Stories and campaigns.
Community campaigns such as One River, One Tree and Waste to Life, and creative pieces that bring distant climate questions closer to home.
Our purpose
The climate story belongs
to all of us.
The Climate Truth is a digital-first climate advocacy platform built around a simple idea: the people living a changing climate should help shape how we understand and respond to it.
From awareness to action
A platform for perspectives,
not a single voice.
Climate change reaches into homes, livelihoods and public spaces. Yet the conversation can feel remote from the people making everyday decisions about water, heat, food and their future.
The Climate Truth brings together storytelling, accessible learning and practical ideas for action. The focus is on Global South perspectives, while keeping the conversation open across regions and disciplines.
We also publish a Research library: plain-language summaries of major climate reports, a page of key facts, a directory of original sources, and a clear account of how we check our work.
Our approach is collaborative: contributors bring local knowledge and ideas; the platform provides a shared editorial structure and a place to connect. Expertise matters. So does listening.
How that becomes useful work
One landscape. Countless connections.Sundarbans · Sentinel-2 imagery · Sentinel Hub · CC BY 2.0
Image source & context Our guiding idea
Make the climate conversation
more human. Make participation
more possible.
Not by replacing science with stories, but by bringing evidence and lived experience into the same conversation.
What we do
Three ways in.
One purpose.
Research library.
Plain-language summaries of major climate reports from the IPCC, WMO, UNEP, the World Bank and the Government of Pakistan, with key facts, page references and links to the originals.
Practical guides.
Journal articles and field guides that answer everyday questions about heat, waste and climate information, with sources you can follow.
What guides the work
Principles before promises.
People retain their voice.
Stories should be shared with informed consent, meaningful attribution and attention to safety. Participation must never be the price of receiving support.
Evidence stays visible.
Separate personal experience from scientific claims. Link reliable sources, explain uncertainty and label creative work where readers encounter it.
Access shapes the design.
Start with materials, time and resources people can realistically use. Avoid assuming everyone has reliable data, spare money or specialist equipment.
Local context matters.
What works in one neighbourhood may not work in another. Invite adaptation and criticism rather than presenting a universal solution.
Geographic perspective
Rooted locally.
Looking across borders.
Our current presence spans six countries, connecting communities across Africa and Asia.
NigeriaWest Africa
KenyaEast Africa
EthiopiaEast Africa
PakistanSouth Asia
Saudi ArabiaWest Asia
TaiwanEast Asia
Our community continues to grow. Participation is not limited to these countries, and we welcome perspectives and collaboration from around the world.
About the platform
Stories, learning
and practical action.
Founded by Saira Zafar.
Contact us at hello@theclimatetruthproject.org.
Read the Journal for articles, field guides and creative stories. Use the Research library for report summaries, key facts and original sources. Explore our campaigns, including the One River series; project pages link to the original episodes.
Our events page brings together past webinars and ideas for future conversations. Share a contribution or collaboration idea through our Get involved form.
This is The Climate Truth
Not another distant issue.
Our everyday reality.
Climate change is about more than a changing temperature. It is about how we live, work, grow food and look after one another. Our purpose is to connect those local realities with a wider conversation, and a practical next step.
Why we exist01
Listen closely.
Make space for lived experience, without speaking for the people who hold it.
Our editorial principles02
Understand together.
Connect relatable stories with reliable evidence and clearly labelled imagination.
Explore perspectives03
Start where you are.
Find a manageable action, ask a better question, or bring people into the conversation.
Read the Journal