For the third year in a row, independent climate innovation think tank FCA teams up with UN Climate Change, UNIDO ITPO Germany, and several other co-hosts to organize the leading independent cleantech event in Europe. For journalists, we have prepared some special features, including journalists’ offices, multiple opportunities to interview and engage with leading innovators and start-ups, and a customized podcast recording studio “the podcast bus”.

Additionally, joining forces with Bonn Institute, we are offering three sessions specialized for journalists:

1) Journalists’ Session: How can we create a science-based understanding of climate solutions?
This panel with prolific journalists will discuss effective ways of gathering information and reporting on climate solutions. Which lessons have been learned over the past years? 

2) Mass Media and Lobbyists: how do journalists prepare for encounters with “alternative facts” in the climate space? Journalists (and moderators) are oftentimes met with lobbyist claims in public debate on climate change (and technological solutions). How can they prepare best to counter false claims on topics reaching from blue hydrogen to carbon-negative technologies? Which lessons have been learned?

3) Mini Workshop
What is solutions journalism? How can we ensure solutions reporting in an effective way? We will look at the four pillars of solutions journalism and explore case examples from Germany and abroad.