Gains and Breakthroughs: Climate Tracker in Asia. We couldn’t have done it without you!
Hello Trackers! It’s Joanna here!
As we enter 2022, let’s look back at what we did in 2021: Gains and Breakthroughs: Climate Tracker in Asia.
Assessing the fast-changing media landscape
Cross-border collaborative journalism
Supporting Climate Storytellers in the Philippines
Bringing Asian journalists to Glasgow
Saving Asia: An interview series on Climate Justice
New portal for journalists across Asia (climatetracker.asia)
We couldn’t have done it without you! But, of course, we have more for you:
As the climate change worsens, global sea level rise (SLR) continues to climb. Check out our new fact sheets for some of Asia’s Sinking Cities: Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia.
Do you have stories about climate issues in Asia you want us to highlight in our next newsletter? Submit your masterpieces here.
In case you missed it, Climate Tracker has teamed up with Oxfam Pilipinas to re-energize Climate reporting in the Philippines.
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In this episode of Climate Tracker Specials Asia, we take you to Palawan a beautiful island in the Philippines, but as @EvoJContrivida tells us it has been struggling with energy security. Evo wants to shed light on the dark times in his province of Palawan, as energy security is at risk.
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In this episode, we talk to Yas Ocampo and Marcos Mordeno of
@mindanewsdotcom talked about why they think writing about the environment is important, especially in a city where all eyes are glued to local politics.
But more needs to be done and we want to hear from you!
Message us at what you want Climate Tracker Asia to focus this year at hello@climatetracker.asia
Empowering communicators to produce more climate stories in the Philippines
Another Christmas storm has hit the Philippines, this time, killing over 400 people and injuring over a thousand. Millions have been affected and tens of thousands remain displaced after ‘one of the world’s strongest storms’ Typhoon Rai, locally known as Odette, barreled through the country.
While climate change has again made headlines in mainstream media, some stories remain confined to damage, casualties, and Filipino resilience.
But how do we break this narrative?
Just recently, we helped Oscar M. Lopez Center, through developing Climate Media Labs, which is a specialized training program aimed to help Filipino communicators to produce climate stories in the country.
Through the Climate Media Labs, groups across the Philippines received fellowships and grants that helped them bring attention to underreported climate issues in their communities.