Milou Dirkx

Closed door rhetoric, open door policy I wrote abt how despite fuelling anti-immigration sentiments, European far-right leaders let in migrant workers needed for the energy transition 🇮🇹🇭🇺Including the Meloni & Orbán governments, with workers facing poor conditions in Hungary

🗺️On the eve of #InternationalWomensDay we’re proud to share stories on the gender-climate nexus from our global network of reporters From Nigerian women leading community solar projects to barriers Indian women face in the green job market #IWD2025 ➡️cleanenergywire.org/blog/global-co…

Germany, with an ageing population, is increasingly looking to countries like India to find skilled workers to fill its green labour gap. While both countries see a potential for India’s youth to contribute to their labour markets, workers are not as enthusiastic these jobs, report @Rolionaroll from Mumbai and @MilouDirkx from Berlin, in our first cross-border story. Read here: themigrationstory.com And on CLEW here: cleanenergywire.org/news/germany-a…

🇩🇪The German elections are coming up and CLEW got you covered Our newsteam translated and compiled the energy and climate positions of all major parties ➡️cleanenergywire.org/news/german-pa… More to be found in our election dossier - also abt🚗 ➡️cleanenergywire.org/dossiers/germa… & more to follow!

🙌 Happy to see our #COP29 cross-border newsroom featured on @journalismnews Together with @StanleyConnect we set up a global newsteam during COP in #Baku looking into green workers needed for the energy transition The first articles have been published: cleanenergywire.org/dossiers/skill…

To understand global south anger at the COP29 climate finance goal it's crucial to understand two key numbers. "At least" $300bn/year - developed nations agreed to "take the lead" in mobilising this for developing countries $1.3tn/year - a wider, vaguer goal Sounds big! But...

Germany welcomes COP29 climate finance deal as win for multilateralism cleanenergywire.org/news/germany-w… #COP29 #climateaction

German state secretary @JochenFlasbarth confirmed that the #JETP talks with India will not be pursued further cleanenergywire.org/news/india-don… @IISD_news @dgapev @BMZ_Bund @lukniksch #justtransition #COP29

India, donor countries give up on Just Energy Transition Partnership – German official “In the end, we are not following this track, in agreement between India and us,” state sec Jochen Flasbarth told CLEW cleanenergywire.org/news/india-don… #COP29 #justtransition #JETP

At #COP29 we are hearing from journalists around the world about boosting journalism on the energy transition. All of them emphasised the importance of networking, checking-in and collaboration Thank you to @ferminkoop and @IstvanDeak85 for the shoutout to our @ClewNetwork 🫶

If anyone has any ideas or leads - please get in touch! Happy to have coffees, interviews and background chats ☕️

How can journalists cope with eco-anxiety? At our CLEW conference @bienamichelle @ethomasson and @Lea_Grosse_ gave an interactive workshop on emotional stress of covering climate, resilience and how to be mindful of news audiences Recap by @j0shaxelrod: cleanenergywire.org/blog/coping-ec…

🇮🇹Excited to speak at #CAC24 in Bologna this week on our @cleanenergywire coverage of what the rise of populism means for European climate action Journalists attending, let's catch up! ☕️🍷 Our populism dossier: cleanenergywire.org/dossiers/popul…

🎉We are proud to present the journalists who will join our #COP29 cross-border newsroom together with @J_Wettengel and @MilouDirkx 🇦🇷@TaisGadeaLara 🇳🇬@ayoolakassim 🇺🇸@mjphillis 🇮🇳@Rolionaroll 🇨🇳@Yuhanniu1 🤝With @StanleyConnect @devonterrill Read more: cleanenergywire.org/blog/meet-our-…

🎉On 19 and 20 September we celebrate CLEW's 10th birthday! We host a 2-day conference focusing on journalism in the age of climate consequences Speakers include @AkshatRathi, @BrigitteKnopf and many more You can still apply to join! Programme and info: cleanenergywire.org/conferences/co…

📢Journalists can now apply for our COP29 Cross-Border Energy Transition Reporting Fellowship 5 journalists get a chance to do cross-border reporting on the topic of green workers at #COP29 🗓️Deadline: 12 August 🤝In collaboration with @StanleyConnect ➡️cleanenergywire.org/fellowship/cop…

💫Our @cleanenergywire correspondent @CaroKyllmann will speak about her #ClimateAdaptation reporting this week at La Uni Climática @Climatica Sign up to the uni here: climatica.coop/producto/la-un… Read our dossier here: cleanenergywire.org/dossiers/ill-e…

@EmanMounirM @CoveringClimate Congratulations - well deserved!! ✨

I am deeply honoured and humbled to have been selected as the winner of the 2024 @CoveringClimate in the Emerging Journalist category.  The journey and specialisation in covering climate and environmental issues in the Arab region is never easy, but writing about those affected by climate change, making their voices heard, and communicating their voice to the world is worth the effort and dedication. I am grateful to all organisations for their invaluable support over the years: @zenith_online @Candid_Fd @earthjournalism @pulitzercenter @Ocean_ORN @NatGeo @journalismfund   I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to the outlets that have helped publish my work, including @MuwatinNet and @ForScienceAr. Your support has been not just supportive but instrumental in my journey. Finally, I want to thank my mentors and editors, who have provided guidance and feedback to help me improve my reporting. Special thanks to @ksulaiman, @m_helalism, @ElMekkiAmal, @Bothina_Osama0, and many others, who helped me immensely.

@RebeccaSolnit I would love for you to join our conference for global climate journalists in Berlin in September and speak about hope and climate reporting My organisation Clean Energy Wire has been trying to get in touch with you but has not been succesful so far @ClewNetwork

two ipcc authors wrote a paper for kids that was peer-reviewed by some teenagers and the level of frankness is something a lot of climate scientists could learn from