Climate Change
Climate Change Media Partnership Reporting Fellowships to COP27
The Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) program will bring journalists from low- and middle-income countries to attend and report on the 27th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) in November 2022.
Updated September 2022
2022 CCMP Reporting Fellows Announced
The Earth Journalism Network (EJN), a project of Internews, and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security are pleased to announce that 20 journalists from low- and middle-income countries have been awarded fellowships to cover the 27th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from November 6–18, 2022, as part of the Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) program. This year, the CCMP’s global open call for applications drew a record number of more than 500 applications from climate journalists around the world.
The 2022 CCMP fellows are:
- David Casimir, Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (Mauritius)
- Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh, Power FM/TV (Liberia)
- Tharushi Weerasinghe, Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)
- Juan Fernando Lara Salas, La Nación (Costa Rica)
- Narantungalag Enkhtur, Uzeg Agency and China Daily (Mongolia)
- Kalain Hosein, Guardian Media (Trinidad & Tobago)
- Cristiane de Azevedo Prizibisczki, O Eco (Brazil)
- Killian Chimtom Ngala, Timescape Magazine (Cameroon)
- Zoha Tunio, Inside Climate News (Pakistan)
- Pauline Ongaji, Nation Media Group (Kenya)
- Xilena Pinedo, Ojo Público (Peru)
- Paul Omorogbe, Nigerian Tribune (Nigeria)
- Lyse Mauvais, The New Arab (Iraq)
- Anita Roberts, Vanuatu Daily Post (Vanuatu)
- Nihar Gokhale, The Morning Context (India)
- Mehedi Al Amin, The Business Post (Bangladesh)
- Daniel Gutman, Inter Press Service (Argentina)
- Rezza Aji Pratama, Katadata.co.id (Indonesia)
- Melody Chironda, allAfrica Global Media (South Africa)
- Xuewan Chen, Caijing (China)
The 6 trainers from EJN’s global network who will support and guide these fellows are:
- Fermín Koop (Argentina)
- Joydeep Gupta (India)
- Imelda Abaño (Philippines)
- David Akana (Cameroon)
- Florence Armein (Indonesia)
- Kiundu Waweru (Kenya)
About CCMP
The Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP), now in its 15th year, has brought more than 400 journalists from low- and middle-income countries to attend and report on the annual UN climate summits. The program is led this year by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security. This is the fourth time that the Stanley Center and EJN have teamed up on the CCMP fellowship program.
The 2022 CCMP fellows will receive support and guidance on reporting at the conference from seasoned climate journalists affiliated with EJN’s global network of trainers. The fellows will also participate in orientation activities, daily briefings, interviews with high-level officials, and other interactions organized by the Stanley Center and EJN to inform and facilitate quality reporting on developments at COP27.