China in waste

A lot has been said about China’s booming economy, but less light has been shed on its waste problem, accelerated by urban growth and expanding international trade.

This report looks at how the overwhelming amount of waste affects people’s lives in the suburb of Beijing. It raises the question: what is a sustainable way of living in a consumer society?

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A 360 video by LOOKOUT360° – A Climate Change Immersive Story Accelerator

The Climate Change Immersive Story Accelerator is a new 6-month media support programme for journalists and producers who are eager to get started with immersive stories on climate change.

As a pilot project, the European Forest Institute and the Global Editors Network have joined forces to launch Lookout360° that focuses on 360 video storytelling on climate change.

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“Storytelling is Part of the Solution to the Climate Dilemma”

We have the facts, we have the knowledge, we have the solutions. But, if you want people to gain awareness on how actions shape our common future, we should rely on three new ways to talk about what we know about the Planet to come. The Pulitzer Prize-winner Dan Fagin takes us deep into the journalism-climate nexus.

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Social media and misinformation at COP26

The conversation around climate change has never been more intense on social media, where influencers have the power to inspire and even persuade their followers. An international multidisciplinary team has developed a dashboard that allows us to navigate tweets and hashtags providing some answers to this question. So, to what extent are social media users at the mercy of climate change deniers?

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The future of food safety

With an estimated 600 million cases of foodborne illnesses annually, unsafe food is a threat to human health and economies, disproportionally affecting vulnerable and marginalized people, especially women and children, populations affected by conflict and migrants. The First International Food Safety Conference will try to identify key actions and strategies to address current and future challenges to food safety globally while strengthening commitment at the highest political level to scale up food safety in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.