Want to keep up-to-date with climate change news? Cut through the noise with these climate change newsletters. Stay on top of the latest developments, learn the science behind the facts and get inspired to take actions at home – all delivered straight to your inbox.
Climate change is heavy and concerning. But the positive news is that there are people looking for, and working on, solutions. Newsletters are a great way to keep informed on this latest climate news. Whether you want something lighter or more in depth, there’s something for you. The great thing is that you can read whichever one you choose at your own pace.
We’ve pulled together our favourite climate change newsletters, that cover everything from climate change’s relationship to social justice, deep dives into scientific research, to sustainable lifestyle challenges.
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1. Hothouse // Solutions
Frequency:
Weekly
Price:
Free
Subscribe to Hothouse// Solutions here
Simple Climate Change Action.
Hothouse Solutions is a climate action newsletter that provides digestible articles on the climate crisis to get you engaged without becoming overwhelmed. Their mission is simple – help people understand what is happening, and help them understand how to get the solutions needed. Each month focuses on a different theme, from fashion to food, and includes personal challenges to help kickstart important lifestyle changes.
Hothouse Solutions Articles To Check Out:
- Learn about carbon-intensive food and how to shop lower-cabon in We’re eating the world.
- Consider how climate anxiety can be a catalyst for action in No time for bystanders.
2. Heated
Frequency:
4 days a week
Price:
Free and paid subscription options
A newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis.
Heated works to expose and explain what is behind the inaction in the climate emergency. Reporting on breaking news, the work to give their readers the knowledge needed to fight this crisis. Expect compassionate anger and a little bit of humour from Heated’s independent journalist, Emily Atkin.
Heated Articles To Check Out:
- Understand why antiracism is integral to effective environmentalism in An Earth Day for Black lives.
- Find out how wind energy became a significant revenue stream for a USA town in A fossil fuel town, saved by wind.
3. Climate Fwd:
Frequency:
Weekly
Price:
Free (some articles have paid subscription options)
Subscribe to Climate Fwd: here
A new administration, an ongoing climate emergency — and a ton of news. Our newsletter will help you stay on top of it.
Climate Fwd comes from the New York Times. Each week, readers receive the very latest climate change news stories and insights. Expect to also find answers to pressing questions and ideas on how to help.
Climate Fwd Articles To Check Out:
- (Podcast) Listen to a discussion on Can the U.S. Win Back Its Climate Credibility? with the new Biden adminsitration
- Celebrate nature’s glory in Sweden, Dressed in Summer
4. The Climate Crisis
Frequency:
Weekly
Price:
Free (some articles have paid subscription options)
Subscribe to The Climate Crisis here
Updates from inside the climate movement, from the activist and author Bill McKibben.
The Climate Crisis is compiled by Bill McKibeen, who has been covering climate change for the New Yorker since the 1980s. This newsletter aims to provide the context needed to fully understand the climate crisis. As it’s with this context that we can collectively interpret and understand the science behind what is happening, and take action.
Climate Crisis Articles To Check Out:
- Read a personal account of the existential threat of melting glaciers in Antartica’s Ice: The One War That the Human Species Can’t Lose.
- Discover how scientists are using new technology to understand A Day in the Life of a Tree.
5. Hot News
Frequency:
Daily
Price:
Free
Delivered straight to your inbox every morning, Hot News summarizes the most important climate and energy news of the day.
Hot News pulls together daily news and reports on climate change. They also report and comment on climate denial and pro-polluter activity that too often gets swept under the rug.
Hot News Articles To Check Out:
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6. The Weekly Planet
Frequency:
Every Tuesday
Price:
Free (some articles have paid subscription options)
Subscribe to The Weekly Planet here
A new guide to living through climate change.
In The Weekly Planet newsletter, climate reporter Robinson Meyer documents how climate change deeply affects the backdrop to all of our lives. With many of us experiencing climate anxiety, this newsletter is here to provide expert, trustworthy facts and analysis to guide readers living through climate change. Find thoughtful articles that explore the impact it has on our lives – how we work, play, shop, vote and face the moral questions the climate crisis raises.
Weekly Planet Articles to Check out:
- Understand the legacy of this important act of international diplomacy with A Reader’s Guide to the Paris Agreement.
- Learn why 1 in 4 Childless Adults Say Climate Change Has Factored Into Their Reproductive Decisions.
7. Gen Dread
Frequency:
Weekly
Price:
Free
Consider this newsletter the clearing house for new, old, and emerging ideas to strengthen our emotional intelligence, psychological resilience, and mental health while we’re in this planetary pickle.
The Gen Dread newsletter is compiled by Britt Way, an author and broadcaster who writes about climate anxiety and grief. This newsletter pulls together articles about the relationship between climate change and mental health – the research, it’s relationship to social justice and what can be done to help.
Gen Dread Articles To Check Out:
- See how psychologists are starting to understand climate anxiety with Therapy for the end of the world.
