Be prepared for complexity. These reports are not easy reading. They contain lots of numbers, and they are steeped in bureaucratic and scientific jargon.
A glossary of common terms and acronyms used by the United Nations, academics, and climate activists.
The lack of national emissions data in many countries isn’t a secret and has been lamented as an impediment to public knowledge.
Transparency about national commitments and performance is a critical element in the international effort to fight global warming.
Exploring government promises and performance is made easier by using independent summaries that add value to the official data.
To find out if a country is — or isn’t — living up to its climate change promises and emissions goals, reporters must first understand what pledges the country has made.
Karachi is Pakistan’s largest city and financial capital, but it is also a place with the dubious reputation of being one of the most unlivable cities in the world. These challenges provide fertile ground for investigative reporting and some of the country’s best stories.
Investigative journalists intending to cover social media and its societial effects must understand the intricacies of the companies that drive them, and think critically about novel angles of coverage.
GIJN’s weekly, curated look at the Top 10 in Data Journalism highlights bats and predicting the location of the next pandemic, China’s electric battery dominance, and mapping out Brazil’s healthcare “holes.”
Swedish reporter Ester Blenda Nordström went undercover to expose working conditions on rural farms, the difficult journeys of migrants traveling to the United States, and to explore the life of the country’s Indigenous Sami community. In this book excerpt, read about the woman dubbed the country’s first investigative reporter.
