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Germany to protect cities against rising temperatures with urban heat strategy 🏡 What does it mean? ➡ Germany's buildings ministry #BMWSB is taking steps to better protect people and infrastructure in Germany's cities against increasing periods of high heat. Why does it matter? ➡ Germany's towns and cities are insufficiently prepared to deal with more frequent and more severe flooding, periods of high heat, and drought and water shortages. When it comes to heat-preparedness, many German cities received a "red card" for being heavily sealed and offering too little green space for cooling air temperatures, according to a Deutsche Umwelthilfe report. What's in the strategy? ➡ It suggests six fields of action, including the installation of more drinking water fountains, the creation of more green spaces, and identifying public cool places in cities for people to shelter. Climate adaptation is gaining ground 🌱 Germany introduced a nationwide #ClimateAdaptation law in 2023, requiring municipalities to draw up local risk analyses and adaptation plans. Additionally, the health ministry presented Germany's first #heat protection plan aiming to reduce heat-related deaths. 📖 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dZh8ACWa 📕 Full strategy: https://lnkd.in/di666RVv Keep up to date with the most important developments in Germany's and Europe's #energytransition by signing up to our Daily or Weekly Briefings ✉ https://lnkd.in/deH7TURc

🌎 Journalists can now apply for our COP29 Cross-Border Energy Transition Reporting Fellowship! In collaboration with Stanley Center for Peace and Security we will bring together five journalists to report on the green workforce at #COP29 in Baku Selected fellows get.. - A chance to attend COP29 with travel and accommodation covered for 10 days (from 14 until 24 November) and to report on an important agenda-setting topic - Logistical support ahead of and during COP29 - Guidance from CLEW staff and collaboration with colleagues - Opportunities to attend networking mixers with other journalists covering COP - A chance to get their work published in their own media, as well as Clean Energy Wire - A stipend of €1,000 to cover expenses while reporting at COP and in their home countries This is a global opportunity for reporters with at lease three years of experience covering climate and energy topics Apply by 12 August: https://lnkd.in/getST2Ff

How can journalists report on the construction sector’s hidden climate impact?🏡 Alongside with FORESIGHT Climate & Energy, we at CLEW set out to see the whole picture on how buildings can reduce their entire environmental impact, from construction through to demolition🏗🚧 This has remained an afterthought in discussions about making buildings greener. In our upcoming #Masterclass, we'd like to share our 🔧lessons learnt, 👷♂️ 👷♀️ good sources, and 💡further story ideas with fellow journalists, to equip them to tackle the topic in their reporting. With input from Emanuel Lucke, Sean Carroll and Carolina K., learn: 🔎 Why it's important to address construction when reporting on the buildings' sector 🔎 What the most promising solutions are 🔎 Lessons learnt from reporting on construction, underreported topics and future story leads 🔎 Who valuable contacts are 📅 When? 25 July 2024 at 16.00-17.00 CEST 🖊 Who? Inviting journalists worldwide 🔗 Sing up: https://lnkd.in/d25n8sfM 📚 Read the dossier: https://lnkd.in/daVwrt7Q

Overwhelmed, simply over the moon. 📣 We received 100 applications for our one-week Clean Energy Wire | CLEW #energytransition #journalism Academy in September! And we only invited colleagues from within Europe..... Looking through the applications and motivation letters to make a truly tough decision, I am left with three thoughts: 🎁 100 professional journalists apply to spend 7 days of their working time with us in Berlin: what an enormous sign of trust and a massive compliment to the whole team! We have been receiving a lot of positive feedback for our own journalism and the work with some 1,500 individual colleagues during research tours and workshops for a decade now, but this is another level of appreciation. Thank you, we'll work hard to live up to your expectiations! 🌲 It's a sign that the relevance of covering all facettes of #climatepolicy and #energytransition competently has sunk in. Seems that journalists - and many media houses - have understood that in a fast-changing public discourse environment they have to take a more active (note: not activist) role in providing the relevant solution-oriented information to the public. Also a nod to the institutions and engaged journalism changemakers who have been working on this. Alexandra Borchardt Wolfgang Blau Netzwerk Klimajournalismus Deutschland Sara Schurmann Netzwerk Klimajournalismus Österreich Oxford Climate Alumni Network Hostwriter Stanley Center for Peace and Security Devon Terrill 💰 We would love to run such an Academy regularly. We'll work on getting this done. Now: back to work to get the sessions in shape. Clemens Schöll Milou Dirkx Marianna Raizner Natalia Sezer Journalismfund Europe Ides Debruyne Richard Black

