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🎥 We’re excited to see your climate stories from across #SoutheastAsia! Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you submit your video for this contest: 1. Create a maximum 2-minute reel on a local climate impact, in vertical format (9:16). 2. Include English subtitles—regardless of the spoken language. 3. Upload your reel to Instagram with the hashtag #SEAClimateStories and tag @dialogue.earth & @pailiner. 4. Tag 3 friends in the comments of our contest post and share it to your story! 5. Submit your facts and data sources via https://loom.ly/NzeG110 --- 📸 Image Credits: 1: Andrew Shield / redbrickstock / Alamy 2: Pailin Wedel 3: Rohan / Pexels 4: Thanh Hoa Tran /Pexels 5: Max Mishin / Pexels 6: Muhammad Amdad Hossain / Getty Images 7: Alexey Komissarov / Pexels 8 & 9: Viswaprem CA / Pexels #JournalismContest #ClimateChange #SoutheastAsia #DialogueEarth #ReelContest #Brunei #Cambodia #Indonesia #Laos #Malaysia #Myanmar #Philippines #Singapore #Thailand #TimorLeste #Vietnam #คณะวารสารศาสตร์ #คณะนิเทศน์ศาสตร์

🏭 "Chinese firms will be pushed to cut emissions by tougher reporting requirements, green trade barriers and state-level economic planning that incorporates total carbon emissions data." Turning carbon-cutting pressures into growth opportunities is critical for Chinese businesses, write researchers Qiu Ju and Chen Xi: https://loom.ly/dKyrVMQ

🌊 "I’d be very surprised if the Trump administration had an ocean strategy." – John Hocevar, oceans campaign director for Greenpeace USA Ahead of Donald Trump's upcoming inauguration, our ocean editor, Daniel Cressey, speaks with experts to examine how Trump's second presidency could shape the future of our global oceans. 🔎 Read here: https://loom.ly/_fwvOGg

📰 News digest: Jiangxi airborne wind power generator breaks records A massive airship hovering 1,000 metres above a research base in Jiangxi province successfully generated over 100 kilowatts of electricity on 14 January, breaking two world records. ✍️ Yuhan Niu reports: https://lnkd.in/dhj64RY9

🚗🔌 "The United States has been putting tariffs on electric vehicles from China and is threatening to put taxes on vehicles manufactured in Mexico with Chinese components." Alejandra Cuéllar speaks with Mexican electromobility expert Gustavo Jiménez, as Trump’s tariff threats add to uncertainty in the global auto industry. 🔎 Read here: https://loom.ly/dFBDD6w

🏔️🎙️ Introducing The Third Pole Podcast! Our new podcast series delves into the complex realities of climate change and its far-reaching impacts in the Himalayas. From the ongoing battle to clean the Ganga River, to the potential of artificial intelligence in forecasting extreme weather in the Himalayas, to the loss of languages in Pakistan’s mountain communities due to climate migration—each episode uncovers critical issues shaping the region. Join us for deep conversations with journalists, researchers, and experts as we explore how climate change is transforming our landscapes, technologies, and cultural heritage. 🔉Listen on our website, or stream it on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: https://loom.ly/dxk5HKg (Illustration: Sana Nasir / Dialogue Earth)

🐠 "After we destroyed [the marine ecosystem], we wanted to give something back to nature." 🌊 A community coral restoration project has enabled fishers to help bring poisoned reefs back to life on the north shore of Bali. ✍️ Regina L., Daniel Cressey 🔎 Find out more: https://loom.ly/4rGYqgk  LINI Foundation

🚗🔌 The rapid expansion of the market for electric vehicles in Brazil, particularly Chinese cars, is transforming the country’s automotive industry and could have an impact on workers and production chains, say Brazilian trade unionists in the sector. ✍️ André Duchiade reports: https://loom.ly/hSQSq0A

✍️ CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Join the Reporting Climate Change in Africa Workshop on Feb 21, 2025, in Nairobi! Open to African journalists & media professionals passionate about climate reporting. Apply by Jan 23, 2025: africa-china@journalism.co.za https://loom.ly/DLx-PXM Africa-China Reporting Project

Happy New Year! 🎉 UNESCO has declared 2025 the International Year of Glacier Preservation, with March 21 now marked as World Glacier Day. 🗻 What's the current state of China's melting glaciers? What steps are the Chinese government and scientists taking to address this critical challenge? Find more Dialogue Earth #GlacierPreservation #WorldGlacierDay #ClimateAction #China