Ivan Couronne
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AFP, Future of the planet, global editor
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You may have heard of
@coveringclimatenow.org
89 Percent Project
89percent.org
. Between 80 and 89% of the worldâs people want their governments to be doing more to address climate change.
@afpnews.bsky.social
decided to show what we mean by climate action in 4 different locations, on 3 continents
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The 89 Percent Project
Between 80 and 89% of the worldâs people want their governments to be doing more to address climate change. Letâs tell their stories.
https://89percent.org/
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This is a great story from my
@afp.com
colleague
@issamahmed.bsky.social
in Georgia, near the "Carpet Capital of the World" where water is full of PFAS
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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Toxic threat from 'forever chemicals' sparks resistance in Georgia towns
Sasha and Jamie Cordle thought their small farm in rural Georgia would be a ladder out of working-class struggle, and a gift for their children and grandchildren.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250623-toxic-threat-from-forever-chemicals-sparks-resistance-in-georgia-towns
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Salle comble au tribunal de Paris pour le procĂšs de TotalEnergies pour greenwashing, pour des pubs et messages qui mentionnaient notamment la neutralitĂ© carbone. Exciting pour la jurisprudence sur le greenwashing đż
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Ce peuple civilisĂ© est trĂšs touchant â€ïž "Ca nous a montrĂ© Ă quel point nous sommes vulnĂ©rables, ça nous a fait du bien quelque part", dit MarĂa JesĂșs Cobos, une avocate de 50 ans rencontrĂ©e mardi matin Ă bord d'un bus. Beau reportage AFP par Marie Giffard
www.france24.com/fr/info-en-c...
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Transistor, bougies, réchaud...: en reprenant une vie normale, les MadrilÚnes tirent les leçons de la coupure géante
Les MadrilÚnes ont repris le chemin du travail mardi en tirant des leçons de la coupure d'électricité qui a frappé la péninsule ibérique et en dressant la liste des fournitures nécessaires pour l'affr...
https://www.france24.com/fr/info-en-continu/20250429-transistor-bougies-r%C3%A9chaud-en-reprenant-une-vie-normale-les-madril%C3%A8nes-tirent-les-le%C3%A7ons-de-la-coupure-g%C3%A9ante
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Well, Ana Toni told us, about the Americans: âThey haven't come to the meetingsâ, in particular to COP meetings of heads of delegations in Japan and in Germany (Petersberg dialogue).
www.barrons.com/news/trump-s...
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Trump Scraps US Office On Climate Diplomacy
President Donald Trump's administration has abolished the office that runs US climate diplomacy, potentially meaning the world's largest economy will be a no-show at November's COP30 summit in Brazil.
https://www.barrons.com/news/trump-scraps-us-office-on-climate-diplomacy-8454065e
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The CEO of
#COP30
, Ana Toni, is in Paris. She invited AFP to the Brazilian embassy. The European Union was on her mind! "It would be extremely disappointing" if the EU retreated on its climate goals, she told
@legendreafp.bsky.social
and me...
www.barrons.com/news/don-t-m...
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Major economies are overstating how much carbon their forests can absorb in a climate accounting fudge that could allow them to use even more fossil fuels. The assessment singled out Brazil and Australia, Story by
@kellymacnamara.bsky.social
@afpnews.bsky.social
phys.org/news/2025-04...
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Countries could use forests to 'mask' needed emission cuts: Report
Major economies are overstating how much carbon their forests can absorb in a climate accounting fudge that could allow them to use even more fossil fuels, new research said Thursday.
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-countries-forests-mask-emission.html
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Damian Carrington
5 months ago
The âspiral of silenceâ blocking climate action and how to end it - Globally, people are hugely supportive of climate action but wrongly believe their fellow citizens are not - revealing the truth could spark a social tipping point
#The89Percent
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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âSpiral of silenceâ: climate action is very popular, so why donât people realise it?
Researchers find 89% of people around the world want more to be done, but mistakenly assume their peers do not
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/22/spiral-of-silence-climate-action-very-popular-why-dont-people-realise
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The Trump administration ordered the closure of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a US agency that invested billions in African infrastructure in return for good governance, effectively ceding ground to China. It will immediately exit projects (AFP)
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-k...
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Trump kills US agency funding Africa infrastructure
President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday ordered the closure of a US agency that invested billions in African and other developing countries' infrastructure in return for good governance, ...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-kills-us-agency-funding-000445572.html
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You may have heard of
@coveringclimatenow.org
89 Percent Project
89percent.org
. Between 80 and 89% of the worldâs people want their governments to be doing more to address climate change.
@afpnews.bsky.social
decided to show what we mean by climate action in 4 different locations, on 3 continents
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The 89 Percent Project
Between 80 and 89% of the worldâs people want their governments to be doing more to address climate change. Letâs tell their stories.
https://89percent.org/
5 months ago
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The news is too hard to understand! The data from
@reutersinstitute.bsky.social
at
#IJF25
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This is the recording of our panel on *climate training* at the Perugia Journalism Festival
#IJF25
with
@hannahhoag.bsky.social
@audreycerdan.bsky.social
and
@coveringclimatenow.org
www.youtube.com/live/P6os9zG...
