Between 80 and 89% of people worldwide want their governments to do more to address climate change. The 89 Percent Project, organized by the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now, reports on the massive silent majority who want stronger climate action.
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The Year in Green - Truthdig Truthdig’s most-read environment stories from 2025.

@truthdig.com joined CCNow as a partner this year and participated in #The89Percent project. We are so happy to have them on board. Check out their year-end roundup of some of their favorite and most-read stories about climate and environmental issues!

Punto de inflexión: así llevó el cambio climático a transformar su vida a tres latinoamericanos Un argentino que se convirtió en meteorólogo tras perder a su hija en una inundación, una abogada colombiana con vocación por la justicia climática y una mexicana que siembra líderes ambientales

Un argentino que se convirtió en meteorólogo tras perder a su hija en una inundación, una abogada colombiana con vocación por la justicia climática y una mexicana que siembra líderes ambientales... #the89percent via @elpais.com

Are you in the 89%? About 89% of the public globally want governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis — but most don't know they're in the majority.

We want to hear your story! Is climate action important to you? Why or why not? What climate solutions are most important to you? How can we overcome political obstacles? What gives you hope?

As part of the 89% Project, we sent out thousands of postcards to various regions in the US. Did you get a postcard? If not, you can still share your perspective at #The89Percent website. Share your thoughts here: buff.ly/QlswhzI

Are you in the 89%? About 89% of the public globally want governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis — but most don't know they're in the majority.

We want to hear your story! Is climate action important to you? Why or why not? What climate solutions are most important to you? How can we overcome political obstacles? What gives you hope?

As part of the 89% Project, we sent out thousands of postcards to various regions in the US. Did you get a postcard? If not, you can still share your perspective at #The89Percent website. Share your thoughts here: buff.ly/QlswhzI

Are you in the 89%? About 89% of the public globally want governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis — but most don't know they're in the majority.

We want to hear your story! Is climate action important to you? Why or why not? What climate solutions are most important to you? How can we overcome political obstacles? What gives you hope?

As part of the 89% Project, we sent out thousands of postcards to various regions in the US. Did you get a postcard? If not, you can still share your perspective at #The89Percent website. Share your thoughts here: buff.ly/QlswhzI

Wisconsin farmers are adapting to climate change impacts on their farms There are varying opinions on the realities of climate change, which is backed by science. But at least one group of people is close enough to the effects of it to have a more insightful perspective: ...

Climate change is transforming Wisconsin’s agricultural landscape and a survey of more than 900 farmers across the state found that a majority are concerned about climate change. @wuwmradio.bsky.social's Teran Powell talks to farmers for #the89percent project

Out There: What’s 3.5% 
of 89%? The complex calculations of change

I wrote about 89% and 3.5% and the first Earth Day and that beloved radical firebrand of the environmental movement: Richard Milhous Nixon. #The89Percent @coveringclimatenow.org

A Storm Leveled Their School. Seven Years Later, They’re Still Waiting For Help Saipan’s Hopwood Middle School is a haunting symbol of a super typhoon’s legacy from 2018 and how Pacific cyclones can plague communities years after they pass through.

Seven years after a super typhoon leveled Saipan’s largest middle school, it has yet to be rebuilt. That wait has taken a toll on the thousands of students who have attended the school since, and serves as a symbol of how cyclones can plague communities years after they pass through. #The89Percent

Quatre habitants de la Terre racontent leur déclic climatique Quel climatoscepticisme? Malgré un affaissement de la mobilisation politique, une grande majorité de personnes continuent de considérer le réchauffement comme une menace importante et réclament davant...

What climate skepticism? Despite a decline in political mobilization, a large majority of people continue to consider global warming a significant threat and are calling for more government action. Many are taking matters into their own hands. #the89percent via @afp.com

【89％プロジェクト】微生物の力、気候変動に対峙 - NNA ASIA・タイ・農水 「世界の80～89％の人々は自国の政府により強力な気候変動対策を求めている」。複数の世界的な調査結果が示した数字だ。しかし、多くの人は自らを少数派だと考え……

Engineer-turned-farmer Abi Agarwal is developing fertilizers using microorganisms as an adaptation for Thai farmers to continue producing food no matter what the climate. www.nna.jp/news/2854018 #the89percent

Helping Trees Move Up Experimental projects by the US Forest Service are testing if relocating trees can help them survive climate disruption.

Experimental projects by the US Forest Service are testing the relocation of trees, moving seedlings from where they are growing to where climate data predicts they will grow. The "assisted migration" projects have sparked both curiosity and concern. #The89Percent www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

Outdoorspeople in Wisconsin have mixed views on the need for climate action Most people across the globe want their governments to act on climate change. In some countries, as much as 89% of the population is in that camp, according to a scientific journal called "Nature Clim...

