The University joined over 170 global organisations and news outlets by signing up for Covering Climate Now, a collaboration committing to proactively increase climate coverage in the week leading up to the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York on 23 September.

During efforts to improve coverage on climate change, the University has showcased some of the diverse research and leadership from across the institution from climate change, sustainability, energy, to social responsibility and more. In doing so, the global climate emergency, a critical yet under-covered story, has received greater media exposure at a crucial time of political action to help limit global heating to ‘well-under’ 2 degrees centigrade of industrial levels.

This concerted effort has aligned with steps taken by the University to recognise the extent of the challenge we face in addressing climate change. The University recently supported the Government’s declaration of a climate crisis and has committed to becoming Zero Carbon by 2038.

In joining the Covering Climate Now journalistic collaboration, the University associated with newspapers, magazines, television and radio broadcasters, research institutes, and global news and photo agencies in bringing climate change awareness to a combined audience of nearly half a billion. It has ranked as one of the most ambitious efforts ever to organise the world’s media around a single coverage topic with audiences across North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.