What if? Habitats for man and beasts might be changing due to climate change. Photo: Anne Poulsen/IMS

On the occasion of the Copenhagen Climate Meeting COP15 in December, the Earth Journalism Award will be given to the best print, broadcast and online report on climate change. Journalists worldwide are invited to submit their contributions by 7 September

Journalists all over the world are invited to take part in a global competition on the best report on climate change. A total of 15 awards divided into seven regional awards, seven thematic awards as well as a global public award will be distributed on the eve of the final political negotiations in Copenhagen.

Promoting high-quality journalism

The Earth Journalism Award, initiated by Internews in 2004, aims to promote media coverage on climate change in regions, which are is highly vulnerable to the impact of climate change. Often these areas are characterized by low or non-existent media coverage of cause and impact of climate change.
Part of the purpose of generating climate change media coverage is therefore to stimulate public debate on the upcoming negotiations on climate change as a way to boost awareness among the general public as well as policy makers of the tough decisions waiting ahead in Copenhagen.

Executive Director in IMS Jesper Højberg sits on the expert jury for Danish contributions:
- As IMS supports this opportunity to promote high-quality media coverage, IMS is hopeful that the award campaign will spawn a wealth of innovative and insightful climate change media reporting around the world.

The awards include the following:

Regional awards on current affairs and news reporting on climate change from:
Eurasia, South Asia, East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East & North Africa, Latin America & the Caribbean, North America, Europe & Australia.

Thematic awards include: The Climate Change Negotiations Award, The Human Voices Award, The Climate Change and Energy Award, The Climate Change and Forests Award, the Climate Change and Nature Award, the Climate Change Adaptation Award and the MTV Positive Change Award.

The 15th award is the Global Public Award, which will be chosen by the public among the winning regional and thematic awards through an online voting on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

Deadline for submissions to the competion is 7th September. Read more about the terms and the Earth Journalism Award in ENGLISH or RUSSIAN.