Climate Data Journalism Course at IUMPA: 3 to 4 September 2026

What this actually is

Something a bit different for the events calendar this time. A two-day course on data journalism, aimed at climate coverage. It's called Curso sobre periodismo de datos aplicado a la cobertura climática, and it runs Thursday 3 September and Friday 4 September at IUMPA.

The listing describes it as 'El clima en cifras' - the climate in figures. The plan is two practical sessions on using data journalism to push back against environmental misinformation. That's the whole pitch: fewer hot takes, more actual numbers.

Who this is for

Let's be honest, this is a course, not a beach day. You'll get the most out of it if you're one of these people:

• You write or blog about climate, sustainability, or local environmental issues.
• You work with data and want to see how journalists turn it into stories.
• You're a journalist or a student who wants a practical skill, not another theory lecture.
• You're just tired of misinformation and want better tools to push back on it.

One big thing to know before you get excited: the listing is entirely in Spanish, and there's no mention of an English version. So assume the sessions run in Spanish. If your Spanish is still at menu-reading level, this probably isn't your event yet. If you're conversational, a hands-on course like this is honestly one of the best ways to level up fast.

The practical details

• What: a course on data journalism applied to climate coverage.
• When: Thursday 3 September and Friday 4 September.
• Where: IUMPA.
• Format: two practical sessions.
• Sign up: through the Eventbrite page.

The info we have doesn't include start times or a price, so check the Eventbrite page before you build your day around it. That's also where you register, so you'll see anything that changes.

Why we're covering a Spanish-language course

Fair question. Most of our readers are expats, nomads, and people who moved here for the long haul. A lot of you work in content, marketing, research, or tech. Data journalism sits right in that overlap, and it's the kind of skill that travels well between jobs.

There's also this: doing a course in Spanish, alongside local journalists and students, gets you out of the expat bubble in a way that beach bars never will. Two days of struggling through technical Spanish will do more for your integration than a month of intercambios.

And climate misinformation isn't an abstract problem when you live here. The climate is half the reason most of us picked the Costa Blanca. Being able to read the numbers behind the headlines is genuinely useful.

Make September a learning month

If courses and seminars are your thing, we also covered the E-business and E-marketing Seminar. And if you're a remote worker looking for a proper place to work between all this self-improvement, read our honest review of Genion Lab coworking in Petrer.

Two days, two practical sessions, one useful skill. If that sounds like your kind of thing, sign up on Eventbrite and go learn something.