Climate News Tracker and Kantar survey finds strong engagement with climate journalism, but concerns that current coverage is not fully meeting audience needs by Climate News Tracker Nearly nine in ten journalists and production staff working across the UK’s public service media organisations believe new approaches are needed to climate reporting to better engage […]
We partner with the University of Exeter to publish original research that consistently tracks UK broadcast reporting on climate change, for the first time.
Using newly-developed AI technology, we track BBC, ITN, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky News TV and radio news bulletins and online news services.
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What we track
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The quantity of daily climate news reports.
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The effectiveness of climate reporting against a consistent set of criteria.
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Opportunities for a potential climate angle in neighbouring subjects such as economics or health.
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Accuracy in climate information reporting.
Insights
The climate story is everywhere. So why isn’t it in the news?
A survey of journalists and production staff across UK public service media says climate reporting needs new approaches. Former Sky News head John Ryley explores what the findings tell us about newsroom priorities, audience needs and the future of climate journalism.
During the hottest May day on record, what did UK TV and radio news focus on?
Climate News Tracker analysed 97 UK TV and radio programmes during the record breaking May 2026 heatwave to understand what information audiences received about the heatwave, its health impacts and its links to climate change.
Landmark climate adaptation report broke through in the morning but vanished from late evening news
Climate News Tracker analysed how 25 UK TV and radio programmes covered the Climate Change Committee’s Well Adapted UK report, which warned that climate inaction could cost the UK economy up to £260bn a year by mid-century.
World Cup heat warnings struggle to break through UK broadcast news agenda
With the World Cup less than a month away, two major publications warned of dangerous heat risks for players. Just two of the 68 UK news programmes monitored covered either story.
Santa Marta fossil fuel summit: Just one UK broadcast programme covered it
Just one of the 117 UK TV and radio programmes monitored covered the Santa Marta summit, the world’s first international conference focused on transitioning away from fossil fuels.
Eight in ten UK TV and radio programmes gave no coverage to Europe’s biggest annual climate report
Just two of the 24 UK TV and radio programmes monitored gave substantive coverage to the European State of the Climate 2025 report on the day it was published.
Climate coverage gap widens as Iran war dominates broadcast agenda in Q1 of 2026
Climate News Tracker’s latest analysis finds the Iran war reshaped the UK broadcast agenda, even as climate coverage continued its year-on-year decline.
UK coverage of Lancet climate-health report led by hay fever angle, but wider risks went underreported
A landmark report on climate and health in Europe was published on Earth Day 2026. Climate News Tracker examines how UK broadcasters covered it and how a focus on hay fever overshadowed its wider findings.
Framing the Crisis: How UK Broadcasters Navigated Energy Security and the Iran War
UK broadcast coverage mentioned fossil fuels more often as a crisis response, but in-depth segments gave renewables nearly equal attention.
