policy & Economics
April 23, 2014
Woodrow Wilson Center
Washington, DC
Climate Change and the News: Demystifying Aquatic Science
October 14-15, 2013
Association of Opinion Journalists Annual Convention
Newport, RI
Climate Change and the News: Impacts in the Pacific Northwest
September 6-7, 2013
The Bullitt Center
Seattle, WA
Climate Change and the News: Extreme Weather – Planning for Risk in a Changing Climate
February 8, 2013
New England Newspaper & Press Association Conference
Boston, MA