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“Sustainability Journalism” Funding Initiative<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/header>\n
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The gap between knowledge and action continues to pose a particular challenge for sustainability communication. As numerous studies have shown, simply conveying knowledge is generally not enough to motivate people to act sustainably. Traditional sustainability journalism, in particular, is often still limited to conveying facts and factual contexts and offers little encouragement to apply the acquired knowledge in everyday life or to explore various options for action. In light of the growing environmental and social challenges in today\u2019s world, it plays a crucial role in informing, educating, and motivating broad segments of the population. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the main purposes of sustainability journalism is to inform the public about pressing environmental issues such as climate change, species extinction, pollution and resource scarcity. This information is crucial in order to recognize the extent of the problems, to understand the complexity and interrelationships and to understand the urgency of action. It also serves as a control mechanism for governments and companies. By exposing abuses and environmental impacts, it can hold those responsible to account and drive the adoption of more sustainable practices. Journalists therefore play a key role in monitoring and reporting on progress in the area of sustainability. This thematic cluster presents exemplary DBU projects dedicated to this topic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ongoing projects:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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KiWi environmental reporters do research for the climate<\/h4>
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Sustainability complexity in journalism: special online training program<\/h4>
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From Fact-Checking to Climate Action Solutions <\/h4>
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Rolling the Film for Biodiversity: Students Explain a Complex Topic Through Video<\/h4>
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Journalism Lab: \u201cThe Value of Nature\u201d<\/h4>
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DiNaPLAN \u2013 Digital sustainability simulation journalism by students, for students<\/h4>
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Atlas of Sustainable Digitalization <\/h4>
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Renewables Communication Hub \u2013 The Innovative Network for Communicating the Energy Transition<\/h4>
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Building Bridges between Companies, Policy and Media to promote the business case for Sustainable Finance in Brussels and Berlin<\/h4>
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Successfully completed projects<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Sustainability and journalism: development of a series of workshops for training and further education<\/h4>
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Further training for environmental journalists on “Climate change and clean energy”<\/h4>
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Communicating storytelling in sustainability communication<\/h4>
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Futurzwei – Online magazine about the future and politics for young people<\/h4>
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Constructive journalism: Communicating sustainable solutions for consumer goods<\/h4>
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Qualification of science journalists on the topic of phosphorus<\/h4>
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Focus on phosphorus – Interactive journalistic project<\/h4>
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Workshops to develop future visions for sustainable urban development<\/h4>
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Climate Physics in a Podcast\u2014Development and Evaluation for the General Public and Schools<\/h4>
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