Climate Action Skills
Cohort 3
Diploma in Climate Journalism
Advanced training in climate crisis communication, for journalists ready to move beyond reactive disaster reporting toward investigative, solutions-focused climate journalism.
Opens once 50 learners pre-register · Merit-based, limited seats
Program at a Glance
Duration12 weeks
Structure20 lectures, 4 modules
SelectionMerit-based, limited seats
StartsOnce 50 confirmed
Full feeRs 6,500
90% funded, you payRs 650
Built on Two Prior Cohorts
From reactive disaster reporting to investigative climate journalism.
The program grew directly out of Pakistan's November 2025 smog crisis, when air quality reached unprecedented levels and newsrooms across the country were forced to cover a climate emergency in real time. It trains working journalists to move past reactive disaster coverage toward proactive, investigative and solutions-focused climate reporting, combining specialized lectures with hands-on data journalism training and live simulation exercises built around real Pakistani events.
Who This Is For
Active Journalists
Reporters across Pakistan covering, or wanting to cover, climate and environment.
Recent J-School & Media Graduates
Build a specialization early in your career.
Social Science Graduates
Enter climate media with the reporting skills to match your subject knowledge.
Digital Content Creators
Cover environmental topics with more rigour and credibility.
Broadcast Journalists
Pursuing a climate specialization for TV, radio or streaming.
Curriculum
Module 1: Climate Journalism Fundamentals
- Framing climate as a health, economic and security issue
- Proactive versus reactive reporting approaches
- Essential climate terminology for reporters
- Pakistan-specific climate awareness analysis
- Ethical practice: avoiding doomism and false balance
Module 2: Sources, Data & Investigation
- Institutional and ground-level reporting sources
- Data journalism using Excel and Google Sheets
- Data visualization through charts, graphs and maps
- Taught in part by Dr. Uzma Aleem (Macquarie University, Sydney)
Module 3: Storytelling & Public Engagement
- Narrative-driven climate communication
- Finding local, relatable human angles
- Writing for print, web and electronic media
- Social media strategy across platforms
- Citizen-journalism verification techniques
Module 4: Communication, Policy & Pakistan
- Translating climate reporting from English to Urdu
- YouTube and broadcast journalism formats
- Climate crisis communication theory
- Taught in part by Afia Salam
- Live emergency-reporting simulation exercise
Faculty
Training has been led in past cohorts by Afia Salam, Climate Communication Expert; Dr. Uzma Aleem, Lecturer at Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and Uneeba Waqar, Senior Broadcast Journalist on Environment and Climate Change.
How Registration Works for This Cohort
This is not a second way to register, just more detail on the process. Selection is merit-based and seats are limited. Pre-register free through the shared form. Once 50 pre-registrations are confirmed for this cohort, you'll receive an email to secure your seat for just 10% of the course fee, Rs 650 of Rs 6,500 (the program is 90% funded), within a specified deadline, with three reminders sent before that deadline closes.
More Upcoming Courses
Report the climate crisis. Don't just react to it.
Pre-register free. Cohort 3 begins once 50 registrations are confirmed, at a fee of Rs 650 (90% funded).
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Disclaimer
The courses offered here are designed to provide working professionals and students with practical climate education that may be missing from their formal education. The program follows a “retrofit” approach, introducing climate education across relevant areas to help address this gap. Participation in or completion of any course does not constitute or imply any assurance or guarantee of employment, promotion, funding, scholarship, admission, or any other professional or financial outcome.