The British public’s single biggest source of climate change information is television and online news. But despite increased reporting on climate, audiences can report feeling overwhelmed and confused.
Created and led by news professionals, Climate News Tracker is a new initiative to help journalists and newsrooms track and analyse their output across TV, radio and online media and provide climate news that makes audiences feel informed, motivated and hopeful.
Saving our planet is now a communications challenge. We know what to do, we just need the will.
Sir David Attenborough
Our data is provided in partnership with the University of Exeter’s newly formed Centre for Climate Communications and Data Science (C3DS). Using their new, AI-based monitoring technology, we look objectively across the broadcast landscape to track the frequency, prominence and content of climate news stories.
We also analyse audience perceptions of climate news reporting to help broadcasters move even closer to their audiences – and perhaps win new ones.
Effective climate news coverage leads to effective public debate and climate action.
Right now, we’re monitoring coverage across the BBC (TV and radio), Sky News, ITV News, Channel 4 News, and Channel 5 News.
We tracked how frequently those newsrooms covered the climate crisis from October 2023 through to the end of 2025.
We also track how climate coverage compares to other big issues like crime, immigration, or international conflict.
Our latest analysis found that climate coverage dropped 12% between 2024 and 2025, the sharpest year-on-year fall in coverage of any issue we monitor.
Find out what topic is getting the most attention and read our other research on our Insights page.
Advisory Board
Our advisory board includes those with many years experience leading public service news rooms, as well as experts in climate science, policy and communications.
Professor Saffron O’Neill
Climate & Society, University of Exeter
Dr. Travis Coan
Computational Science, University of Exeter
Mary Hockaday
Former Head of the BBC Newsroom and acting Director, BBC World Service
Lord Deben
Former Chair of the UK’s Independent Climate Change Committee
John Ryley
Former Editor-in-Chief of Sky News
Chris Shaw
Former Editorial Director of ITN
Team
We are a group of former news journalists, managers, communications specialists and academics, united by a desire to support and promote excellence in public service climate journalism on the UK’s main TV, radio and online news bulletins.
Claire Stocks
Co-Founder
David Weiland
Co-Founder
Phoebe Wollocombe
Co-Founder
Mark Smalley
Co-Founder
Dr Sylvia Hayes
Research Fellow
Alan Strange
Managing Editor
Alina Sandauer
Content Analyst
Dr Lissa O’Reilly
Content Analyst
Rosie Frost
Journalism Insights Analyst
Odyssée Ferrillo
Content Analyst
Sam Cardwell
Dr Kevin Flanagan
Chief Engineer
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