Planning & Growth

Environmental Politics [8]

Fish & Fisheries [9]

Forests [10]

Journalism & Media [11]

Natural Resources [12]

People & Population [13]

Pollution [15]

Wildlife [17]

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SEJ Annual Conferences [18]

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Public [19]

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California [20]

Read more about SEJ's 26th Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA, Sept. 21-25, 2016 [1]

"San Diego Vows to Move Entirely to Renewable Energy in 20 Years" [21]

"Last weekend, representatives of 195 countries reached a landmark accord in Paris to lower planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. On Tuesday, local leaders in San Diego committed to making a city-size dent in the problem."

Public [19]

California [20]

Source: NY Times [22], 12/17/2015

Read more about "San Diego Vows to Move Entirely to Renewable Energy in 20 Years" [21]

"The Siege of Miami" [23]

"As temperatures climb, so, too, will sea levels."

Public [19]

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]

Source: New Yorker [25], 12/15/2015

Read more about "The Siege of Miami" [23]

Reporter’s Guide to Climate Adaptation [26]

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This new, mobile-friendly, digital guide from the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, produced by longtime SEJ member Adam Glenn, features an extensive resource database and a series of backgrounders to help improve coverage of society’s preparation for the impacts of climate change.

Useful Links [27]

Visibility:

Public [19]

Journalism & Media [11]

Read more about Reporter’s Guide to Climate Adaptation [26]

"Minigrids Seen as Fix for 620 Million Africans Without Power" [28]

"Power grids that work at a fraction of the scale of a traditional utility have gained support from banks and developers as a way to bring power to the 620 million people across Africa that lack access to electricity."

Public [19]

Africa [29]

Source: Bloomberg [30], 11/17/2015

Read more about "Minigrids Seen as Fix for 620 Million Africans Without Power" [28]

November 18, 2015 to November 20, 2015

Greenbuild International Summit [31]

At the 2015 International Summit, representatives from over 80 nations will come together to discuss common challenges. We see our ideas as valuable, applicable, replicable and worth sharing. This year, the Summit is the place where we connect the dots between climate change, finance, policy, industry, resource security, practice and innovation.

Other Events [32]

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Public [19]

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Economy & Business [33]

Policy [34]

Transportation [35]

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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [36]

"Children Suffer as World Bank’s Borrowers Upend Their Lives" [37]

"In the disappearing rainforests of Indonesia, a 9-year-old boy copes with the trauma of eviction"

Economy & Business [33]

People & Population [13]

Public [19]

International [38]

Source: ICIJ [39], 10/12/2015

Read more about "Children Suffer as World Bank’s Borrowers Upend Their Lives" [37]

"No Poverty, Hunger in 15 Years? UN Sets Sweeping New Goals" [40]

"A season of goal-setting begins this month as the United Nations launches a new 15-year plan to fight grinding world poverty, improve health and education and quell climate change."

Policy [34]

Public [19]

International [38]

Source: AP [41], 09/22/2015

Read more about "No Poverty, Hunger in 15 Years? UN Sets Sweeping New Goals" [40]

September 17, 2015

DEADLINE: Metcalf Seminar "Climate Change and the News: Planning for Sea Level Rise & Extreme Weather" [42]

As policy discussions heat up in advance of the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference in December, journalists are invited to apply for a free seminar exploring U.S. responses to coastal climate change impacts. This Metcalf Institute seminar will be held in Cambridge, MA on Nov 4, at the 2015 Rising Seas Summit.

Workshops and Fellowships [43]

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Public [19]

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People & Population [13]

Region:

Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]

Ten Years After Katrina: Lessons, Warnings, Rebuilding [45]

As the 10th anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe approaches, many news media are doing stories that try to make sense of it. For journalists, it's an inexhaustible subject because it's about people's lives and the moral perils of the governments we choose. It's about the looming catastrophes we deny.

Topics on the Beat:

Disasters [46]

Environmental Health [47]

Health [48]