Climate Investigations Training Scholarship 2026 – YOA

Deadline: February 11, 2026

Applications are open for the Climate Investigations Training Scholarship 2026. They are on the lookout for 10 skilled journalists who need to upskill and use investigative strategies to supply deeper and extra impactful local weather-targeted investigations.

This programme constructed on the work of the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) below which they taught sensible investigative expertise to over 700 journalists throughout 58 nations in Africa, Asia and the Americas. In 2025, the CIC accomplished three profitable runs, serving to 210 individuals from EVERYWHERE – Africa, Australia, Europe, Asia and the Americas to achieve related expertise wanted to analyze the local weather disaster, making it some of the sought-after coaching programmes.

Program Details

This second version of the scholarship will present 10 eligible journalists who’re chosen throughout the application section with the OPPORTUNITY to take part on-line within the spring run of the CIC value as much as £2,638, working on particular dates from 11 March to 7 May, 2026.

The profitable candidates will acquire entry to the instruments wanted to conduct deep investigative analysis into local weather change; study from specialists tips on how to examine and expose wrongdoing; construct strategies to analysis and quantify correct photos of the scenario and the impression of different efforts; and develop their expertise in crafting significant local weather change/environmental tales to garner help for modifications in coverage, regulation, or financial actors’ choices.

The scholarship entails full dedication in the direction of the 24.5 hours arms-on coaching in 4 modules particularly:

• Climate Investigation Fundamentals
• Investigating Climate Finance
• Data-Driven Climate Investigations
• ECOSINT: Environmental and Climate Open Source Intelligence.

Eligibility

• Applicants should be an early-mid profession journalist who lives and works in any nation within the geographical continent of Africa, the Latin America area (the geographical entities inside South & Central America and the Caribbean nations), the West Asia area (comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Türkiye, UAE, and Yemen) and South Asia area (comprising Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka).
• Applicants should be an investigative journalist, with no less than some expertise in engaged on environmental or local weather points. Applicants with out the expertise ought to have a demonstrable curiosity in environmental or local weather reporting.
• Applicants should have an excellent working information of English i.e. at an Advanced or Professional Working Proficiency degree in Reading, Listening and Speaking contexts.
• Commitment to attending all modules of the CIC.

Application

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For extra data, go to Climate Investigations Training Scholarship.