Coverage Will Expand CBS News’ “Eye on Earth” Series with Stories of Innovation in Sustainability, Wildlife Preservation and Environmental Justice

CBS News will offer new reporting and unmatched storytelling focused on climate change, leading up to and during the 2021 United Nations Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. CBS News will cover the conference, which runs from Oct. 31-Nov. 12, as an expansion of its ongoing “Eye on Earth” series. The Network’s cross-platform coverage will include the latest headlines from Glasgow and original reporting on climate change to highlight the most pressing issues facing the planet today and in years to come.

CBS News’ coverage around the global climate conference, also known as COP26, will feature senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy delivering a series of reports from across the United States. Stories range from the world’s most climate-friendly and sustainable sports arena to protecting vulnerable communities such as the Quileute Tribe in Washington state, which is being forced to move inland due to rising sea levels. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Mark Phillips, correspondent Roxana Saberi, chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes and senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang will provide on-the-ground reporting from Glasgow.

CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli will also contribute to the coverage, including for CBSN and CBS News Radio. Berardelli recently collaborated with meteorologists from CBS Stations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento and Denver to produce a special livestream discussion on the impact of climate change in the western part of the United States.

CBS News, along with more than 460 other news outlets around the world, continues to participate in the Covering Climate Now (CCN) consortium with division-wide dedicated coverage focused on climate change. CBS News was the first broadcast network to participate in CCN, a joint venture spearheaded by the Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation, in association with The Guardian, to elevate coverage of the climate story environmental issues.

Building on the strength of its in-depth reporting on extreme weather and climate change, CBSN, CBS News’ 24/7 digital streaming news service, will deliver extensive, daily coverage of COP26. CBSNews.com and CBS News social channels will also deliver the latest headlines from the global summit. Leading up to the summit, CBS News climate and energy reporter Cara Korte will join CBSN for segments to preview the global meeting; click here for Korte’s reporting on what to expect at the summit. Additionally, Ben Tracy will report for CBSN throughout the summit, and the CBS News correspondents in Glasgow will report on the latest developments.

In addition to COP26 coverage, CBS News’ “Eye on Earth” stories will include:

• On CBS MORNINGS (7:00-9:00 AM, ET), Ben Tracy will show how climate change can have a devastating impact on communities like the Quileute Tribe in Washington state. Tribal leaders are being forced to move their village inland because much of their beachside locations are constantly flooded by rising sea levels. Tracy will also take viewers on a journey to Iceland to explore the notion of “last chance tourism,” an opportunity for travelers to visit natural wonders before they’re forever impacted by climate change. Mark Phillips will report on the Scottish government spending millions of dollars to incentivize land owners to essentially flood their land to bring back peat bogs, which are vital carbon sinks submerged in waterlogged land.

• On CBS SATURDAY MORNING, Roxana Saberi will report from Northern England, where coal was once king, to see how the United Kingdom is rapidly shifting away from the energy source that helped build the British Empire.

• The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O’DONNELL (6:30-7:00 PM, ET) will provide the latest news from the conference in Glasgow and offer compelling reports on the global impacts of climate change. Mark Phillips will report on the summit objectives and how they can meet their goals when three of the top carbon emitters will not be in attendance. Phillips will also look at the Scottish government’s multi-million-dollar effort to restore the country’s peat bogs, which would help absorb carbon admissions naturally. Ben Tracy will also offer a report on the Quileute Tribe for the CBS EVENING NEWS. Tracy also looks at the pollution that the marine industry contributes and how a new, innovative passenger ferry is working to change that.

• On Sunday, Oct. 31, FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN (10:30 AM, ET / check local listings) moderator Margaret Brennan will interview Secretary of State Antony Blinken ahead of COP26 and also speak with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), the chairman of the Oversight Reform Committee’s Environment Subcommittee. The broadcast will also feature a look at the challenges facing world leaders ahead of COP26 from CBS News’ Mark Phillips.

• CBS SUNDAY MORNING on Sunday, Nov. 7 will feature Ben Tracy's report on the desperate search for lithium in the United States. It is the key component in lithium-ion batteries that will fuel all those electric cars rolling off the lots.

• CBS NEWS RADIO White House correspondent Steven Portnoy will be in Glasgow covering the summit, with coverage from correspondent Vicki Barker in London.

• CBS Stations will feature CBS News’ reporting from Glasgow on local newscasts as an enhancement to the stations’ ongoing commitment to original reporting on climate change and how it impacts local communities across the country.

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Press Contacts:

Lance Frank, CBS News Communications

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Hugo Rojo, CBS News Communications

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