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January 16, 2025

DEADLINE: EJN Virtual Media Workshop on the 30x30 Target and Marine Protected Areas [1]

Earth Journalism Network is hosting a three-day virtual media workshop (in two time zones) during the week of March 3, 2025 for journalists in coastal countries to learn about the 30x30 marine conservation target and initiatives being implemented to reach it. Apply by Jan 16.

Workshops and Fellowships [2]
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Public [3]
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Journalism & Media [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
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International [6]
March 24, 2025

DEADLINE: Greater Good Science Center's "Spreading Love Through the Media" RFP [7]

The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley is offering grants of $5,000 to $50,000 to any journalist or other nonfiction media producer located in North America, to support nonfiction content and reported stories related to love. Apply by March 24. Learn more at a Jan. 28 webinar.

Awards and Grants [8]
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Public [3]
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Journalism & Media [4]
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National (U.S.) [9]
International [6]
Canada [10]
Mexico [11]

Climate-Driven Sea Level Rise Will Overwhelm Major Oil Ports, Study Shows [12]

"Rising sea levels driven by the climate crisis will overwhelm many of the world’s biggest oil ports, analysis indicates."

Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Infrastructure [15]
Transportation [16]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [3]
International [6]
Source: Guardian [17], 01/07/2025

"Jimmy Carter Made Eradicating Guinea Worm Disease A Top Mission" [18]

"Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging war to eliminate an ancient parasite plaguing the world’s poorest people."

Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [6]
Africa [19]
Source: AP [20], 01/06/2025

"Big Oil Backtracks On Renewables Push As Climate Agenda Falters" [21]

"Major European energy companies doubled down on oil and gas in 2024 to focus on near-term profits, slowing down - and at times reversing - climate commitments in a shift that they are likely to stick with in 2025."

Climate Change [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Pollution [22]
Public [3]
International [6]
Europe [23]
Source: Reuters [24], 01/02/2025

"Climate Change Added 41 Days Of Dangerous Heat Around World In 2024" [25]

"People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate change, according to a group of scientists who also said that climate change worsened much of the world’s damaging weather throughout 2024.

The analysis from World Weather Attribution and Climate Central researchers comes at the end of a year that shattered climate record after climate record as heat across the globe made 2024 likely to be its hottest ever measured and a slew of other fatal weather events spared few.

Climate Change [13]
Environmental Health [26]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [9]
International [6]
Source: AP [27], 01/02/2025
January 15, 2025

DEADLINE: ICFJ News Creator Award for Excellence in Independent Video Journalism [28]

This inaugural award, organized by the International Center for Journalists with support from YouTube, will honor independent journalists and news creators from across the world who produce high-quality, reliable news in the public interest. Deadline is Jan 15, 2025.

Awards and Grants [8]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Region: 
International [6]
January 6, 2025

DEADLINE: Extreme Heat Reporting Training in West Africa [29]

Join Climate Resilience for All for a three-day in-person training course in Accra, Ghana on February 10-12, 2025, designed to improve your reporting on the impacts of extreme heat, giving you new sources, story angles and ideas on how to cover the mounting impacts of this climate threat. Apply by Jan 6.

Workshops and Fellowships [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [13]
Disasters [30]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region: 
International [6]
Africa [19]
February 15, 2025

DEADLINE: UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize [31]

Journalists, institutions and others who have made a significant contribution to press freedom anywhere in the world, representing all types of media including digital media, may be nominated (in English or French) for this annual $25,000 prize. Deadline: Feb 15, 2025.

Awards and Grants [8]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Region: 
International [6]

"Who Are Climate Migrants And What Can The World Do For Them?" [32]

"With 2024 set to become the hottest year on record, growing climate extremes mean some places around the world will become uninhabitable and that could lead to mass migration."

Climate Change [13]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Justice [33]
People & Population [34]
Public [3]
International [6]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [35], 12/20/2024

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