My book At the Edge of Empire comes out May 28. It's an epic work of memoir and reportage spanning 80 years, from my father in Mao's army to China's rise today. A most anticipated book for 2024 — Foreign Policy and Publisher's Weekly. Pre-order here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/602734/a…

Congratulations to our 2023 Environmental Journalism Award Winners!

We are proud to celebrate these twelve brave and resourceful people whose investigations and reporting elevate the public discourse on ecology and climate justice.

Read more: sealawards.com/twelve-journal…

🎉 Congratulations to our Editor-at-Large, Joydeep Gupta, for being honoured with a 2023 SEAL Awards Environmental Journalism Award!

Joydeep you are absolutely deserving of this award for your brilliant work at The Third Pole and beyond! 🙌

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Hello #COP28 negotiators & observers, we’re on the cusp of a historic outcome in Dubai.

BUT only if we see the potential oasis from the Dubai desert.

So here are my thoughts & possible ways to resolve the stalemate

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'Drawing on China’s experience in achieving universal energy access, and solar energy for poverty reduction in particular – we should not only consider large scale opportunities, but also triangular cooperation and distributed solar,' Sam Geall continued.

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And we are excited to be there! Come and hear us at 11am on the 11th talk about reporting on the ocean and climate change 🌊

Ocean Pavilion returns to UN Climate Conference whoi.edu/press-room/new…

Here is a question everyone is asking: How did China come to global dominance in solar panels, batteries and EVs? I looked into it for China Dialogue. chinadialogue.net/en/business/ne…

Saleem was an amazing man and he changed the world. There are few people who fought harder to put loss and damage from climate change on the map. I remember him in a stadium hall in Warsaw, a gleam in his eye because against all odds he was making progress. He'll be truly missed.

🎙️Listen to our CEO Sam Geall discussing China's role in the fight against climate change in a new podcast episode by Michael Walker 👇

'Why don't you go protest President Xi?'

That was one riposte to Greenpeace UK protestors who scaled Rishi Sunak's home. I decided to take to question (relatively) seriously, and spoke to Sam Geall.

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Join the #ASECCC2023 to learn about #AsiaPacific countries' strategy on meeting climate goals through #solarenergy transition. Speakers include Ute Collier 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 🚲, @SamGeall, and Mr. Liang-yi Chang. Sign up now at ccinnolab.org/ASECCC #SeeTheUnforeseen #RenewableEnergy #NetZero 1/4

Today's Twitter Space was hosted by our wonderful palm oil researcher, Josie Phillips (@Josiepips)!

Check out the recording here (Split into 2 parts!)👇
Part 1: twitter.com/i/spaces/1ZkJz…
Part 2: twitter.com/i/spaces/1rmxP…

#PalmOilAwarenessWeek

Happy #WorldOceansDay !

The ocean covers 70% of Earth's surface and provides many vital services. It generates at least half of the oxygen on Earth, hosts 80% of life, and absorbs 90% of excess heat caused by human-induced climate change.

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World Ocean Day

Looking forward to speaking at OUCAN conference in Oxford tomorrow on the panel: “Climate Action in Africa: The Role of Chinese Capital and Technology”

This is a clip from my Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement laureate lecture FYI SSHRC UBC Oceans The OceanCanada Partnership UBC SPPGA Pew Environment Oceana KillamLaureates China Dialogue Stimson Environmental Security Fair Seas Fisheries Economics Research Unit (FERU) Solving FCB Denis Worlanyo Aheto

After two workshops, we organised a field trip to see The Gambia’s fisheries on the ground, joined by students from the University of The Gambia School of Journalism and Digital Media, the Stimson Center, TMT and University of British Columbia.

Thread by Jessica Aldred and Regina Lam

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🙌 Thank you to everyone who participated in Monday’s media workshop on ocean and climate reporting, in partnership with University of The Gambia, Stimson Center TMT!

🪡Our West Africa regional editor Abdul Samba Brima brings us key moments from the event:

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📢UPCOMING WORKSHOP

China Dialogue Ocean is organising an exciting programme of events in The Gambia from May 8-10 2023, in partnership with the University of the Gambia (University of The Gambia), the Stimson Center (@StimsonCenter) and TMT (@tm_tracking).

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I love the work published by Kate Mackenzie and Albert Pinto over at Phenomenal World. Here’s a recent one that helped deepen my understanding of the ever weirder intersections between energy security, economic decoupling and #climate , adds Sam Geall
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/merca…