Hello #ClimateArena, I am here in Budapest. Please drop me a line to say hi, to talk collaborations, solutions, commissions, to grab a drink, or indeed to ask my tips for the city, which I’ve been exploring @journalismarena.eu

I've found a questionable use of the EU's €26.7 billion Just Transition Fund to pay sauna festivals, axe throwing centres, and dance marathons - sparking fears that billions of euros are going to waste - or worse. My report for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social‬ www.context.news/just-transit...

EU funds saunas, sport and dance in name of just transition | Context by TRF

Critics raise alarm about EU's Just Transition Fund, fearing fraud, misuse and a green light for flimsy projects

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I've been digging into the extremely fishy decision in December 2024 to classify yellowfin tuna in the Indian Ocean as no longer overfished. Critics say the EU’s powerful, billion-dollar fishing lobby is behind it. My story for @dialogueearth.bsky.social dialogue.earth/en/ocean/row...

Row over health of Indian Ocean tuna

Independent scientists have raised concerns over research that suggests yellowfin fishing is sustainable – those involved disagree

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Less than 3% of the EU's flagship €26.7 billion Just Transition Fund - intended to shift communities away from fossil fuels, retraining coal miners etc - has been spent, despite running for more than four years. My exclusive for Thomson Reuters Foundation www.context.news/just-transit...

Where is the money the EU promised workers to go green? | Context by TRF

Flagship EU fund to support fossil fuel workers and communities risks mad spending rush, says exclusive European Commission data

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I am among more than 140 journalists across Europe that have signed an open letter today urging the European Commission to stop undermining transparency laws. We call on the EU to uphold the right to access information, so that requests are handled fairly and timely www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...

Europe in overdrive to deescalate Trump trade war

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I profiled Andrés Torres, the visionary Catalan chef and humanitarian activist, for @NatGeo. He spent years living with Indigenous peoples in Latam, drove to Ukraine as the war broke with 500 bags of groceries and now runs a 98% self-sustainable restaurant www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...

At Casa Nova in Catalonia, low waste and humanitarianism go hand in hand

At his restaurant in Catalonia, chef Andrés Torres creates food with a minimal environmental impact — and funds humanitarian work in the process.

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A lot of good points made by @melbunce.bsky.social. Crisis reporting tends to be "sporadic, episodic" focusing on western lives. But humanitarian reporting can aim for moral equivalency – all lives have equal value, use local sources, report on the longer term angles @journalismfestival.com #ijf25

Really good panel about reporting on big industries like tobacco, fossils fuels and the "vast harm" they create. Ben Hallman of @theexamination.org speaks of “corporate determinants of health” and how industry shapes public health narratives. @journalismfestival.com #ijf25

Excellent panel on effective approaches to impact #ijf25 @journalismfestival.com @lamthuyvo.bsky.social of Documented says their main audience is immigrant communities in NYC. They do "listening"/needs assessments, service journalism alongside investigations, even printing materials to distribute

I'm at #ijf25 @journalismfestival.com and first session is on how newsroom leadership can drive better climate reporting. AFP's Phil Chetwynd says they created a “Future of the Planet” team, including transport and agriculture, to boost cross-desk collaboration, 700-800 staff received training

I'm really really excited to be part of this @seekinitiative.bsky.social collaborative journalist-citizen project, in my case working with residents of a poor Parisian banlieue suffering from extreme heat, and can't wait to see what all the fellows produce seekinitiative.org/announcing-t...

I wrote about how community seed banks are taking root, helping farmers in Central American farmers adapt to climate change and protect heirloom seeds nexusmedianews.com/central-amer...

'Without the seed banks, it would have been disastrous'

Seed banks are helping Central American farmers adapt to climate change – and preserve their history

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I've been digging into the EU's policy on Islamophobia - what is actually being done to fight it? - for @hyphenonline.com. Rights groups, researchers & even the Commission's lead expert spoke of almost no funding and political will and of attacks by the far right hyphenonline.com/2025/03/13/e...

