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July 16, 2025

DEADLINE: EJN's Earth Shorts 2025 — Fellowship for Social Media Creators and Journalists in South and Southeast Asia

Internews' Earth Journalism Network will offer US$2,000 each to 10 social media content creators and 10 journalists across South and Southeast Asia, to boost their skills, participate in peer learning and produce high-quality biodiversity-related video content for their audiences. Apply by Jul 16, 2025.

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August 1, 2025

DEADLINE: EJN Virtual Training for Journalists Reporting on Business and Climate Change

Internews' Earth Journalism Network is hosting a virtual media workshop in late Aug for business and finance journalists in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and Thailand seeking to strengthen their climate-focused reporting on Asia’s business sector. Story grants available. Apply by Aug 1.

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"A Heat Wave Covers Much Of Europe And Higher Temperatures Are On The Way"

"A heat wave covered much of Europe on Monday, with a record-hot first day of play at Wimbledon and high winds fanning forest fires in Turkey. Heat warnings were issued for parts of Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany and the U.K., with new highs expected on Wednesday before rain should bring respite to some areas."

Source: AP, 07/01/2025

1/3 Of Tuvalu Citizens Seek Australian Climate Visas To Escape Rising Seas

"Almost a third of all of Tuvalu’s residents have put in requests for the first batch of climate visas from Australia, as scientists fear the Pacific nation will be uninhabitable within the next 80 years."

Source: France24, 06/27/2025

Photos Of Gaza Youth Surviving As Makeshift Burners Turn Plastic Into Fuel

"South of Gaza City, along the Sea Road that runs beside the Mediterranean, Palestinian youth are producing fuel by melting plastic in makeshift burners. With limited access to commercial fuel, they collect plastic waste, process it in metal drums to extract crude fuel, and then bottle and sell it to passersby."

Source: AP, 06/25/2025

"The Ecofeminist Movement Is Surging. Here’s What Its Advocates Want"

"More women are connecting environmental degradation with attacks on women's rights, seeing both as rooted in similar values. They’re drawing on personal experiences and reams of research to make their case." 

Source: Inside Climate News, 06/25/2025

Rethinking Forest Management in the Pyrocene

Recent urban-interface infernos, fueled by climate change, leave no doubt that we have entered the age of runaway fire. Writer and ecologist Lauren Oakes writes that large-scale combustion is permanently reshaping ecosystems and societies as we learn to live with wildfire, not just fight it. Instead of perpetuating problematic approaches to forest management, experts call for confronting the root causes of this crisis and adopting science-informed responses.

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