Official information
Overview
- Publication
- Climate Home News
- Eligibility
- Official: freelance journalists, experts and organisations. They have a modest budget to commission reporting from around the world. No country list.
- Writing
- Climate news, features, investigations
- Payment
- From £0.35 a word
- Currency
- GBP
- Payment conditions
- Official for news, features and investigations: rates start at £0.35 a word (GBP). A standard 600-word news story should usually interview and quote three or more sources. Comment pieces on the same page are generally unpaid — that is not this card. Travel expenses only by prior agreement.
- When paid
- Not publicly stated
- Word count
- Pitch under 300 words. A standard news story is described as 600 words; longer features exist. No single required range.
- Response time
- They cannot guarantee a response
- Status
- Open
- Deadline
- Not publicly stated
- How to submit
- Email a short pitch to the named news or investigations editor
- AI policy
- AI-generated work prohibited
What they want
- Climate stories with an international outlook: finance, carbon markets, energy transition, critical minerals, human rights, land conflict, loss and damage, greenwash, climate diplomacy.
- What is new, why it matters internationally, main actors, sources, your background, where the action is.
- News/analysis/features: Megan Rowling (mr at climatehomenews.com). Investigations: Sebastian Rodriguez (sr at climatehomenews.com).
What they don't want
- A finished article instead of a pitch.
- Stories based only on a research paper, a widely distributed report, or a conference panel.
- Stories solely about climate impacts or a wind farm unless there is something new.
- AI-written pitches. Official: they will not respond to pitches that appear AI-generated.
- Comment if you expect pay — official: comment is generally unpaid.
Requirements
- Short pitch, not a draft
- Climate + international angle
- No AI pitch
Rights
Not publicly stated on the write-for-us page.
How to submit
- Read https://www.climatechangenews.com/about/write-for-us/.
- Email the named editor. Addresses are written as mr [at] climatehomenews.com on the official page.
Official source
Climate Home News — Write for us (official)
Last verified 2026-08-19. Always re-read the official page before you send work.
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