Climate Journalism in Türkiye and Beyond: A Literature Review

This study examines the transformation from environmental journalism to climate journalism within a historical and conceptual framework and evaluates the main orientations of both the international literature and studies conducted in Türkiye. Research in the field demonstrates that climate journalism has moved beyond a journalistic practice that merely renders environmental destruction visible. It is evolving into a distinct area of expertise that translates scientific knowledge into public discourse, monitors official climate policies, scrutinizes political and economic responsibilities, and brings solutions and climate justice to the fore. The climate journalism literature in Türkiye relies predominantly on discourse and framing analyses of media content. In mainstream media, key problems include lack of contextualization regarding anthropogenic climate change, limited specialization, and superficial disaster-driven reporting. Independent and niche climate media outlets, despite financial difficulties, occupy a more promising position in terms of science communication and solutions-oriented journalism. The literature points to a need for field research with news producers, studies on visual and written news production practices on digital platforms, and comparative cross-country case analyses.