EJN Story Grants to Report on Business Responses to Climate Change in Thailand 2026 – YOA

Deadline: July 19, 2026

Applications are open for the EJN Story Grants to Report on Business Responses to Climate Change in Thailand 2026. Internews’ Earth Journalism Network’s (EJN) Business and Climate and Media Initiative (BCMI) goals to improve the standard and amount of reporting on the non-public sector’s contribution to local weather change, in addition to its position in advancing local weather mitigation, adaptation and revolutionary financing options.

EJN is happy to provide up to 10 story grants of up to EUR 1,500 to chosen journalists to produce in-depth experiences on enterprise response to local weather change in Thailand. In addition to monetary help, chosen grantees will obtain editorial steerage and mentorship from skilled journalists all through the reporting and manufacturing course of.

Story Themes

They welcome pitches for tales that focus on, however usually are not restricted to, the next subjects: 

• Business responses to Thailand’s local weather insurance policies, together with the draft Climate Change Act, Thailand Taxonomy, carbon pricing mechanisms and the nation’s pathway towards carbon neutrality and internet zero. 
• How Thai companies are adapting to worldwide sustainability necessities, together with the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), provide chain due diligence rules and evolving ESG expectations. 
• Climate finance and funding, together with inexperienced and sustainability bonds, blended finance, transition finance and the position of economic establishments in supporting decarbonization. 
• Carbon markets, together with voluntary carbon markets, blue carbon, forest carbon tasks and questions of integrity, fairness and profit sharing. 
• Corporate local weather commitments, emissions disclosures and greenwashing, together with scrutiny of internet-zero claims, offsets and environmental reporting. 
• Innovative applied sciences, enterprise fashions and regionally led options that assist companies scale back emissions, construct local weather resilience or speed up a simply transition. 
• The alternatives and challenges going through small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as they navigate the transition to a low-carbon economic system. 

They significantly encourage proposals that undertake a options journalism method whereas sustaining rigorous, proof-based mostly reporting and accountability. Stories ought to study not solely promising improvements and enterprise practices but in addition their effectiveness, scalability, commerce-offs and unintended penalties.

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• They count on to award up to 10 story grants of up to 1,500 EUR every. 

Eligibility

• Applicants should come from Thailand. While this OPPORTUNITY is open to all eligible journalists, precedence can be given to contributors of EJN’s Thailand Business and Climate Net Zero workshop held in June 2026.
• Applications are open to journalists working in any medium (on-line, print, tv or radio) and different skilled content material producers with demonstrated reporting expertise. They welcome functions from each early-profession and skilled journalists, together with freelancers and employees from worldwide, nationwide, native and neighborhood-based mostly media organizations.
• Applications from groups of journalists are welcome. However, every staff should designate one lead applicant, who will function the first level of contact with EJN and, if chosen, can be answerable for receiving and administering the grant on behalf of the staff.
• Applications could also be submitted in both English or Thai. Applicants ought to have a working data of English or prepare for translation help to facilitate communication with EJN employees all through the grant interval.
• EJN reserves the proper to disqualify candidates discovered to have engaged in unethical or improper skilled conduct, together with, however not restricted to, submitting AI-generated content material as their very own work.

Judging Criteria

Applicants ought to think about the next factors when devising their proposals. 

• Relevance: Does the proposal meet the factors and targets of the decision? Why does this story matter and to whom? Is the principle concept, context and total worth to the audience clearly outlined? 
• Angle: If the report has been coated, does your proposal convey new insights to the subject or provide a recent angle? 
• Reach: Does the proposed media outlet have a large attain? Journalists publishing their work at shops that sometimes limit content material behind paywalls are inspired to safe commitments to publish from further shops, or request an exception to guarantee their EJN-supported report stays accessible to audiences. 
• Impact: Does the proposal have a compelling narrative or in-depth aspect that may inform and have interaction, draw consideration, set off debate and spur motion? 
• Innovative storytelling: The use of artistic approaches, multimedia and knowledge visualization can be thought of a plus. 
• Plan for well timed publication: Journalists whether or not freelance or employed at a media outlet, will want to embrace a letter of help from an editor in their application, committing to publish the experiences by October 31, 2026.  

Application

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to EJN Story Grants.