EU Islamophobia chief says leaders are failing Muslims

Marion Lalisse, European Commission coordinator for combating anti-Muslim hatred, describes ‘witch hunt’ against people speaking up for Muslim rights

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My report for @aljazeera.com from Awra Amba, a utopian and pacifist community in the central highlands of Ethiopia. They have won awards for their peacemaking and conflict resolution - but they have been caught in the crossfire of Ethiopia's latest civil war. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

The antiwar community caught in the crossfire of Ethiopia’s Amhara conflict

For two years, Awra Amba has been caught up in a war raging between Fano fighters and Ethiopian government soldiers.

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I'm really happy to be selected for this reporting institute and looking forward to meeting this incredible cohort! dartcenter.org/resources/an...

Announcing the 2025 Cohort for our Childhood Forced Migration Journalism Project

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On February 12, next Wednesday, I'll be speaking on a panel about the future of environmental journalism, to mark the 35th anniversary of @sejorg.bsky.social. You can register here (13:00 ET/20:00 CET) www.sej.org/calendar/sej...

SEJ Webinar: Celebrating 35 Years of SEJ — What Comes Next?

The next #SEJWebinar will kick off our celebration of SEJ’s anniversary with a panel of longtime SEJ members who helped build the foundation of our organization to reflect on our mission and what make...

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I took on another painstaking assignment for @lonelyplanet in which I ate my bodyweight in croissants and other pastries in Paris and rated my favourite/most interesting ones www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/bes...

Where to find the best croissants in Paris

Pastry-lovers take heed – here's where to find the best croissants in Paris!

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Here's my dispatch from Juchitán, Oaxaca State, home of Mexico’s third gender: the muxes. This Indigenous, gender noncomforming community existed before European colonisers arrived, but their battle for rights goes on amid rising LGBQ+ hate. For @huckmag.com www.huckmag.com/article/muxe...

Meet the muxes of Juchitán, Mexico’s Indigenous third gender

Zapotec folk — Having existed since the pre-colonial era in southeast Oaxaca state, a global rise in LGBTQ+ hate is seeing an age-old culture face…

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I wrote about how hammams aka steam baths, brought by north African migrants, have become part of Paris culture over the years, with a (woeful) recent assist from Emily in Paris. Can't complain about the on-the-ground research for this @hyphenonline.com assignment hyphenonline.com/2025/01/14/h...

How hammams became Parisian

From the Grand Mosque to Aux Bains Montorgueil, Turkish steam baths have been embraced by the French capital and are popular with tourists

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Here's my dispatch for @aljazeera.com from San Cristóbal de las Casas, a city in south Mexico dubbed the world capital of Coca Cola. Due to the ubiquity of sugary drinks, residents are suffering from obesity, malnutrition, and more recently, water shortages www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...

‘Forgotten’: How one Mexican city struggles against big industry for water

A Coca-Cola plant pumps millions of litres of water in San Cristóbal de las Casas. But locals say their faucets run dry.

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I'm very happy to have contributed a number of articles to @rtbcheerful.bsky.social's Year in Cheer: 144 ways the world got better in 2024 reasonstobecheerful.world/the-year-in-...

The Year in Cheer

144 ways the world got better in 2024.

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🚨MY FREELANCING HIGHLIGHTS THREAD 2024 🚨 It's that time of the year folks. I'll keep this one relatively brief. Thanks for following along. This was previously a tradition on X, but here I am looking for bluer pastures.

I was asked by @lonelyplanet to write a guide to my home, Belleville, the best neighbourhood in Paris www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/lon...

Paris: a Belleville neighbourhood guide

With a blend of multicultural charm, street art, bustling markets, and breathtaking views of Paris.

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I went to visit a 32,000-square-foot warehouse in Kenya's capital Nairobi that is feeding 60,000 school kids a day with low-carbon, healthy meals. School meal schemes like it are transforming lives and the model is spreading across Africa reasonstobecheerful.world/kenya-giga-k...

The Huge, High-Tech, Low-Carbon Kitchens Feeding Young Kenyans

School meal schemes are about more than just food: For kids facing hunger, cheap, nutritious meals can be transformative.

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Hi folks, I'm just getting started here following the X-odus, so things are looking a little bare for now. But here's my website: www.peter-yeung.com And here's my *slow* newsletter, with just one sent out every few months peteryeung.substack.com