ACCER Awards 2024

The African Climate Change and Environment Reporting – ACCER Awards – is an initiative started by the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) to pay homage to African journalists who have exemplarily covered issues around environmental and climate issues.

Conducted biennially since 2013, the ACCER Awards aim to recognise and motivate outstanding journalists and media networks that use their skills, outreach and influence to simplify complex environmental-scientific conversation to expand it as a broader societal concern affecting peoples’ livelihoods, society, economies and health of the planet.

The ACCER Awards has played a pivotal role in elevating the discourse around the intersection between environment, climate action sustainable development and livelihoods, bringing to light stories of innovation, resilience, and challenges faced by diverse communities.

The initiative has helped to ensure that environmental journalism is not only about reporting occurrences, but also about analysing the effectiveness of actions taken towards climate action and all economy-wide transition to low-carbon, net-zero future.

Through tailor-made training programs, which led to the creation of a network of journalists with bigger lenses beyond environment, the ACCER Awards has enhanced the capacity of journalists and media networks to play their rightful role as vessels to articulate African narratives in global spaces, influence policy and public opinion on key African standpoints and positions in international discourse and interventions on climate change.

Award Categories

• Print Media
• Broadcast Media
• Investigative Journalism
• Opinion Commentary
• Use of Data in Climate Change reporting
• Digital Activists

How to apply

The deadline for applications is August 6, 2024. To learn more and apply, please click here.