Climate Tracker Writing Competition and a Chance to Attend the Climate Negotiations 2018

The global community agreed in Paris to limit climate change in a way that protects people and the planet. Three years later, we still see countries giving large sums of money to fossil fuels, or planning to expand new coal and gas projects.

But we don’t have time to wait, the latest science tells us that we need rapid and far-reaching changes to a more sustainable future if we want to avoid the worst effects of climate change.

It is time to pressure our governments to stop developing new fossil fuel projects, and stop funding them, transitioning to a renewable energy and more fair economy.

Join us and write for a future without fossil fuels!

The 5 best writers of the competition will get a chance to attend the climate negotiations in December 2018, which will be held in Katowice, Poland for two weeks. There these writers will receive training on climate policy and journalism by Climate Tracker, they also get to attend the international climate negotiations and meet amazing people from everywhere in the world!

Between the 23rd of July and the 31st of August participants have to write at least 2 articles about the 2 topics given by Climate Tracker:

[1] 1st topic (23rd July - 10th August): Stop new fossil fuel projects! Write about a fossil fuel project your Government is planning to implement, why they should stop it

[2] 2nd topic (13th August -31st August): Fund the transition! Write on how your government should stop subsiding/giving money to fossil fuel projects, and transition to a renewable energy model

Then the participants have to publish the articles in media in their country or region. It can be a newspaper, a magazine, an online news site, etc. Once the article is published, they have to submit the link to Climate Tracker through Climate Tracker app. Participants may be asked to submit an extra article to finalize the selection process if it is too difficult to make a decision!

Climate Tracker will revise the articles submitted through the app, and give the writers feedback and tips, and select the best writers. To help the applicants write about these issues, Climate Tracker will prepare information toolkits, webinars with experts and give the writers help and feedback on how to pitch to editors, get an article published or learn more about climate in their region.