Our experiences with climate change offer opportunities for rich and varied storytelling. From first-person audio pieces to climate solutions story banks, the following collections and series dive deep into our changing world. Some of the selected series are comprised of local stories, while others are global. Some focus on the experiences and thoughts of individuals; some emphasize images with captions; some offer scientific information. Each link below will take you to a collection of stories worth spending time exploring.
Global stories
- “Country profiles.” Carbon Brief, many authors. These profiles look at how “key emitters” are responding to climate change with climate and energy policies. Since 2018, and as of February 2025, the countries covered are Germany, the Democratic Republic of Congo, China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Russia, France, Mexico, the US, South Korea, Canada, Indonesia, Australia, India, South Africa, Japan, Turkey, and Brazil. Free access.
- “Postcards from a world on fire.” New York Times, many creators. One story for every country in the world, 193 in all. Most of these stories consist of an image or short video with a brief text or caption; most focus on negative impacts, but a few are about positive actions. They are quite varied and vivid snapshots. Among them is a video from the editorial team. Metered paywall.
- “Climate Stories Project.” Many contributors. These are the stories of individual people, in their own voices, in the form of short audio pieces, mostly 2-3 minutes long. They come from all over the globe and are organized on the website by location: divided first into US, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia/Pacific; and then into further subsets as needed. There’s a map, too.
North America stories
- “50 States 50 Fixes.” This year-long project from the New York Times will, when it’s done, include one story for each state about a local-scale climate solution. So far, stories cover rain gardens, local solar panels and wind energy, composting, mine waste cleanup, and other community actions.
- “Climate Solutions Week.” National Public radio, many reporters. For one week each of the last three years, NPR has featured radio stories about local solutions. Asking for suggestions from listeners, they say they want “ “stories of people, groups, organizations, strategies or innovations that are fixing environmental problems, from the state level down to the backyard.” The 2025 series is “Rethinking Home”; 2024 was “The Future of Food”; and 2023 was “Search for Solutions.” These pieces are adding up, with total stories nearing 60. Free access.
- “Race against climate change.” Canada’s National Observer, many authors. According to the home page, the series comprised a stunning 2674 articles as of July 16. Many (maybe most) of the stories are about the United States; a few are about places outside North America. Paywalled, but you can sign up for free for a 2-week trial, during which time you could read many pieces.
- “Climate Stories Atlantic.” Many writers. Located in and concentrating on Canada’s four Atlantic provinces, this “cautiously hopeful” solutions series is “an exclusively climate-focused online publication which includes articles, podcasts, and columns, featuring professional writers and journalists.” Free access.
- “Climate Justice Solutions.” This multimedia “bank” of stories from local organizations funded by the justice-focused Solutions Project profiles a wide variety of projects in frontline communities.
Not really stories, but useful information series
The website/organization Skeptical Science has long been the go-to place for information that will debunk climate myths and lies. At least two parts of their sprawling work are related to the rest of the items above:
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