{"id":106317,"date":"2023-07-21T15:00:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=106317"},"modified":"2023-07-21T15:00:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:00:21","slug":"ejn-fellowships-for-journalists-to-cover-7th-global-environmental-facility-gef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ejn-fellowships-for-journalists-to-cover-7th-global-environmental-facility-gef\/","title":{"rendered":"EJN Fellowships for Journalists to Cover 7th Global Environmental Facility (GEF)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1772037835810723623\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Agnes Nwankwo<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Journalists from low- and middle-income countries \u2013 which bear the brunt of climate impacts and are targeted recipients of GEF investments \u2013 to cover the Seventh Assembly of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), keeping their home audiences informed about environmental financing and governance.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">With the support of EJN mentors, fellows will report on these high-level decisions, interview experts to learn how outcomes will affect their countries\u2019 policies and priorities and affect local communities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) is a multilateral environmental fund that provides funding to assist low- and middle-income countries in meeting the objectives of international environmental conventions such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and Minamata Convention on Mercury.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Since its establishment in 1991, the GEF has enabled environmental action by providing over $22 billion in grants and blended finance. Some of the GEF funding projects include the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), which helps safeguard water resources, agriculture and food security, health, disaster risk management and prevention, infrastructure and fragile ecosystems. The GEF\u2019s new climate adaptation strategy for the 2022-2026 period will support the adaptation needs of small island developing states (SIDS), and support countries to adopt climate-resilient technologies and adaptation solutions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This fellowship to the GEF\u2019s Seventh Assembly, which will be held from August 22-26 in Vancouver, Canada, will strengthen journalists\u2019 capacity to cover real-time changes to global environmental and climate financing instruments and their implications.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Assembly is the governing body of the GEF that includes representatives of all 185 member countries and is responsible for reviewing and approving proposed amendments to the GEF\u2019s general policies, operations, and documents such as the Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0To be eligible for the fellowship, the applicant must:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Be a professional journalist from or representing an established media house from a low- or middle-income country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Have previous experience reporting on environmental issues. Experience covering climate and environmental financing is a plus.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Have good command of the English language.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Be available to arrive in Vancouver by August 21, 2023 and commit to staying to cover the full week of the Assembly and participate\u202fin all fellowship activities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Provide a letter of support from an editor or media outlet, committing to publish or broadcast any stories produced as a result of this fellowship. This is expected of both staffers and freelancers.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Submit recent, relevant samples of their journalistic work, which can be uploaded as documents\u202for web links. Work samples can be in any language as long as they are accompanied by a short English synopsis.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Journalists can be of any age, but preference will be given to youth journalists (age 35 and under).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Note: You\u2019ll be asked to upload these supporting documents once you start the application process, so please have them handy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">EJN reserves the right to disqualify applicants from consideration if they have been found to have engaged in unethical or improper professional conduct.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Agnes Nwankwo \u00a0Journalists from low- and middle-income countries \u2013 which bear the brunt of climate impacts and are targeted recipients of GEF investments \u2013 to cover the Seventh Assembly&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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