Inside Climate News (ICN), the oldest and most dedicated climate newsroom in the country, is requesting three years of funding to support one full-time journalist dedicated to local reporting in New York City focused on climate change and environmental issues. While several news media outlets take a national and global approach to climate coverage, ICN’s goal is to instead show the growing day-to-day impact of climate change on New York City. ICN estimates that the new NYC climate journalist will publish 25-40 stories a year. The beat will include topics such as the city’s natural environment; how the impact of climate change on biodiversity can be mitigated; strategies to adapt to climate impacts such as sea level rise, storm surge and heat; mitigation strategies to reduce New York City’s emissions from transport, buildings and other sectors; environmental injustice and marginalized neighborhoods; clean energy job creation; and holding policymakers and power brokers accountable for environmental impacts.