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"Nigeria Floods 80 Times More Likely With Climate Change" [1]

"Heavy rains and flooding that swamped Nigeria, Niger, Chad and the surrounding region between June and October this year was made 80 times more likely because of climate change, a rapid analysis by international climate attribution experts found."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Africa [6]
Source: AP [7], 11/17/2022
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Journalism Industry Program Supports Reporting on Workers — and Work — in a Warming World [8]

As the economic impacts of climate change intensify, reporting on how individuals are affected, particularly in the Global South, is lagging. Veteran journalist Christine Spolar at The Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting details a new initiative to encourage journalists to fill this gap. The story of recent grantees Bhasker Tripathi and Susan Schulman, who have tracked job losses and migrations tied to climate change in India and Iraq.

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Activism [10]
Agriculture [11]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Food [15]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
People & Population [19]
Policy [20]
Technology [21]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [22]
International [23]
Africa [6]
Asia [24]
Middle East [25]
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Public [5]
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Egyptian Regime Criticized As Climate Activist Arrested Before Cop27 [26]

"Concern over country’s human rights record after Indian Ajit Rajagopal arrested on walk to raise awareness about climate crisis"

Activism [10]
Climate Change [2]
Pollution [27]
Public [5]
Africa [6]
Source: Guardian [28], 11/03/2022
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"The Nigerian Woman Cleaning Up A Land Soaked In Oil" [29]

"It is the rarest of stories. A fix for an environmental disaster that is actually working."

Diversity [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [32]
Pollution [27]
Public [5]
Africa [6]
Source: BBC News [33], 10/31/2022
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"Analysis: Africa’s Unreported Extreme Weather In 2022 And Climate Change" [34]

"From deadly floods in Nigeria to devastating drought in Somalia, Africa has faced a run of severe – and sometimes unprecedented – extreme weather events since the start of 2022."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Public [5]
Africa [6]
Source: CarbonBrief [35], 10/27/2022
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"Ethiopia’s Honey Forest: People And Wildlife Living In Sweet Harmony" [36]

"The Gura Ferda forest in southwest Ethiopia is a beautiful example of a forest and local people living in harmony, says biodiversity and protected area specialist Julian Bayliss."

Natural Resources [37]
People & Population [19]
Wildlife [38]
Public [5]
Africa [6]
Source: Mongabay [39], 10/21/2022
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"Flooding in Nigeria Has Killed More Than 600 People, The Government Says" [40]

"More than 600 people have died in the worst floods Nigeria has seen in more than a decade, according to the nation's humanitarian affairs department."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Africa [6]
Source: NPR [41], 10/20/2022
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November 11, 2022 to November 12, 2022

GLF Climate: Frontiers of Change [42]

Hosted online and in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt alongside COP27, this hybrid Global Landscapes Forum event will seek answers on how to build a low-carbon economy that puts people and nature first. Simultaneous interpretation available  (EN|FR|ES).

Other Events [43]
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Activism [10]
Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Planning & Growth [44]
Region: 
Africa [6]

"Why Chimps and Gorillas Form Rainforest Friendships" [45]

"In the misty forests of the Congolese rainforest, a small band of apes fed in a tree. Adult chimpanzees dined on fruit in the canopy, while a pair of young apes played nearby. But one of the playing apes was not a chimpanzee: It was a gorilla."

Biodiversity [46]
Natural Resources [37]
Science [47]
Wildlife [38]
Public [5]
Africa [6]
Source: NYTimes [48], 10/14/2022
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COP 27 Egypt — From Afar, How UN Meeting Will Affect Climate Change Reporting [49]

How will the UN’s yearly climate treaty talks in Egypt next month touch domestic U.S. reporting? The latest Backgrounder has an outlook, with close attention to the question of compensation for nations suffering the worst impacts of global warming, plus the politics of war and energy, methane and HFCs. The prospects for action in and after Egypt.

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Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [32]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [16]
Journalism & Media [18]
Policy [20]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [22]
International [23]
Mexico [51]
Africa [6]
Asia [24]
Australia & Oceania [52]
Central America & the Caribbean [53]
Europe [54]
Middle East [25]
South America [55]
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