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To Cover Climate Equity Well, Journalists Must Maintain Mental Health [1]

When climate journalists — especially those confronting various forms of oppression in their own communities — witness environmental destruction and human suffering, the trauma can creep into our psyches. But sometimes our professional stance keeps us from seeing the harm to our mental health. In her new Voices of Environmental Justice column, Yessenia Funes looks at the question head-on, exploring resources and paths to better self-care.

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Voices of Environmental Justice [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Diversity [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [10]
International [11]
Asia [12]
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Public [13]
November 30, 2023 to December 12, 2023

COP28 (United Nations 28th Conference of Parties) [14]

COP28 will take place from November 30 until December 12, 2023 in Expo City Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Find out how you can cover it in person or from wherever you are.

Professional Meetings [15]
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Public [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Environmental Studies [19]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Policy [22]
Science [23]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
International [11]
Canada [24]
Africa [25]
Asia [12]
Europe [26]
Middle East [27]

COP28 Will Be Earth-Shaping News in 2024 and Beyond [28]

When nations converge this fall for the latest round of annual talks on harnessing climate change, they meet at a crucial juncture. Will the increasingly dramatic impacts of global warming, and the prospects of worse, focus their attention enough to bring about progress? In this sweeping analysis, Backgrounder assesses the varied pressures at play at the coming COP28, along with tips for covering it, from up close or afar.

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Backgrounders [29]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Environmental Studies [19]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Policy [22]
Science [23]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
International [11]
Canada [24]
Africa [25]
Asia [12]
Europe [26]
Middle East [27]
Visibility: 
Public [13]
November 1, 2024

DEADLINE: East-West Center's Melvin M.S. Goo Writing Fellowship [30]

The East-West Center will award up to three US$10,000 grants to individual journalists, authors or writers from the United States or China for a project that will promote better understanding between the people of the two countries; focus on underreported feature topics; and reach a broad audience. Deadline: Nov 1, 2024.

Workshops and Fellowships [31]
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Public [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Diversity [5]
Journalism & Media [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
Asia [12]
October 9, 2023

DEADLINE: Cross-Border Reporting on Climate Change Workshop [32]

The East-West Center's second cross-border journalism workshop and collaborative reporting series takes place Jan 7-13, 2024, in Kathmandu, Nepal for 10 Pakistani and 10 Indian journalists experienced in reporting on climate issues. Apply by Oct 9.

Workshops and Fellowships [31]
Visibility: 
Public [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Journalism & Media [8]
Region: 
Asia [12]

"Mosquito-Borne Dengue Grows Deadlier In South Asia As Planet Warms" [33]

"Mosquito-borne dengue fever is taking a heavy toll on South Asian nations this year as Bangladesh grapples with record deaths and Nepal faces cases in new areas, with disease experts linking worsening outbreaks to the impacts of climate change."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [17]
Public [13]
International [11]
Asia [12]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [34], 09/13/2023

"Hong Kong, Shenzhen Deluged By Heaviest Rain On Record" [35]

"The Asian financial hub of Hong Kong was drenched on Friday by the heaviest rain since records began 140 years ago, killing one person and injuring 83, media reported, as unusually wet weather caused by typhoons brought more disruption to southern China."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [13]
Asia [12]
Source: Reuters [37], 09/08/2023

Indian Trans Woman No Longer Begging After Donated Electric Rickshaw [38]

"When Preethi moved to Bengaluru in southern India 10 years ago after being kicked out of her family home for being transgender, she hoped for a better future."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Justice [6]
People & Population [39]
Transportation [40]
Public [13]
Asia [12]
Source: AP [41], 09/06/2023

"First Crops, Now Animals: Climate Change Hurts Bangladesh Farmers" [42]

"Along Bangladesh's southern coast, farmers threatened by the impacts of climate change are striving to boost their resilience to rising salinity in the soil and water by growing salt-tolerant crops and turning to innovative agriculture techniques."

Agriculture [43]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Public [13]
Asia [12]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [44], 08/28/2023

Worries Over Seafood Safety Mount As Japan Releases Fukushima Water Into Sea [45]

"Japan began releasing water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean Thursday over the objections of local fishermen and the government of neighboring China."

Environmental Health [17]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [47]
Water & Oceans [36]
Public [13]
Asia [12]
Source: NPR [48], 08/25/2023

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