80 to 89% of the world hope that their governments will do more to climate change. This is the core tenet of 89% of climate news projects.
When the project coincides with Earth Day and Earth Week, the project was launched in April 2025 and will be featured in another week in October, just ahead of the next COP meeting in Brazil.
89% of the numbers matter. On the one hand, this means none of us needs to feel alone in the concern of this issue, nor do we need to worry that writing or talking about it will isolate us from most people around us. It should also encourage us to act harder and to resist more actively those who are blocking the road.
Since now Climate Leadership or CCN is a nonprofit that helps journalists write about climate change, the project involves many partners, including Yale’s climate links. As CCN describes, “these core partners: countries: Rolling Stones, Rolling Stones, Scientific Americans and Times in the United States; Canadian National Observer Newspaper; German Weil Weil Weil’s Global Broadcasting Corporation in Germany; Jordan-based investigative news.”
Now, the introductory editorial of the founders and leaders now covers climate, which is a clear explanation of the project and its importance: “A silent majority in the world want stronger climate action. It's time to wake up.” Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope, the Guardian.
The compilation of stories published so far begins in the first week of April, with some recent stories. They are held in the West Bank, Jakarta, Germany, Brazil, Vietnam, the United States, Antarctica, the Philippines, Canada, Lesotho, Greece and elsewhere. Their topics include public health, food, protests, wind, politics, planting, tourism, urban farms, handling heat, affordable housing, litigation, transportation, misinformation, and more – climate change is a narrow theme if needed.
Most, though not all, of these works are in English. Some publications are free to access; others have a “measured paywall,” meaning you can read some articles for free, usually several articles per month. (You may have to register to read it, but there seems to be no annoying consequences for doing so.)
For more information, please visit 89% of the project websites.
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