What is your role in the face of the climate crises?  As journalists from the global south meet with one in the global north it makes room for a controversial discussion on how reporting is done by those who face the brunt of the climate crisis in Southern Africa versus those in a high emissions country like Germany.  Southern African journalists' Teneal Koorts and Lemuel Chekai discuss the role of climate journalism with Theresa Leisgang- journalist, campaigner and co-founder of the Climate Journalism Network based in Germany.  She sheds light on the importance of the placement of climate change articles in newsrooms, storytelling and environmental education. 

Climate change affects us all. On this episode,African journalists Tumelo from Botswana and Florence from Malawi tag team to  get an insight on the work of the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung in their combat against climate change and their fight for climate justice. The expert on the matter is Katja Voigt. Head of Department for International Politics and North America also Advisor for Climate Policy at the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. The conversation also focuses on the outcomes of the COP26 since Voigt was a delegate. The highlight being the comparison of  a ‘Just Transition’ between the Global South and Global North nations. Whether such will be achieved and how this will affect the economies of the developing and developed nations. 

What comes to your mind when you think of images? Arguably the most likely answer would be photographs taken on a smartphone. But what happens when art history, climate change and cartography come together? We speak to Professor Birgit Schneider from the University of Potsdam about the history and importance of maps in communicating climate change as well as climate change politics and denialism in Germany.

Tafadzwa Ufumeli, a visual storyteller from Zimbabwe, and Lerato Mutsila, a journalist from South Africa sat down with Nina Treu, co-founder and coordinator of the Laboratory for New Economic Ideas in Leipzig, Germany to unpack the concept of Degrowth and uncover what place such a movement has in an increasingly globalised world. Can shrinking the economy save the planet or will it only benefit a few in the global North?

Professor Markus Wissen, who co-authored a book with Ulrich Brand, titled, “The Imperial Mode of Living: Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism”, visits the CJC podcast studio to speak with Southern African journalists Onke Ngcuka and Alexandre Nhampossa. In the discussion, Professor Wissen explains to the audience that the lifestyles of the global north have had a significant impact on the lives of the global south. These imperial modes of living include, driving, extracting fossil fuels and relying on them, eating patterns etc, to name a few.

Climate change impacts men and women differently because of differences in their traditional roles, societal expectations, and livelihoods. While this is the case, the vulnerability of women from the global south and women from the global north is also different due to different factors such as education levels, levels of income and access to credit and decision making.  In this episode, journalists Malembo Simbano from Tanzania and Mercy Malikwa from Malawi chat with Shirin Choudhary from India, who is an international climate protection fellow at Gender CC (Women for Climate Justice) in Berlin (Germany), on the connection between gender and climate change. 

How can critical climate journalism help tackle the climate crisis?