Senior PTI journalist Trideep Lahkar is among 25 global fellows for a Denmark-funded programme on climate reporting, fake news and COP30 coverage, featuring intensive international training in Copenhagen and Brazil.
Guwahati-based senior journalist Trideep Lahkar of the Press Trust of India has been selected for a prestigious international fellowship on climate reporting, organised by the Danida Fellowship Centre under Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Lahkar has been shortlisted for the 2025 programme titled “Reporting From The Frontline Of The Global Climate Crisis In An Era Of Fake News,” a six-month course fully funded by the centre’s Central Scholarship Fund.
Only 25 journalists worldwide have been chosen for the fellowship, including nine from India. The programme aims to provide intensive training on climate reporting while addressing the growing challenge of misinformation. Fake news in recent years has drawn global concern due to its strong influence on public opinion, politics and society.
“I am eager to participate in this course on climate reporting, as it aligns with both my professional goals and personal commitment to raising awareness about climate issues,” Lahkar said. He added that he looks forward to learning from experts, exchanging ideas with fellow journalists and strengthening his reporting in this critical field.
The Danida Fellowship Programme is designed to promote evidence-based climate journalism and equip reporters with tools to counter misleading narratives on climate change.
The course will be conducted in a hybrid format combining online sessions with in-person training. It will begin on August 13 and conclude in January 2026. Participants, including Lahkar, will attend a physical training session in Copenhagen in September.
As part of the programme, Lahkar will also travel to Belem in Brazil to cover the 30th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties, COP30, scheduled for November.
Currently the senior chief correspondent of PTI’s Assam unit, Lahkar has reported extensively on climate-related issues. His work includes coverage of several studies and surveys highlighting the severity of environmental challenges.
He began his journalism career in 2007 with PTI’s Economic Bureau in New Delhi. After years of reporting across India and abroad, he moved to the Assam unit in 2013. Since then, he has covered a wide range of topics including art and culture, crime and politics in Assam and the wider Northeast region.
