Have you noticed a certain tendency to homogeneity in the mainstream media when it comes to climate experts? Ayesha Tandon, climate science journalist at Carbon Brief is giving chilling numbers: 📝In the 100 most highly cited climate science papers published over 2016-20. 👨‍🔬 90% of authors were from the global north 🌍 Under 1% of authors were from Africa The Reuters Hot List” ranked the 1,000 “most influential” climate scientists. Scientists from the global south are vastly under-represented in the list, with, for example, only 5 African scientists included. Meanwhile, only 122 of the 1,000 authors are female. (very enlightening article here: https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-the-lack-of-diversity-in-climate-science-research) So, are there no experts from the Global South? Yes, there are. But they are facing more obstacles to getting their voices heard. Carbon Brief and the Oxford Climate Journalism Network have teamed up to create a new database to change that. The “Global South Climate Database” will be a publicly available, searchable database of climate scientists and experts in the fields of climate science, climate policy and energy to help journalists from all over the world contact scientists and experts from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Pacific. It lists each person’s area of expertise, institutional affiliation, contact details and other relevant information. A fantastic tool for media to improve the diversity in their climate reporting. Are you a scientist or expert from the Global South, add yourself to the database ⬇ it should be available to the media in two months. https://www.carbonbrief.org/global-south-climate-database/ https://twitter.com/AyeshaTandon/status/1561753748820660229