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Applications are open for the Climate Tracker Scholarships to Cover the COP16 on Biodiversity 2024. Click here to learn more about this opportunity.
Opportunity Details
Climate Tracker will support eleven journalists from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama and Peru to cover in person or virtually the COP16 on Biodiversity that will take place in Cali, Colombia, from October 21 to November 1, 2024.
In alliance with FES Transformación, they have 11 scholarships available for journalists who want to be part of a training process in which they will learn about biodiversity, environmental journalism and climate change science. Among this group of selected people, they will open six places to cover COP16 in person with all expenses paid and five to do it virtually, with financial remuneration.
This summit will take place at a fundamental moment for the planet. It is the first to be carried out after the approval of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which is the main tool to fight for the protection of biodiversity.
Furthermore, according to the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), we are experiencing the worst biodiversity crisis in history, with more than one million species facing extinction. For these and other reasons, it is essential that this COP16 has broad coverage in countries such as Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama and Peru.
In-person coverage: travel to Cali to cover COP16 as a field correspondent.
Climate Tracker will select six journalists who will travel with them to Cali, Colombia, to cover COP16 in person. They will cover all expenses for this group of journalists to cover (air tickets to Cali, Colombia; lodging and food during the days of the conference).
Through this scholarship program, if you are selected, both for virtual and in-person coverage, over three months you will benefit from the following aspects.
The selected people must:
Virtual coverage: report on COP16 without leaving your country Climate Tracker will select five journalists to cover COP 16 remotely from their countries of residence. This group will be part of the same training and mentoring process and will receive a financial stimulus for their coverage.
People selected for this modality must:
Eligibility
You must complete the form with your contact information and a proposed story (pitch) that you would like to cover during COP16.
Click on the link to the application website to get started.
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