Zero wasteThe UN counts plastic bottles by the minute, not the year
UNEP says an estimated 1 million plastic bottles are bought every minute. It gives no yearly total, no daily total and no tonnage for bottle waste.
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Zero wastePlastics treaty: governments agreed a mandate, not the text
Governments agreed a mandate to negotiate a global plastics treaty in 2022 — but not the treaty text. After two failed rounds, a February 2026 session elected a new chair, with substantive talks set for March 2027.
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Zero wasteTürkiye’s Zero Waste Movement turns nine as Antalya prepares to host COP31
Türkiye's Zero Waste Movement turns nine as Antalya prepares to host COP31, with the recycling rate up from 13% to 37.53% since 2017 and zero waste on the summit's agenda.
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Zero wasteZero Waste Foundation and VakıfBank Open Circular Finance Lane Ahead of COP31 Antalya
The Zero Waste Foundation and VakıfBank signed a strategic protocol on 15 September 2026, launching a 10 billion TL circular finance package ahead of COP31 in Antalya.
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Zero wasteNigeria’s 2026 plastic waste rules put producers on the hook for EPR — not a blanket ban
Nigeria's National Environmental (Plastic Waste Control) Regulations, 2026 put Extended Producer Responsibility at the core — making producers, importers and brand owners account for their plastic.
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Zero wastePlastic chemicals and health: new evidence dashboard sharpens zero-waste stakes ahead of COP31
PlasticHealthAware — an open-access dashboard launched at INC-5.2 by Boston College and funded by Minderoo — systematically tracks the health harms of five plastic chemical classes, from bisphenols to PFAS, with plastic-related health costs put at ~US$1.5 trillion a year.
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Zero wastePacific Pre-COP logistics ramp up ahead of Antalya COP31
Fiji hosts the Pacific Pre-COP31 in Nadi from 5-8 October with a leaders' component in Tuvalu, as the Türkiye-Australia presidency moves toward COP31 in Antalya, 9-20 November 2026.
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Kenya’s Green Challenge: 3.3 Million Trees Planted in One Hour
Kenya planted over 3.3 million trees in one hour under the Green Challenge on Mazingira Day, passing two billion trees on its national dashboard toward the 15-billion goal by 2032.
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ClimateThe Ocean Cleanup Shifts Two-Thirds of Global Effort to Southeast Asia Ahead of COP31
ClimateAfrican Negotiators to COP31: “Antalya Must Be About Delivery, Not Another Cycle of Promises”
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Green JournalismEquality Fund Launches Inaugural Journalism Fellowship for Global South Reporters
CANADA. The Equality Fund has opened applications for its inaugural Journalism Fellowship, a new opportunity designed to support working journalists in Global South countries who report on local solutions to global crises — including the climate crisis — through a gender lens. The fellowship, launched in partnership with Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) and
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Green JournalismSJN/MIT Climate Journalism Fellowship 2027: $7,500 Stipend for 10 Local Climate Reporters
The Solutions Journalism Network and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have opened applications for the SJN/MIT Climate Journalism Fellowship 2027, an eight-month programme that will give ten local and regional U.S. journalists a $7,500 stipend each to report on climate solutions in their own communities. Applications close at midnight on 26 October 2026. What the
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Green JournalismUNESCO: At least 46 Environmental Journalists Killed Since 2010 — Protecting Press Freedom Protects the Planet
Awareness article: Climate reporting is one of the most dangerous beats in modern journalism. UNESCO data shows that environmental journalists are attacked, threatened and in some cases killed for their work — and that protecting the press is a prerequisite for protecting the planet. Journalists who investigate illegal logging, poaching, pollution and the climate crisis
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Green JournalismHow the Washington Post’s ‘Floods Above’ Won the Poynter Climate Journalism Prize
WASHINGTON – The Washington Post’s sweeping investigation into the world’s rising flood danger, Floods Above, has won the inaugural Poynter Journalism Prize for Excellence in Climate Change Reporting, a new award for scientifically grounded climate journalism announced by the Poynter Institute. The prize, sponsored by the Hennecke Family Foundation, recognizes rigorous reporting that enlightens and
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Green JournalismAFP and Sky TG24’s Daniele Moretti Win 2026 Romeo Bassoli Award for Climate Journalism
LECCE: Italy's Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) has named Agence France-Presse's "Future of the Planet" desk and Sky TG24 Deputy Editor-in-Chief Daniele Moretti as the winners of the 2026 Romeo Bassoli Award for scientific journalism on climate and sustainability. The prize will be presented on Thursday, 15 October, in Lecce during the Conversazioni sul
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Green JournalismTen investigations shortlisted for 2026 Daphne Caruana Galizia Journalism Prize
The European Parliament has shortlisted ten investigations — including probes into data centres' environmental toll and green investment funds — for the 2026 Daphne Caruana Galizia Journalism Prize. The winner is announced on 21 October in Strasbourg.
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Green JournalismWUFT’s Rose Schnabel and Miami Herald’s ‘Built on Sand’ Share the 2026 Waldo Proffitt Award
WUFT's Rose Schnabel and the Miami Herald's 'Built on Sand' series share the 2026 Waldo Proffitt Award for outstanding environmental journalism, announced 2 October.
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Green JournalismNew $500 Journalism Prize Honors Reporting Linking Population Change to Planetary Health
A new international planetary health journalism prize is calling on journalists to report one of the least-covered intersections in climate coverage: how demographic change shapes the health of the planet — and vice versa. The Demographics & Planetary Health Story Prize 2026, hosted by Johns Hopkins University institutions, will award $500 in each of two
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