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Globally, media coverage of global warming and climate change decreased in 2020.<ref name="Nacu-Schmidt"/> In the United States, however, newspaper coverage of climate change increased 29% between March 2020 and April 2020, these numbers are still 22% down from coverage in January 2020.<ref name="Nacu-Schmidt" /> This spike in April 2020 can be attributed to the increased coverage of the "[[Covering Climate Now|Covering Climate Now']]' campaign and the US holiday of "[[Earth Day]]". The overall decline in climate change coverage in the year 2020 is related to the increased coverage and interconnectedness of [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19]] and President Trump, without mention of climate change, that began in January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-23|title=Climate change news coverage has declined. The audience has not.|url=https://digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2020/09/23/climate-change-news-coverage-has-declined-the-audience-for-it-has-not/|access-date=2021-04-21|website=Digital Content Next|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421030752/https://digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2020/09/23/climate-change-news-coverage-has-declined-the-audience-for-it-has-not/|url-status=live}}</ref>
The U.S. experienced its highest level of climate change media coverage to date in September and October 2021. This increase can be attributed to coverage of the United Nations Conference of Parties meeting which aimed to outline policies to address climate change.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=2021 Year End Retrospective, Special Issue 2021, A Review of Media Coverage of Climate Change and Global Warming in 2021 |url=https://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/icecaps/research/media_coverage/summaries/special_issue_2021.html |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=sciencepolicy.colorado.edu |publisher=MeCCO Monthly Summaries :: Media and Climate Change Observatory}}</ref> According to the analisys of [[Media Matters for America]], in 2024 the corporate broadcast networks in the USA dedicated to climate change 12 hours and 51 minutes, which is considered as highly insufficient. Climate coverage declined in the years 2022-2024.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cooper |first1=Evlondo |title=How broadcast TV networks covered climate change in 2024 |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-networks/how-broadcast-tv-networks-covered-climate-change-2024 |website=Media Matters for America |access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref>
==See also==
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