EJN brought a total of 11 US journalists to the upcoming United Nations climate change conference (COP16) in Cancun, Mexico.

The annual UN climate change conference is the largest and most important global gathering of climate change negotiators, experts, organizations and activists in the world.

Since 2007, EJN – as a member of the Climate Change Media Partnership – has awarded developing country journalists over 150 Fellowships to the climate COPs, enabling them to provide their home audiences with context-specific and locally relevant reports.

This Fellowship not only enabled US journalists to cover the summit and produce over 75 stories, including front-page reports, but also to work with experienced and knowledgeable environmental journalists from around the world, providing them with a multifaceted understanding of climate change’s global impact and reach.