How can we protect the environment while guaranteeing access to resources for Global South communities?. Our Q&A with South African environment minister Dion George about G20 tensions, ocean protection, and balancing development with conservation. 🔗:

We spoke with Holly Curry from @AntarcticaSouth at the #unoc about what most people don’t realise about the Antarctic and Southern Ocean. Want the latest news about ocean protection? Follow us to stay in the loop. 📷 Regina Lam | Edit: Chaia Dechen

A tide of salt is killing The Gambia’s rice: farmers are scrambling to defend livelihoods as rising sea levels drive the creeping advance of saltwater. Kebba Jeffang covers what must come next: (Image: Sulayman Ceesay).Supported by @icfj

“The ocean is like your mother.” – @Enric_Sala, Nat Geo Explorer in Residence.@NG_PristineSeas. At the #UNOC in Nice, he told us what many forget:.🌊 It gives us oxygen.🌍 Regulates climate.🍽️ Feeds billions. What’s one thing you think people forget about the ocean?

🌍 It took 20 years of negotiations for the UN High Seas Treaty to be adopted. What comes next?. 🔍 Our latest story examines what happens when it comes into force: (Image: RDW Environmental / Alamy)

Africa’s e-waste problem is growing fast — but with the right policies and investment, the continent could turn a looming threat into an economic opportunity. Read more about the homegrown start-ups hoping to solve Africa’s e-waste crisis:

💬 “Given the jaw-dropping speed of China’s renewable energy growth, the time for its great leap into gas-power generation may have passed before it has arrived.”. ✍️ Yu Aiqun and Maggie Zheng from @GlobalEnergyMon argue:

🚗🔌 The Chinese electric vehicle giant is bringing affordable prices, cutting-edge technology and an aggressive strategy to Latin American markets. What does the region stand to gain and what are the risks?. ✍️ @sallyjabiel.

💰 The proposal by Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, to reform the international financial architecture has made progress on its goals to transform financing to developing and vulnerable nations, but geopolitical obstacles loom. ✍️ @ferminkoop.

🇦🇷 Argentina's first solar panel factory is preparing to start production. Located in San Juan, a province close to the Andes, it will begin operations this year with government investment and technology imported from China. ✍️ @matavramow.

What stood out at the UN Ocean Conference?.🔹 Bottom trawling bans—but are they symbolic?.🔹 Fossil fuels—the “whale in the room”.🔹 Indigenous voices—present, but some say they struggled to be heard. Read the full breakdown by @regina_ltc & @DPCressey:.🔗

⛈️ In 2024, we travelled through the regions most affected by the massive floods in southern Brazil. On returning almost a year later, we found traumatised farmers, in debt and afraid to invest in their production in the face of climatic extremes.

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📸🎖️ Dialogue Earth at the 2025 Gabo Awards.Victor Moriyama's photo story on Xinã Yurá's initiation as a Yawanawá shaman in Brazil has been nominated for best photography in the 2025 Gabo Awards — Latin America's most prestigious journalism prize. Winners will be announced soon.

How do you conserve two million square km of ocean with limited resources?. In the Marshall Islands, Reimaanlok blends science with Indigenous priorities to protect rare ecosystems. ✍️ @jenny_sinclair.#MarshallIslands #OceanConservation #PacificIslands.

Why are camels exempt from grazing restrictions in western Inner Mongolia?. Anthropologist Thomas White explains how camel herders reframed their way of life as cultural heritage—and why the story of techno-pastoralism is far from simple. ✒️ @TomBaxter17.

As #offshorewind booms, a new problem emerges: how to dismantle turbines nearing the end of their life?. Experts warn there’s no one-size-fits-all answer and that biodiversity risks must be weighed. By @Cat_Early76.🔗 #EnergyTransition #CircularEconomy.

China has joined a global treaty to curb illegal fishing at port — a major move, say ocean experts. But can it drive real change?.✒️ Regina Lam.🔎 @PewEnvironment @GreenpeaceEAsia.#IllegalFishing #MarineGovernance #ChinaFisheries #IUUfishing.

@ITLOS_TIDM The opinion was requested by small island states. Since then, it’s been cited in a UK court case, raised at the IMO, and used to push for stronger targets. Kate McKenzie, of @C2LInitiative, says: “Scientifically, it’s all been connected forever; legally, it hasn’t.”.@Isabella_Kam.