Adaptation to Climate Change

Vulnerable countries and communities urgently need to adapt to current and future impacts of climate change.


Resource – Covering Climate Change

This is one of the Earth Journalism Toolkit’s selected resources for journalists. Read on for a full description.


Resource – Network of Climate Journalists in the Greater Horn of Africa

This is one of the Earth Journalism Toolkit’s selected resources for journalists. Read on for a full description.


Clean Development Mechanism

The Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism aims to make it easier for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions.


Resource – Reporting Climate Change Handbook (Chinese)

The China Science Reporting Network (CSRN) has published a handbook called “Reporting Climate Change: Knowledge, vision and approaches” (in Chinese). It was written by a group of Chinese journalists and was supported by the British Council’s series of journalistic workshops on climate change. To download the book, visit the CSRN website


Biofuels and Biochar

These two proposed approaches to help tackle climate change have divided opinion, as some people say they could create bigger problems than they solve.


Carbon Capture and Storage

In theory, CCS technology will trap carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants to prevent them reaching the atmosphere, but as yet the method is unproven.


Climate Finance

Tackling climate change will not be cheap. There are plenty of stories to tell about how to find, manage, access and spend the money.


REDD – Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation

REDD schemes that help tackle climate change could result in billions of dollars flowing into forested countries.


Renewable Energy

Non-polluting sources of renewable energy provide a growing share of global power supplies, but there are many barriers to their wider use.