Climate change portal/Initiatives
Climate change on WikimediaGlobal list of edit-a-thons and other events
[edit]Ongoing
[edit]- Information integrity on extreme weather events, promoted by Wikimedia Brasil and the Working Group on Climate Justice and Wikimedia Projects (featuring Wikimedia affiliates from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Uruguay) and supported by UNESCO, the UN Secretariat, and the Government of Brazil announced the first group of proposals selected under the Global Fund for Information Integrity on Climate Change (2025-2026)[1]
- Justicia climática y proyectos Wikimedia. Grupo de trabajo sobre ambiente, derechos y comunidades, es un grupo de trabajo enfocado en liderar iniciativas desde América Latina y el Caribe que mejoren los contenidos sobre ambiente, cambio climático y sustentabilidad en los proyectos Wikimedia, con una perspectiva interseccional, de derechos humanos y de diversidad y justicia epistémica.
- Wikimedians for Sustainable Development/365 climate edits (personal challenge to make at least one edit related to the climate every day for one year)
- Visualizing sustainability and climate change on Wikipedia. A Research Programme started in 2025 to identify and visualize knowledge gaps related to sustainability and climate change on Wikipedia. Interested to learn more ? Add your name here
- The Awa Inclusion and Climate Justice Fellowship 2026, a project led by Code for Africa in partnership with the Norwegian Embassy, which will run for a period of 6 months in 2026[2].
Upcoming
[edit]Closest (i.e. soonest) first
Past
[edit]Closest (i.e. most recent) first
2026
[edit]- Wiki for Sustainable Futures 2026. Knowledge to transform: Water, Food and Energy. Campaign Launch: April 22, 2026. Visual elements on Wikimedia Commons :)
2025
[edit]- WikiForHumanRights (2025) Knowledge for a Sustainable Future
- Bridging Climate Science and the Public: How the Austrian Climate Report Found a Home on Wikipedia through a Wikipedian in residence and the collaboration between Wikimedia Austria and University of Innsbruck and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)[3]
- Conferencia Justicia climática Perú 2024. Weaving Knowledge networks in South America: Climate Justice, Digital Rights and Indigenous Voices Wikimedia event in Huaraz, Peru”, November 2024[5][6]
- 2024 Climate Finance Initiative, a 8-week free virtual Wiki Scientists courses, guiding subject-matter experts as they learn how to add climate finance and other sustainability knowledge to Wikipedia organised by Wiki Education https://wikiedu.org/2024-climate-finance-initiative/
- WikiForHumanRights 2024
- Wikipedia edit-a-thon from Antarctic, organised by Francisco Ardini, January March 2024[7]
- Wikimedia UK has increased its focus on climate change as part of their long term strategy, with one of the most visible tactics being a Wikipedian in Residence with the University of Exeter[4][8]
- Australian Wikimedian in Residence at the Environment Protection Agency, Victoria 2024[9]
2023
[edit]- Africa Environment 2023 - by Wiki In Africa (WIA) and Wikimedia Community User Group Côte d'Ivoire
- WikiForHumanRights 2023
- The new Wikimedia working group focused on climate change and environmental topics on Latin America established in 2023[10]
- Wiki Education: Physicists tackle Wikipedia's gaps around climate mitigation, 2023
- Biodiversity Heritage Library (since 2023)[4]. Research proposal in 2025: Lubiana, Tiago (2025-04-17). "Biodiversity Knowledge Gaps on Wikipedia: A Cross-Lingual Analysis of Species Coverage and Contribution Patterns". doi:10.5281/ZENODO.15235976
2022
[edit]- Wiki Education: UMich students represent human side of the climate crisis through Wikipedia (December 2022)
- WikiForHumanRights 2022 including these community events
- Climate workshop: Risk and Resilience (March 2022)
- December WikiDonne -- Women in Climate Change event
- climate denial review
- Climate workshop - action starts with community (February 2022)
2021
[edit]- Wiki Education: Improving Wikipedia's coverage of the climate crisis (November 2021)
- WikiForHumanRights 2021[11]
2020
[edit]- November 2020 - Wikipedia for Peace/Climate Justice 2020
- 24 November - 1 December 2020 Wiki4Climate
- WikiForBlackClimateRights-Ibadan editathon September 2020
- September 2020 SDGs week editathon
- Sustainability/Earth Day 2020
- April 2020 -- Wikipedia for Peace/Online Climate Justice 2020
- April 2020 -- Women in Red -- Women in Climate Change
- February 2020 - Lagos, Ibadan and Oshogbo, Nigeria - WikiForBlackClimateRights
- February 20-21 2020 - Washington DC, National Academy of Sciences contacts: user:Sadads, user:Clayoquot, user:fuzheado or user:phoebe
2019