“If you like fishing and hunting, it’s all tied into the climate. So I think if you’re a fisherman or a hunter you should care about that because it affects you pretty deeply,” Ryan Lee told @wuwmradio.bsky.social. He thinks the government “and everybody” should act on climate change. #the89percent

The Green Heroes of Munster High School — Youth Environmental Press Team The author is a Junior at Park Tudor School in Indianapolis, Indiana, and a Director for YEPT.

Students at Indiana's Munster HS are advocating for clean waste disposal, wetland protection, tree planting, and more in their community. “We can’t vote or decide on policies that affect our lives yet, but we can advocate. Adults tend to listen because they believe we genuinely care.” #the89percent

Pakistani Farmers to Sue German Polluters Over Climate-Linked Flood Damage Claimants seek compensation from RWE and Heidelberg Materials after extreme flooding destroyed harvests

A group of Pakistani farmers whose livelihoods were devastated by floods three years ago has fired the starting shot in legal action against two of Germany’s most polluting companies. #The89Percent @coveringclimatenow.org

Coming Sunday: The People Behind the Climate Numbers The next phase of The 89 Percent Project profiles climate’s supermajority.

Let’s go! The next phase of #The89Percent Project starts this Sunday, October 26, when news organizations from around the world begin telling the stories of the humans behind the numbers.

The 89 Percent Project Between 80 and 89% of people want climate action. Let’s tell their stories.

Journalists and news outlets everywhere are invited to participate, even if they aren’t CCNow partners. Visit 89Percent.org to access links to the studies, a branding kit, and ways to get in touch about anything else you might need. Follow along on social media via #The89Percent.

Are you in the 89%? About 89% of the public globally want governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis — but most don't know they're in the majority.

We want to hear your story! Is climate action important to you? Why or why not? What climate solutions are most important to you? How can we overcome political obstacles? What gives you hope?

That’s the goal of this next phase of #The89Percent Project—to explore who these people are, why they feel the way they do, and what kinds of action they’d like to see. We think it makes smart editorial & commercial sense for the 89% to see themselves reflected in news coverage.

Study after study has shown that the vast majority of people, 80-89%, want governments to “do more” to address climate change. Understanding who these people are and why gov't action doesn’t align with the overwhelming public interest are all rich territory for reporting. #the89percent

A potentially game-changing climate story has been hiding in plain sight — until now.

A supermajority of humanity wants their governments to take more action on climate change

Let’s go! The next phase of #The89Percent Project starts this Sunday, October 26, when news organizations from around the world begin telling the stories of the people behind the numbers.

Hamburg-Volksentscheide: Ja zu mehr Klimaschutz, Nein zu Grundeinkommen-Modellversuch In Hamburg haben am Sonntag knapp 600.000 Menschen über zwei Volksentscheide abgestimmt. Während die Initiative für ein bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen scheitert, muss die Stadt in Sachen Klima nun…

In Hamburg, Germany, nearly 600,000 people voted in two referendums this past weekend. “The ‘future referendum’ for climate protection... garnered more than 300,000 votes,” and the city government must now “must now take significantly stricter action on climate issues.” #the89percent

Covering Public Support for Government Climate Action Explore how the global majority not only cares about climate change, but wants their governments to “do more” to address it.

Story Idea: Study after study has shown that the vast majority of people, 80-89%, want governments to “do more” to address climate change. Understanding who these people are and why gov't action doesn’t align with the overwhelming public interest are all rich territory for reporting. #the89percent

This announcement comes as CCNow partners are preparing for the next phase of #The89Percent Project, exploring the scientific finding that a super-majority of the world’s people — 80 to 89% of them, according to peer-reviewed studies — want their governments to “do more” about climate change.

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Journalists! Join us tomorrow for an editorial meeting to talk about Phase 2 of the 89% Project. Learn all about the project and how your newsroom can participate here: 89percent.org. And join us tomorrow to talk with colleagues from around the world. #the89percent

Workshop: How to Humanize the 89%. To kick off #The89Percent Project’s second phase, we're hosting a one-hour editorial meeting for journalists to brainstorm ways to put a face to the silent global climate majority that wants their governments to do more on climate change. Join us! buff.ly/cus3TN3

The goal of this phase of #The89Percent Project is to present a vivid, factually grounded portrait of the global climate majority in all its diversity and potential.

However, most of them don’t realize that they are the overwhelming majority, and therefore they don’t act, vote, or speak out. The next phase of #The89Percent Project explores the people behind the numbers: Who are they? Are they surprised they’re the majority? What climate policies do they want?

The same spirit animates #The89Percent Project. Launched in April, the project’s initial reporting highlighted the fact that 80 to 89% of the world’s people want their governments to take stronger climate action.

At Thursday's Talking Shop, journalists interested in participating in #The89Percent Project can swap ideas with journalists from @theguardian.com and other CCNow partners about how to gather candid, revealing answers from your audiences and the general public.