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Covering Food Systems — The Next Climate Action Battleground [1]

Freelance food systems reporter Thin Lei Win believes that if the world doesn’t change the way it produces, processes, transports, consumes and discards food, climate change will worsen and hunger levels will spike. But she also worries that powerful interests want to keep the status quo and cites parallels with the tobacco and fossil fuel industries. More in Freelance Files, including places for freelancers to pitch climate-food stories.

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Freelance Files [2]
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Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Food [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
People & Population [10]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
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National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
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Public [15]

Reporting on Environmental Solutions and Equity — at a Watershed Scale [16]

Reporting on interconnected ecosystems lends itself to better environmental stories, and so tracing how water moves across landscapes, communities, industries and regulatory schemes can help the public connect the dots. That’s how Annie Ropeik, who helps run the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, sees the watershed beat. She shares expert views and offers insights for environment journalists to use in their reporting.

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Features [17]
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Activism [18]
Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [4]
Diversity [19]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Environmental Studies [23]
Government [24]
Health [25]
Infrastructure [26]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Planning & Growth [29]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [30]
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National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [31]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [32]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Northwest (OR WA) [34]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
International [14]
Canada [36]
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November 30, 2023

Navigating the Polycrisis: From Understanding to Action [37]

The Post Carbon Institute's two-part online event series aims to create a better understanding and response to the polycrisis. Registrants to this free event can participate in either or both sessions and will receive recordings of both. Nov 16 and 30, at 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET).

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International [14]

"How Microsoft Is Making A Mess Of The News After Replacing Staff With AI" [41]

"False claims that President Joe Biden fell asleep during a moment of silence for victims of the Maui wildfire. A conspiracy theory that the latest surge in Covid-19 cases is being orchestrated by the Democratic Party ahead of the election. An obituary for a late NBA player that described him as “useless.” These false and bizarre stories aren’t showing up on some far-flung corner of the internet — they’re being published by Microsoft."

Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [9]
Public [15]
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
Source: CNN [42], 11/06/2023

"World Bank Poised To Host Climate Loss And Damage Fund, Despite Concerns" [43]

"Countries moved a step closer on Saturday to getting a fund off the ground to help poor states damaged by climate disasters, despite reservations from developing nations and the United States."

Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [22]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [15]
International [14]
Source: Reuters [44], 11/06/2023

Seabed Mining May Dredge Up Real Minerals, Fishy Worries in 2024 [45]

The mining of the ocean floor has stirred up significant debate, much of which clouds the realities of whether and to what degree it would cause ecological harm to one of the world’s greatest resources. This week’s TipSheet looks more closely at the controversy, which may well come to a head in the coming year. The latest entry in SEJournal’s 2024 Journalists’ Guide to Environment and Energy.

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TipSheet [46]
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Activism [18]
Biodiversity [47]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [22]
Fish & Fisheries [48]
Food [8]
Government [24]
Journalism & Media [9]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Natural Resources [28]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [30]
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International [14]
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Public [15]

"How An American Meat Broker Is Fueling Amazon Deforestation" [49]

"China has become the world’s biggest importer of beef, and Brazil is China’s biggest supplier, according to United Nations Comtrade data. More beef moves from Brazil to China than between any other two countries. But the Brazilian cattle industry is a major driver of the destruction of the Amazon rainforest."

Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [6]
Forests [50]
Natural Resources [28]
Public [15]
International [14]
Source: AP [51], 11/03/2023

"Action To Protect Against Climate Crisis ‘Woefully Inadequate’, UN Warns" [52]

"The UN Environment Programme (Unep) report estimated that between $215bn and $387bn a year is needed for climate adaptation in poor and vulnerable countries alone this decade. However, funding fell by 15% – to just $21bn – in 2021, the report said."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [39]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Health [20]
Public [15]
International [14]
Source: Guardian [53], 11/03/2023

"UN Sounds Warning On Climate Change Health Threat" [54]

"Climate change poses a health threat through increasing weather disasters and extreme heat, the UN said Thursday, calling for better warning systems that could be weaved into public health policy."

Climate Change [4]
Disasters [39]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Justice [21]
People & Population [10]
Public [15]
International [14]
Source: AFP [55], 11/03/2023
November 15, 2023

DEADLINE: CNN Academy — Climate Storytelling From the Global South [56]

Early-career journalists and storytellers from and working in the Global South are invited to apply for this Rockefeller Foundation-funded program in Abu Dhabi intended to raise awareness about the impact of climate change in their home countries. All expenses paid. Apply by Nov 15, 2023.

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Climate Change [4]
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Mexico [58]
Africa [59]
Asia [60]
Central America & the Caribbean [61]
Middle East [62]
South America [63]

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