Climate Events
Climate EventsThe fifth Climate Change Summit opens at Bucharest’s Palace of Parliament on 14 October 2026, bringing together more than 1,000 experts, business leaders, international institutions and policymakers for one of Central and Eastern Europe’s largest climate events, organisers say.
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Climate EventsThe Earthshot Prize brings its two-day climate summit to Mumbai this November for the first time, culminating in the 2026 awards with five winners.
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Climate EventsMinisters and negotiators from more than 50 countries have opened the COP31 Pre-COP in Fiji and Tuvalu, where Pacific leaders are pushing for 1.5°C, climate finance and ocean action ahead of COP31 in Antalya.
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Climate EventsClimate diplomacy has moved to the Pacific. The official UNFCCC pre-COP31 ministerial meeting and leaders' event opened in Fiji on 5 October, bringing ministers, negotiators and leaders to Nadi for four days of talks ahead of COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye.
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Climate EventsJapan's METI and NEDO convene the 8th International Conference on Carbon Recycling in Tokyo on 9 October 2026, uniting industry, academia and governments to turn captured CO2 into fuels, chemicals and materials.
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Climate EventsThe maiden South-East NDC Climate Summit 1.0 will bring youth from five Nigerian states to Abia on October 28–29, 2026, to move from climate awareness to climate action.
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Climate EventsFiji and Tuvalu host the official Pre-COP 31 ministerial meeting and Leaders' event 5–8 October 2026 with Australia, ahead of COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye.
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Climate EventsFiji will host the COP31 Pre-COP preparatory meeting and Tuvalu a leaders' event from 5 to 8 October 2026 — the first time global climate leaders meet in the Pacific before a COP.
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Climate EventsAt the UN Climate Summit 2026 in New York, António Guterres urged every country to draw up a credible fossil-fuel transition roadmap with clear timelines — and to match the energy revolution with a revolution in finance.
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Climate EventsClimate Week NYC 2026 opened on 20 September with more than 1,500 events — the biggest edition yet — running alongside UNGA and putting energy systems redesign at the top of the agenda.
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Bangladesh will press developed countries at COP31 in Antalya to provide climate finance as grants rather than loans, State Minister Shama Obaed Islam said at a Dhaka briefing on 2 November.
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Green JournalismUN-OHRLLS has opened a fully funded journalism fellowship for reporters from 44 least developed countries to cover the Doha Programme of Action Midterm Review in Doha on 25-27 March 2027. Applications close 30 November 2026; ten fellows will be selected.
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Green JournalismCanada and United Nations University experts brief journalists on 2 November 2026, a week before COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye.
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Green JournalismStephanie Wallcraft has won the 2026 AJAC Environmental Journalism Award for her article on Natural Resources Canada's Fuel Consumption Guide, with Nadine Filion as runner-up.
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Green JournalismGrist has launched Distorted, a months-long reporting series on how misinformation spreads before, during and after extreme weather, and how trusted journalism can help communities find the truth.
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Green JournalismThe UN's first comprehensive restoration assessment, published on 29 October 2026, gives climate journalists a verifiable global scorecard: 252 million hectares under restoration across 149 countries, but finance must more than quadruple to meet 2030 targets.
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Green JournalismToxic Ground, a cross-border investigation into hidden landfill sites across Europe, has been shortlisted in the Environment and Energy category of the British Journalism Awards 2026.
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Green JournalismTürkiye's communications chief Burhanettin Duran urges solutions-focused climate reporting ahead of COP31 in Antalya, warning against 'green fatigue', as 1,400 of about 3,000 press accreditations are completed.
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Green JournalismThe Society of Environmental Journalists has opened book entries for its 25th annual awards for reporting on the environment. Books published in 2025 or 2026 are eligible, with the standard deadline on 21 December 2026.
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