From A Climate Correspondent

Weekly personal stories from global climate reporters. Eds: @LouDelBello, @jloistf, @matjhope & @purpleromero

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Our latest round of stories have features climate journalists from Colombia, India, Indonesia and Costa Rica.

We let them tell the stories they want the world to hear.

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[Jocelyn Timperley @jloistf]

"For the first time in our history, it will not be elite white men writing the constitution."

Amazing to have @frparrag write for @ClimateCorr about Chile's new constitution and all it means for the country's environmental movements.

https://t.co/269tIdhyez

[Arthur Wyns @ArthurWyns]

For the first time in our history, it will not be elite white men writing the constitution. It will be teachers, women, indigenous people: the real Chile.
the country has the chance to restructure its social contract
By the amazing @frparrag
https://t.co/SuRV2UgsKg

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"Earning minimum wages, these people are the ones both vulnerable to climate change and the potential job cuts in the transition to clean energy, if done unjustly."

@purpleromeropo looks at the case of Filipino jeepney drivers in our latest newsletter

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"Experts in India suggest a different approach. Instead of going for an overhaul of the entire economy, they recommend targeting the more polluting sectors."
@LouDelBello writes about the nuances of shaping India's energy transition and decarbonization.

https://t.co/IzIj0pCfXa

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"Overall, half of the 3.7 million hectares of land in South Kalimantan are controlled by mining or palm plantation companies."

Extreme weather and deforestation compounded to cause extreme flooding in Indonesia, write @JohanesHtbrt and Aryo Bhawono

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"[W]e need to help this continent tap the clean energy resources that it has available. And these are currently largely untapped."

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Mat Hope asks Mohamed Adow, recently awarded the Climate Breakthrough prize, about his vision for climate action in Africa.

[Adam-EcoCore 🌱♻️🌎⚡ @AdamEcocore]

It's not just climate change we're threatened by, it's some sort of worldwide insanity - from @ClimateCorr #56 - Barely a teenager and threatened with death: being a climate activist in Colombia https://t.co/yV3HmFprtV @parents4futureG @parents_4future #ClimateCrisis

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In just one example, 20-year-old Natalia Morales, a member of a group opposing fracking in their town, was forced to move after a man entered her house and threatened her.

@Pau_Erre writes on the violence against young environmental leaders in Colombia

https://t.co/qCXmdlkQrG

[Jocelyn Timperley @jloistf]

"The biggest challenge we face on this continent is that we don't have African-owned, native, climate analysis."

Excellent interview with @mohadow in this week's @ClimateCorr

[Power Shift Africa @PowerShftAfrica]

"If Africa leads, others will follow"

Superb interview with our Director @mohadow by @matjhope for @ClimateCorr

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"African policymakers can lift their people out of poverty while at the same time tackling climate change."

Our latest newsletter is an interview with @mohadow who outlines his vision for the continent.

By @matjhope

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[Mat Hope @matjhope]

Once again had the extraordinary pleasure of authoring the latest @ClimateCorr dispatch! This time, an interview with @mohadow, founder of @PowerShftAfrica, who kindly spent an hour outlining his vision of the continent's low carbon future 👇

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"This may seem like just an aesthetic problem, but healthy recreational parks have become more important as the climate crisis progresses.

"Green infrastructure such as city lakes can help cool down urban areas from increasing heat."

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"After years of drought, this has become the standard view of this lake during the dry season."

In our latest letter, @sebastianrodvar considers whether Costa Rica's main urban lake is already being dried up by climate change.

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“We are living in very desperate conditions. I’m a farmer who doesn’t like living at the mercy of others. But I’ve become helpless after floods drowned all my harvest.”

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