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Planet & environment
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Simple, 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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ClimateGreen 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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Green JournalismEJN will send ten journalists to New York to cover the first BBNJ High Seas Treaty COP in January 2027. Applications close 27 October 2026.
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