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ClimateChina urges COP31 in Antalya to focus on implementation, a finance roadmap for the $300 billion goal by 2035, tripled adaptation finance and freer green technology trade.
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ClimateSimple, practical changes at home cut household food waste by an average of 28% among participating households in a European study, according to the EU-funded COMBINE project. The finding, published in a new European toolkit on 19 October 2026, suggests that awareness alone is not enough: what works is making the right choice the easy
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ClimateIndonesian journalists want to report more deeply on climate change and the energy transition, but limited scientific knowledge, restricted access to experts and tight newsroom resources are holding them back. That is the central finding of a new report on Indonesia climate reporting, released on 21 October 2026 by the Monash Climate Communication Hub and
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ClimateThe NextEra renewables backlog reached approximately 36.7 gigawatts (GW) after NextEra Energy Resources added about 3.7 GW of new renewables and storage projects in the third quarter of 2026, the company reported on 21 October. Battery storage made up most of the new additions, at 2.4 GW, alongside 0.6 GW of solar and 0.7 GW
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ClimateThe European Parliament COP31 mandate was adopted on Thursday, 22 October, setting out what the Parliament wants the European Union to push for at the COP31 climate talks in Antalya, Türkiye, from 9 to 20 November. The mandate demands faster climate action on fossil fuels, finance and vulnerable countries, and it was adopted by a
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ClimateThrough DesirMED, the European Union initiative helping Mediterranean regions adapt to climate change, Climate KIC is seeking 100 climate ambassadors whose own local stories can show neighbours how adaptation works in practice. The DesirMED Climate Ambassadors call is open to people from Mediterranean communities, and selected ambassadors will join a community of 100 changemakers, with
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ClimateA laboratory at the University of Oxford has won the top prize at the city's 2026 climate awards, after transforming the way it uses plastic, energy and transport. Raff Lab, based at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, was named overall winner at the third annual Oxford Climate Awards, held at Oxford Town Hall
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ClimateGlobal leaders, Nobel laureates and senior business executives have gathered in Shanghai for the Sustainability Global Leaders Conference, a three-day meeting that concludes today, 22 October 2026, under the theme of forging a more resilient future. The Sustainability Global Leaders Conference runs from 20 to 22 October in Shanghai’s Huangpu district, bringing together more than
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ClimateTaiwan land warning Typhoon Champi is now in force, with the island cancelling 125 flights on Thursday as the powerful storm approaches its northeastern coast. Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration issued the land warning as Champi, which at one point reached super-typhoon strength, continued to weaken slightly while still packing gusts of more than 227 kilometres
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ClimateLibraries across the United Kingdom are turning into climate classrooms this week. Green Libraries Week 2026 runs from Wednesday 21 October to Wednesday 28 October 2026, with hundreds of libraries hosting events that help people find reliable climate facts and spot misinformation. The national week is led by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information
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Climate25 youth-led groups share $25 million for local climate solutions Twenty-five youth-led organisations working in 33 countries have each won a flexible, multi-year gift of $1 million under the Youth Climate Champions Award, the organisers announced on 21 October 2026 in Chicago. The Youth Climate Champions Award is a $25 million global open call funded
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ClimateEast African tourism ministers have adopted a ten-year strategy to market East Africa as a single, competitive destination, putting shared conservation, a future Single Tourist Visa and the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2027 at the centre of the region's green travel plans. The East Africa tourism strategy, covering 2027 to 2036, was adopted on
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EARTHDAY.ORG has launched Food for Our Planet, a multiyear global campaign to transform how food is produced, consumed and valued, with the aim of building a healthier, more sustainable and fairer global food system. The campaign was launched in Rome on 14 October 2026, as the World Food Forum met ahead of World Food Day,
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Green JournalismThe EJN COP17 journalism fellowship has brought 16 journalists from low- and middle-income countries to Yerevan to report on the first global review of the Kunming-Montreal nature targets.
Read full storyGreen JournalismIndonesian journalists want to report more deeply on climate change and the energy transition, but limited scientific knowledge, restricted access to experts and tight newsroom resources are holding them back. That is the central finding of a new report on Indonesia climate reporting, released on 21 October 2026 by the Monash Climate Communication Hub and
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Green JournalismThree young journalists honoured in Brussels, including Marie Hartmann of Germany for a video report on climate change adaptation, plus a new 3.5 million euro EU media funding call.
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Green JournalismJournalists and editors around the world can now apply for the Informed Climate Journalism Network (ICJN), a free six-month online training programme dedicated to stronger, more effective climate reporting. The first cohort of 100 members begins in January 2027, and applications close on 1 November 2026. The programme is the flagship climate journalism training initiative
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Green JournalismThe Solutions Journalism Network and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have opened applications for a new eight-month climate journalism fellowship that will give ten U.S.-based journalists a $7,500 stipend each to produce ambitious, well-researched local reporting on climate solutions. Applications close on October 26, 2026.
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Green JournalismThe Basque Association of Journalists and the Basque College of Journalists have announced that EITB’s wildlife programme “Bizi Natura” is the winner of the Basque environmental communication award 2026, the environmental section of the 15th Basque Journalism Awards. The announcement was made on 16 October 2026, honouring a programme that brought the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve
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Green JournalismScience and climate journalists who could not otherwise afford an international conference have six days left to apply for the WCSJ2027 Travel Fellowship, a funded programme that pays the travel, accommodation and registration costs of selected reporters to attend the World Conference of Science Journalists 2027 in London. Applications close on 23 October 2026 at
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Green JournalismThe Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is bringing around 30 journalists together for a two-day forest governance media workshop on 21–22 October 2026, held virtually under its Forest Governance Media Initiative (FGMI) and with funding from UK International Development. The training aims to strengthen reporting on deforestation, community rights and sustainable forest management across Africa and
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