🙏 Thank you Climate.Table for the honour. It's quite special indeed for a number of reasons: 📝 The journalists working for Climate Table (and other Tables) rank among the most competent and open-minded I have had the pleasure to meet over the past 10 years since launching CLEW. Their judgement means a lot. 💡 Many of the media colleagues and changemakers on the list have always been an inspiration. I am deeply honoured to stand next to them. Simon Evans Ed King Luisa Neubauer Jenny Chase 🎆 Most importantly though I take this as a recognition of the excellent work of my whole team. The visionary and relentless klimafakten Die Plattform für Klimakommunikation Carel Mohn Toralf Staud Lea Grosse Anna-Leena Völker. The Clean Energy Wire | CLEW news team, unrivalled in its expertise on all things #energytransition and #climate policy. Julian Wettengel Benjamin Wehrmann Sören Amelang Carolina K. The CLEW programmes and network team that has created a true center of excellence for international journalists. Clemens Schöll Milou Dirkx Boris Schneider Marianna Raizner. And the 2050 Media Admin Crew as our sturdy and solid backbone. Renato Málaga Linares Eva Freundorfer Angelina Krause Ekin Hoz. Thank you all, it's a blast working with you.

🙏 Thank you Climate.Table for the honour. It's quite special indeed for a number of reasons: 📝 The journalists working for Climate Table (and other Tables) rank among the most competent and open-minded I have had the pleasure to meet over the past 10 years since launching CLEW. Their judgement means a lot. 💡 Many of the media colleagues and changemakers on the list have always been an inspiration. I am deeply honoured to stand next to them. Simon Evans Ed King Luisa Neubauer Jenny Chase 🎆 Most importantly though I take this as a recognition of the excellent work of my whole team. The visionary and relentless klimafakten Die Plattform für Klimakommunikation Carel Mohn Toralf Staud Lea Grosse Anna-Leena Völker. The Clean Energy Wire | CLEW news team, unrivalled in its expertise on all things #energytransition and #climate policy. Julian Wettengel Benjamin Wehrmann Sören Amelang Carolina K. The CLEW programmes and network team that has created a true center of excellence for international journalists. Clemens Schöll Milou Dirkx Boris Schneider Marianna Raizner. And the 2050 Media Admin Crew as our sturdy and solid backbone. Renato Málaga Linares Eva Freundorfer Angelina Krause Ekin Hoz. Thank you all, it's a blast working with you.

🌟 Very happy to contribute to this event for a number of reasons: 👍 First of all, it's an important sign that a company like Vattenfall gets behind the question of effective #climate communication and quality journalism. 🔊 It's also an excellent opportunity to showcase our work klimafakten Die Plattform für Klimakommunikation and Clean Energy Wire | CLEW where we have made a constructive dialogue and solution-oriented, collaborative journalism our trademark. 💡 Finally, the line-up promises not only thorough and thought-provoking discussions about the status quo, but also provides an opportunity to put heads together and come up with new ways to tackle the communication challenges of the #energytransition.

📢 Final call: Today the application period for our first-ever week-long Clean Energy Wire | CLEW #journalism academy ends. Journalismfund Europe 💨 Hurry up to get a thorough introduction into the things that matter when you want to cover #energytransition and #climate policy properly - and meet some of best journalists on their beats. And our CLEW Network Milou Dirkx will ensure a good dose of fun as well. 👉 Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/dQ2NpbvC

🔔 Deadline approaching 🔔 Applications to our Summer Academy will close on Friday 5 July, all details below ⬇