[edit]- WikiForHumanRights 2019-2020 (November 2019 January 2020)[12]
- ECCC Project, 100 Years of Open Access Meteorological Data (2019-2022). Massive import of weather data from the office Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC - ) of the Canadian government into Commons by Wikimedia Canada (2019-2020)[13][14]
- October-November 2019 id:Wikipedia:EUforia Wiki4Climate
- August 2019 partnership between Wikimedia Foundation and the UN Human Rights to improve coverage of human rights related topics on Wikimedia projects, with Wikimedia Argentina taking the lead[15]
- 30 July - 1 August 2019- African Climate Change edit-a-thon
- Wikimania 2019 in Stockholm dedicated to Sustainable Development Goals with the theme " Stronger Together: Wikimedia, Free Knowledge and the Sustainable Development Goals", 14-19 August 2019
2017
[edit]- UNESCO challenge aimed at helping preserve World Heritage Sites. Event organized by Wikimedia Sweden (Sverige) working with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Swedish National Heritage Board[16].
2010
[edit]- March 11 2010 - New York City, USA - w:Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Climate Justice Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Proposals not implemented
[edit]- Proposed in 2024 to the research grant. Integrating research-based insights into Wikipedia pages for shaping climate action[17].
References
[edit]- ↑ WDU, Brisa Cecconand Scann; Lead, Program; Uruguay, Wikimedistas de (2025-11-09). "Wikimedia Project from South America Selected by the UNESCO Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change Fund". Diff (in en-US). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ Blessing, Linason (2026-04-16). "Advancing Equity and Climate Justice Through Open Knowledge :My Journey as a Fellow under AWA Fellowship 2026". Diff (in en-US). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ WMAT, Peter Zlabinger (2025-09-18). "Bridging Climate Science and the Public: How the Austrian Climate Report Found a Home on Wikipedia". Diff (in en-US). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ a b c Foundation, Wikimedia (2024-06-25). "Another Year in Review: Where is Wikimedia in the Climate Crisis? Seeing the impact of Wikimedia Projects". Diff (in en-US). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ "Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Conference Fund/Tejiendo redes de conocimiento en América Latina:Conferencia sobre Justicia climática, voces indígenas y conocimiento abierto - Perú 2024 - Meta-Wiki". meta.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ WDU, Scann; Lead, Program; Uruguay, Wikimedistas de (2025-02-26). "Perú: a key meeting for the Climate Justice Working Group and Wikimedia projects". Diff (in en-US). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ Ardini, Francisco (2024-04-24). "The first Wikipedia editathon from Antarctica in history". Diff (in en-US). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ "The Wikimedia UK 2024/2025 Strategic Report". 2025strategicreport.wikimedia.org.uk. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ "EPA Wikimedian in Residence". Wikimedia Australia. 2024-07-30. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ WDU, Scann; Lead, Program; Uruguay, Wikimedistas de (2023-12-14). "Meet the new Wikimedia working group focused on climate change and environmental topics on Latin America!". Diff (in en-US). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ Stinson, Alex; Foundation, Wikimedia (2020-12-10). "#WikiForHumanRights 2021: Help share human rights knowledge on Wikipedia and beyond". Diff (in en-US). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ Stinson, Alex; Foundation, Wikimedia (2019-11-04). "#WikiForHumanRights: Help us document Human Rights and Youth standing up for them!". Diff (in en-US). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ ha-loan (2021-05-31). "100 Years of Environment and Climate Change Canada Weather Data in Commons". Wikimedia Canada (in en-CA). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ Report of the ECCC Project https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Final_Report_WMCA-ECCC_2021.pdf
- ↑ "Wikimedia and UN Human Rights partner to expand Wikipedia's knowledge". Wikimedia Foundation (in en-US). 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ Luth, Samir Elsharbatyand Eric (2017-04-16). "Community digest: The UNESCO Challenge aims to help preserve World Heritage Sites; news in brief". Diff (in en-US). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
- ↑ Misra, Debananda; Lindsjö, Karin (2024-01-09). "Integrating research-based insights into Wikipedia pages for shaping climate action".