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Will Animal-To-Human Disease Transmission Bring the Next Big Pandemic? [1]

The COVID-19 outbreak has left little unchanged — including how environment reporters do their jobs, given that many experts believe the disruption of the human-wild interface could be the source of the next deadly virus. The new Backgrounder makes the case in this analysis, looking at how societies — and journalists — handled this pandemic and must prepare for possible future outbreaks.

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Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [4]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Forests [7]
Government [8]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
People & Population [11]
Science [12]
Wildlife [13]
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National (U.S.) [14]
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"The Coming Age of Climate Trauma" [18]

"Three years after a devastating wildfire, a California community faces another crisis: PTSD. Is what’s happening there a warning to the rest of us?"

Environmental Health [6]
Public [17]
International [15]
Source: Washington Post Magazine [19], 11/01/2021
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"A Big New Forest Initiative Sparks Concerns of a ‘Carbon Heist’" [20]

"Major funding to finance forest conservation projects is set to be announced at the UN climate summit next week. But some environmentalists contend the LEAF program could exclude the Indigenous people who have long protected the forests that the initiative aims to save."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Forests [7]
Public [17]
International [15]
Source: YaleE360 [23], 11/01/2021
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"The Divestment Movement’s Big Month" [24]

"Investors, foundations, universities and governments pulled their assets from fossil fuel companies in record numbers in October."

Activism [25]
Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [26]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [15]
Source: The Revelator [27], 11/01/2021
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"G20 Nations Agree to New Limits on Coal-Burning Power Plants" [28]

"The world’s largest economies will stop financing coal plants abroad, though that falls far short of what’s needed to fight climate change, raising fears of half-steps at this week’s U.N. summit."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Politics [29]
Public [17]
International [15]
Source: NYTimes [30], 11/01/2021
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"‘Last, Best Hope:’ Leaders Launch Crucial UN Climate Summit" [31]

"GLASGOW, Scotland — A crucial U.N. climate summit opened Sunday amid papal appeals for prayers and activists’ demands for action, kicking off two weeks of intense diplomatic negotiations by almost 200 countries aimed at slowing intensifying global warming and adapting to the climate damage already underway."

Climate Change [21]
Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Natural Resources [34]
Public [17]
International [15]
Source: AP [35], 11/01/2021
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"What Is COP26 and Why Is It Important?" [36]

"Answers to all your questions about COP26 Glasgow, the world's most important and confusing climate conference."

Climate Change [21]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Public [17]
International [15]
Source: Earther [37], 10/29/2021
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"Are We on the Verge of Chatting With Whales?" [38]

"An ambitious project is attempting to interpret sperm whale clicks with artificial intelligence, then talk back to them."

Biodiversity [4]
Technology [39]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [17]
International [15]
Source: Hakai [41], 10/28/2021
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Wildfires, Cutting, Heating Turn 10 Unesco Forests Into Carbon Sources [42]

"Forests in at least 10 Unesco world heritage sites have become net sources of carbon since the turn of the millennium due to wildfires, deforestation and global heating, says a new report."

Climate Change [21]
Forests [7]
Public [17]
International [15]
Source: Guardian [43], 10/28/2021
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Indigenous Leaders Push Land Tenure Rights As Climate Solution At COP26 [44]

"Indigenous leaders from around the world will join government officials, scientists, activists, and NGO representatives at the U.N. climate summit in Scotland to highlight the role of Indigenous peoples in providing climate mitigation and adaptation solutions."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Justice [22]
Natural Resources [34]
Public [17]
International [15]
Source: Mongabay [45], 10/28/2021
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