I'm often asked by young journalists about how to get started. My advice would be: apply for this summer internship with Carbon Brief! You won't meet a team more dedicated to quality and accuracy.
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If you want to really understand India's relationship with coal - and why that matters for the nation's on-going election and climate change - this is a truly fascinating deep-dive by Aruna Chandrasekhar reporting for Carbon Brief from the coal mines of Korba in Chhattisgarh.

The Asian continent was hit by record-breaking heat throughout April 🌡️

Our latest study looking at the influence of climate change on the extreme temperatures will be published on Wednesday at 2.30am India Time/ 5.00am Philippines time.

Report author William Sutton, the bank’s lead on climate-smart agriculture, told Climate Home an example of a subsidy that is “not necessarily helpful for the environment” is providing free or cheap land for grazing livestock. buff.ly/4beWQAU

During Chinese climate envoy Liu Zhenmin’s first US visit, the US and China held an in-depth meeting of their climate change Working Group. Note the “intention to engage in related technical and policy exchange” wrt their updated NDCs due in Q1 of 2025.

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Vermont poised to become first US state to charge big oil for climate damage.

This could be interesting. If one succeeds, others will follow. theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

The despair expressed by scientists this week isn't scaremongering - they are doing their job. Now it's up to the rest of us to decide what this moment requires of us and to radically change the direction of travel. My piece in The Guardian
#stubbornoptimism bit.ly/4bdo3DY

A major climate catastrophe has hit Brazil and has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes, including many refugees and migrants.

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Is this as close as the World Bank gets to backing veggie burgers? Weekend food for thought on how we can cut the #emissions generated by producing what we eat and who should jump first... Joe Lo is @[email protected] reports for Climate Home News climatechangenews.com/2024/05/10/wor…

🌿An appeals and grievance procedure has been agreed for @UNs carbon markets mechanism Article 6.4 to try and address the growing issue of #greengrabs , Climate Home News reports.

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“We’re establishing new avenues to empower vulnerable communities and individuals, ensuring their voices are heard and their rights are upheld,” said Maria AlJishi, Chair of the Supervisory Body buff.ly/4b5TWhM

Saudi forces were ‘licensed to kill’ to evict villagers for NEOM - the futuristic, eco-city - an ex-intelligence officer told us.

We spoke to former execs who called it a climate disaster and a UK company who pulled out of a £100m contract in The Line.

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At a time when the reputation of #carbon credits is largely in tatters, the UN's Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism has approved an appeals and grievance procedure, which should help prevent land-grabbing and local abuses in the new global carbon market climatechangenews.com/2024/05/09/un-…

The governor of Para - the Brazilian state which will hold Cop30 says he doesn't want to host a Cop like Dubai did 👇

Kenyan environmentalists have overtaken the government again in a fifteen-year legal battle to stop a road expansion in Aberdare Forest, highlighting tensions between economic development and conservation. buff.ly/3yji95C

Kenya's government wants to expand a road through the Aberdare National Park but conservationists argue it will harm the forest, wildlife and water supplies climatechangenews.com/2024/05/08/roa…

Honouring our commitment to provide in-depth climate journalism, we hope to send two reporters to the Bonn Conference in June - and we’d like to ask for your support to do this. Can you help?
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“In a world beset by a #ClimateEmergency , #fossilfuel subsidies violate states’ fundamental, legally binding #humanrights obligations” - David Boyd, former UN special rapporteur on human rights and the environment, believes court cases will be brought over this in next 3-4 years

April #temperature highlights from #C3S . Last month was:

🌡warmer than any other April on record, at 0.67°C above the 1991-2020 average;
🌡 the 11th month in a row that is the warmest on record for the respective month of the year.

For more 👉climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-te…

.Avinash Persaud on how a #ClimateDamagesTax on #fossilfuels : $1 per barrel of oil & equivalent for coal and gas – an amount easily lost in the monthly volatility of prices – could provide badly needed funds for #LossAndDamage

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