COP of finance – Reporting on the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan
The UN climate change conference COP29 has been billed the “finance COP”. While countries at the 2023 conference in Dubai agreed to “transition away from fossil fuels” — signalling “the beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era — governments now face the task of agreeing a follow-up to the 100-billion-dollar climate finance target: the so-called New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG). Progress on agreeing the new goal has been slow and the talks in Baku will be extremely difficult as countries are set to fight over issues such as who pays in the future and how much.
COP29 will also offer plenty of opportunities to research and report on the global transition to a climate neutral economy. Representatives from governments, business, science, finance, civil society, and media will attend the two-week event – making it a good place to gather information, conduct interviews with stakeholders, and develop impactful stories.
How should journalists best cover agreements and negotiations that are full of technical climate jargon? What to focus on, whether you are there on the ground or are reporting on COP29 remotely? Which resources and contacts are useful during the conference? To guide our colleagues in their COP coverage, Clean Energy Wire has invited experienced COP reporters to share their insights and tips.
COP29 will kick off in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku on 11 November. Clean Energy Wire and a team of five journalists as part of the COP29 Cross-Border Energy Transition Reporting Fellowship will be at the conference from 14 November.
AGENDA
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Welcome and introduction by moderator Julian Wettengel, Clean Energy Wire |
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Reporting on COP29 – How to best tell the Baku story? Input from
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| 16.30 - 16.55 | Discussion and Q&A |
| 16.55 - 17.00 | Conclusions and Outlook |
SPEAKERS
Tais Gadea Lara is a climate journalist from Argentina. She has been covering the climate negotiations since 2014. Recently, she was a Climate Explorer at the Constructive Institute (Denmark). She writes the newsletter Planeta, collaborates in different media, such as Devex, Climática-La Marea, Canal de la Ciudad, and trains people on better climate reporting. For several years, she has been recognised as one of the 100 Latinos most committed to climate action.
Joe Lo is the news editor of Climate Home News, which covers COP talks extensively and reports on climate change from a global perspective. He previously specialised in container shipping, UK politics and investigative stories about Scotland.
Ayoola Kassim is Channels Television's Head of Programmes and Coordinating Producer in Nigeria. She is also the Environment Correspondent, Anchor and Producer of the award-winning environment and development Programme- Earthfile on the station. She began her career as a production assistant at Channels in 1999, earning major Television awards and nominations including International Emmy Award, Nigeria Media Merit Awards (Winner, Best TV Reporter and Best TV Producer).
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