Flipboard ‘Truth Seekers’: Climate Change

The Reality of Climate Change

Flipboard’s “Truth Seekers” project launched in 2020 to provide readers with thoughtful, objective insights on the day’s most divisive issues from experts. The goal was to create opportunities for meaningful dialogue. For Earth Month 2022, I spearheaded a special series edition focused on climate change.

The concept I conceived highlighted perspectives about the global emergency not from politicians or polarizing figures, but scientists, policy experts and journalists. Because climate change is a broad topic, I identified 20 potential sub-themes that would be used in outreach to contributors and provide a detailed 35,000-foot view of what’s happening to the planet.

Some of the Storyboards produced for Flipboard's "Truth Seekers" series on climate change.

Climate Change Themes

  • The general global climate change problem
  • The impact on animals
  • How cities are becoming more sustainable
  • The effect on the food supply chain
  • Shifting transportation
  • Deforestation
  • Climate change and youth activists
  • How the Ukrainian war is impacting climate change
  • Climate change and pollution
  • The effect on human migration
  • A changing nature
  • Environmental racism
  • The impact on oceans
  • How our energy usage is changing
  • Worsening natural disasters
  • Carbon removal and sustainable technology
  • Climate change misinformation
  • Biodiversity and climate change

Nearly 50 people were contacted, many of who were “cold-called.” Eleven people agreed to participate, including a youth activist who collaborated with Greta Thunberg, a leader from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), scientists and a handful of climate journalists.

Each contributor provided insights for one of the aforementioned sub-themes. Their submissions included up to 10 articles that gave readers a deeper dive into the topic, along with a paragraph offering expert commentary.

Contributors


Victoria Arroyo
Environmental Protection Agency
Associate Administrator for Policy

Sarah Gibbens
National Geographic
Environmental Journalist

Lisa Martine Jenkins
Protocol
Climate Reporter

Brian Khan
Protocol
Climate Editor

James McBride
Council on Foreign Relations
Deputy Managing Editor

Marcene Mitchell
World Wildlife Fund
Senior VP, Climate Change

Linda Poon
Bloomberg CityLab
Writer

Disha Ravi
Fridays for Future India
Youth Climate Activist

Rebecca Shaw
World Wildlife Fund
Chief Scientist

Eric Roston
Bloomberg News
Journalist

James Temple
MIT Technology Review
Senior Editor

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The Reality of Climate Change
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