Southern Africa in a “Climate Horror”

Veteran environmental journalist Fiona Macleod is attending the Paris Climate Talks with Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) as a senior journalism mentor.

Macleod says people in rural parts of Southern Africa are living in a “climate horror,” with women being hit hardest. With drought affecting large swathes of the region, she says data plays a hugely important role in helping journalists tell the stories of those who are most vulnerable. 

Read a profile of Fiona Macleod