- Learn What are “emotional methodologies” for dealing with tough climate feelings and how can they help?
8. The Phoenix
Frequency:
Two-to-three times a week
Price:
Free
This newsletter is about radical change…I’m focused most closely on humanizing this planetary emergency…. I chose the name The Phoenix because the world is on fire, and we’ve got to create a new one from the ashes.
The Phoenix delves into the relationship between the climate emergency and social justice. Climate journalist Eric Holthaus shares stories from the voices and frontline communities most affected by the climate crisis, in the forms of essays, interviews, analysis, science reporting and storytelling.
The Phoenix Articles Articles To Check Out:
- Find out why It’s OK to have climate anxiety and ideas on how to cope.
- Get motivated for change with Enough with treehugging. It’s time to fight.
9. Grist
Frequency:
Daily and weekly options
Price:
Free
Get smart, funny, and green news in your inbox every day or every week.
Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization that shares stories on climate solutions. They’re home to multiple newsletters that investigate the underreported connections between social justice and climate change. Choose from daily and weekly editions. Need a bit of optimism? The Beacon newsletter delivers daily doses of positive climate news.
Grist Articles Articles To Check Out:
- Find out why California’s back in the driver’s seat with new fuel emission standards.
- Understand why, due to being Low on water, California farmers turn to solar farming.
10. Volts
Frequency:
Twice a week
Price:
Free and paid subscription options
What with climate change accelerating and US politics falling apart, it’s pretty grim out there. Yet alongside these doom loops, somewhat anomalously, something good is happening.
In Volt, David Roberts tracks the relationship between clean energy and politics. It’s a sprawling topic to keep track of, as it continuously develops and involves technology, politics, policy, psychology, even philosophy. Volts keeps readers in the loop with the latest news, analysis and deep dives.
Volts Articles Articles To Check Out:
- Get up-to-date on What were the big energy stories of 2020?
- Learn about The many varieties of lithium-ion batteries battling for market share
11. Climate Action Tech
Frequency:
Weekly
Price:
Free
Subscribe to Climate Action Tech here
We are a community of practice of tech workers that provides support and guidance for systemic change in our organisations and industries, to face the climate crisis.
The Climate Action Tech (CAT) newsletter brings together the latest climate change advocacy news and developments in the tech industry. Subscribe to receive news articles, relevant job opportunities, podcasts and events.
Climate Change Tech Editions To Check Out:
- CAT Newsletter #69 2021-04-20 (Earth day 2021 edition)
- CAT Newsletter #68 2021-04-13
12. Climate Beats
Frequency:
Weekly
Price:
Free
Subscribe to Climate Beats here
Our editors highlight the week’s best climate stories, announce collaborations, and share insights on how best to cover the climate emergency.
Climate Beats is Covering Climate Now’s newsletter. Their aim? To drive to public conversation and engagement by promoting effective, trustworthy climate change reporting. Find media analysis and resources that investigate how climate change is reported, along with best practice guides for journalists.
Climate Beats Articles Articles To Check Out:
- Get tips on how to improve coverage of climate change activism in How Well Does the Media Cover the Climate Movement?
- Discover why the weakening of the Gulf Stream is concerning in An Ocean-sized Reminder of the Climate Emergency
13. Anthropocene Magazine
Frequency:
Weekly
Price:
Free
Subscribe to Anthropocene Magazine here
Join thousands of researchers, policymakers, designers, and educators who rely on Anthropocene to keep up to date on the latest sustainability science and innovations.
Anthropocene: Weekly Science Dispatch is a weekly newsletter put together by scientists. Keep informed on the latest climate change studies withshort, to-the-point summaries of important research.
Anthropocene Articles To Check Out:
- Learn that coral biologists and Researchers find a missing piece in coral reef restoration: crabs
- Understand How COVID kills coal and what this could mean for the future of fossil fuels
14. Climate Outreach
Frequency:
Monthly
Price:
Free
Subscribe to Climate Outreach here
Inspired by – or just curious about – our work and want to make sure you don’t miss any of our new resources, events and announcements?
The Climate Outreach is a British charity who work to increase public engagement with the climate crisis. Their newsletter includes updates on their important research, guides, events and vacancies in their organisation.
Frequency
15. MIT Climate Portal
Monthly (first Thursday of the month)
Price
Free
Subscribe to the MIT Climate newsletter here.
Provides overviews of critical climate change topics directly from MIT experts and a digest of MIT climate research
MIT Climate offers two newsletters monthly: “MIT Climate on…” provides the TL;DR on critical climate change topics from scientists and experts, and “Research & Action” highlights new climate innovation and action happening across MIT.
Climate Outreach Resources To Check Out:
- A resource for everyone: Talking climate handbook – how to have a climate change conversation
- Work in the climate sector? Check out Communicating climate change during the Covid-19 crisis
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