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How can we make climate training effective and engaging for a sceptical newsroom?
YouTube video by International Journalism Festival
https://www.youtube.com/live/P6os9zG0H-E?feature=shared
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In Perugia,
@mariaressa.bsky.social
says she won 8 of her 10 court cases in the Philippines. âMany Filippinos today believe I am a criminal - and I am, since I was convicted. This is how the law is weaponizedâ
#IJF25
(btw Maria Ressa says she has to request permission to travel to the Supreme Court)
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At a panel on investigating âcorporate killersâ (big food, tobacco, fossil fuels, alcohol) at
#IJF25
: âThereâs not enough health journalists in the world⊠Business reporters too often donât report on healthâ -
@bhallman.bsky.social
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One of my favorite quotes by
@leakorsgaard.bsky.social
at
#IJF25
: Climate change stories âshouldnât feel like homeworkâ for readers/listeners
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For climate training nerds, watch our panel at
#IJF25
in Perugia today at 16:00 CET, with
@audreycerdan.bsky.social
Mark Hertsgaard of
@coveringclimatenow.org
and
@hannahhoag.bsky.social
www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...
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How can we make climate training effective and engaging for a sceptical newsroom?
As AI-fueled disinformation and news avoidance rises in Europe and elsewhere, newsrooms need to stand strong against climate and science deniers populating top levels of government, as well as learn h...
https://www.journalismfestival.com/programme/2025/how-can-we-make-climate-training-effective-and-engaging-for-a-sceptical-newsroom
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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist
6 months ago
Climate-change deniers use Grok AI to write a climate-change denier article, and published that in a climate-change denial journal. They even had to 'steer' Grok a couple of times, because its text was not climate-change denier enough.
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"Ice cubes": here's pretty much what's left of Mount Kenya's glaciers. Our
@afpnews.bsky.social
photographer, VJ and text reporter hiked up Africa's second highest mountain. The photos by Luis Tato are đź
www.bangkokpost.com/world/298402...
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'It was beautiful': Mount Kenya's glaciers melting away
MERU (KENYA) - Charles Kibaki Muchiri traced the water trickling across the surface of the Lewis Glacier with his fingers, illustrating how quickly climate change is melting the huge ice blocks off of...
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2984021/it-was-beautiful-mount-kenyas-glaciers-melting-away
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Too much water in some places, too little in others: fantastic reporting by
@afpnews.bsky.social
journalists from two locations in South America facing extreme water challenges, in Bolivia and Peru. Photos and videos are shocking
uk.news.yahoo.com/poor-areas-p...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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Too much water: Gold rush, climate change submerge Bolivian village
Navigating a makeshift raft between drifting furniture and submerged cars, Rafael Quispe steers through his village in western Bolivia, where the streets were turned into rivers two months ago.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250320-too-much-water-gold-rush-climate-change-submerge-bolivian-village
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Snorkel with me to understand climate change, Palau president tells Trump.
@afpnews.bsky.social
story by Sara Hussein currently at the World Ocean Summit in Tokyo
www.yahoo.com/news/snorkel...
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Snorkel with me to understand climate change, Palau president tells Trump
The leader of climate-vulnerable Palau wants US President Donald Trump to come snorkelling with him to understand the "slow death" caused by climate change, he told AFP in an interview on Wednesday.Cl...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/snorkel-understand-climate-change-palau-093635013.html
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Ivan Couronne
AFP News Agency
8 months ago
Today @AFP and @Source_Mat are publishing an investigation that reveals how the burgeoning plastic credit sector relies heavily on the polluting cement industry to burn plastic waste [1/4]
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An enormous chunk has broken off the world's largest iceberg, scientists told AFP
@afpnews.bsky.social
on Friday, by Nick Perry
www.yahoo.com/news/first-m...
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First major chunk breaks off world's biggest iceberg
An enormous chunk has broken off the world's largest iceberg, in a possible first sign the behemoth from Antarctica could be crumbling, scientists told AFP on Friday."This is definitely the first sign...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/first-major-chunk-breaks-off-192800768.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEUzhnwuIX3c_ARyIfYwUCbEVK2rThAfP2TkujOTv4lAzSnTOxFEPEVjJVlvRNsAijPNOtCuynuTIIWyqMj4SClWSWW81ZsoBOawFr558vOT08UHvtSGRlUe6GghbG5r09KGkZbqkeyBL2z7xXEBRRjM8nDDaSO6H98dKQg7b-by
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Applications open for jobs in *Antarctica*. They're looking for "carpenters, chefs, electricians, plumbers, boating officers, plant operators and more" "Salaries start at ÂŁ29,273 per annum" Fun fact: "There are no external costs whilst living on station"
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/s...
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Seriously remote working â applications open for jobs in Antarctica - British Antarctic Survey
This Blue Monday (20 January), escape the ordinary and apply for the job of a lifetime in Antarctica with British Antarctic Survey.
https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/seriously-remote-working-applications-open-for-jobs-in-antarctica/
8 months ago
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Great front page pic of
#COP29
in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Nothing in NYT international edition. FT picked carbon credits
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