Media and Climate Change Observatory Monthly Summary: A huge harmful effect on the world and future generations - Issue 110, February 2026

February media coverage of climate change or global warming in newspapers around the globe dropped 8% from January 2026. Meanwhile, coverage in February 2026 plummeted 31% from February 2025. In February, international wire service coverage decreased 16% from the month earlier (January) and 15% from February 2025. Figure 1 shows trends in newspaper media coverage at the global scale – organized into seven geographical regions around the world – across 22 years, from February 2004 through February 2026.