Call for Application

Green Panter Amazonia

May to September 2025 – 4 months online, 7 days in Berlin: The taz Panter Foundation offers a networking and training workshop for journalists from the Amazon region before the UN Climate Change Conference COP 30 in Belém, Brazil.

Environmental and climate protection is under pressure worldwide. At the same time, the climate crisis is worsening, with the average temperature exceeding the 1.5 degree target for the first time in 2024.

The Amazon rainforest plays an important role in global climate regulation. There has been some good news recently: Deforestation in the Amazon region of Brazil, which comprises by far the largest part of the rainforest, has slowed down significantly.

However, there are still fears that the Amazon will eventually turn into a savanna, which would have serious consequences for the global climate. The situation on the ground will soon be back in the public eye: In November 2025, the Climate Change Conference COP 30 will take place in Belém, Brazil, at the mouth of the Amazon River.

Come and connect!

The taz Panter Foundation, with strong ties to the German daily taz – die tageszeitung (www.taz.de), is therefore offering a free-of-charge-networking and training workshop focused on climate journalism for 10 journalists from 8 countries in the Amazon region from May 2025 to September 2025.

The workshop will enhance networking among journalists from the Amazon region as well as with German and European colleagues and representatives of science and civil society. It will strengthen the skills of the participants well as their insights on globally relevant debates about how to tackle the climate crisis. At the same time, the participants from Brazil and Latin America will share their specific knowledge with German experts and colleagues.

How to apply

Journalists from all fields – Print, TV, Radio, Online –, employed or freelance, can apply. Proof of experience in journalism is mandatory. It is advantageous if applicants work on environmental and climate protection issues. The workshop aims to reach journalists who have rarely had the chance to take part in international trainings.

Journalists from the following 8 countries in the Amazon region are invited to apply:

Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Surinam and Guyana.

The workshop will be divided into two parts:

A 8-session webinar-series with journalists, experts from science and civil society representatives every two weeks from May to August/September 2025.
A 7-day all-expense-paid workshop in Berlin in September 2025. Participants will have the opportunity to personally meet and exchange ideas with Germany-based actors from media, NGOs, science as well as activists and government agencies. And an eight-page supplement will be published in the newspaper taz with articles by the workshop participants.

The topics will include:

CO2 certificate trading and its consequences
Role of international companies in the Amazon
mental health for journalists
organized crime and environmental destruction
environmental racism
indigenous perspectives on climate crisis.

Active participation is mandatory. All participants will receive compensation for their two journalistic contributions, which they will produce as a part of the workshop.

The workshop will be held mainly in English. A good knowledge of English is therefore recommended.

We strongly encourage applications from women and are committed to ensuring that at least half of the workshop participants are women. Additionally, we will prioritize applications from Indigenous and Black journalists to foster a diverse and inclusive group.

The application must be submitted not later than April 22, 2025, 23.59 CET