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Brazil and Lusophone Africa

01 Apr 2023 - 31 Mar 2024

30 June 2023

Data and digital tools for reporting on climate change

As part of the OCRI initiative the CIJ and Abraji are hosting a workshop on data and digital tools for reporting on climate change at the 18th edition of the International Congress of Investigative Journalism.

20 July 2023

Mozambique #PowerTracker module 1: Investigating green energy initiatives in Mozambique

As part of the #PowerTracker programme, the Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism and the Centro de Jornalismo Investigativo Mozambique are holding a two-module training focused on task-based upskilling of Mozambique-based investigative journalists to cover climate change and renewable energy.

3 August 2023

Mozambique #PowerTracker module 2: Storytelling with data

The second #Powertracker module training is a practical hands-on session that will take participants through the full bouquet of data story telling which includes data collection, cleaning, analysis and visualisation.

21–24 August 2023

Training in environmental and climate journalism

A four-day, in-person training by the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) on the coverage of climate and environmental advocacy issues holding in Belém, Pará, the Brazilian city that will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30) in 2025.

31 August 2023

Workshop: Investigating municipal public policies through the ‘Climate Diary’

The Open Knowledge Brasil will run a workshop during Coda Amazonia about investigating climate change by interrogating Municipal Public Policies. The activity is one of the first actions of #DiárioDoClima, an initiative of OKBR with seven other organisations, that will help journalists and communicators follow climate-related actions by monitoring publications in the official gazettes of municipalities.

31 August 2023

Data Track on Climate Change Reporting: Processing Climate Data with R

The Open Knowledge Brasil is holding a three track training session of Climate Change reporting using data during Coda Amazonia, the local version of the Brazilian Conference on Data Journalism and Digital Methods (Coda.Br), Latin America's leading data journalism event.

31 August 2023

Data Track on Climate Change Reporting: Using Data to Set the Climate Agenda

The Open Knowledge Brasil is holding a three track training session of Climate Change reporting using data during Coda Amazonia, the local version of the Brazilian Conference on Data Journalism and Digital Methods (Coda.Br), Latin America's leading data journalism event.

1 September 2023

Data track on Climate Change Reporting: Local Data and Climate Event Planning

The Open Knowledge Brasil is holding a three track training session of Climate Change reporting using data during Coda Amazonia, the local version of the Brazilian Conference on Data Journalism and Digital Methods (Coda.Br), Latin America's leading data journalism event.

2 September 2023

Talking circle: Challenges of journalistic coverage on climate justice

The Open Knowledge Brasil will run a talking circle about the challenges of journalistic coverage of climate justice. The session will hold during Coda Amazônia on Marajó Island, in Pará, with local journalists who conduct investigations related to climate justice, territorial conflicts, and environmental crimes.

1–2 November 2023

Climate Data Laboratory

The Open Knowledge Brasil (OKBR) is holding a two-day hands-on laboratory focused on interrogating climate change data under the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) partnership with the CIJ. At least 15 journalists from Alma Preta, a media outlet focused on presenting the possibility of a less violent and unequal society through objective information, will be trained in how to gather, analyse and visualise data as well as how to generate datasets from the territory and with intersectional cut-outs.

13 November 2023

Investigating renewable energy investments in Mozambique

In partnership with the Open Climate Reporting Initiative, Oxpeckers is hosting a webinar panel session to discuss how local journalists harness a cutting-edge tool to monitor renewable energy investments in Mozambique.

18 November 2023

Workshop: Scientific data and research on climate adaptation

During the Coda.BR Conference, Open Knowledge Brasil is holding a workshop about Scientific data and research on climate adaptation as part of the CIJ's Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI). The workshop will take an approach to intersections in the context of eliminating inequalities in global carbonisation cycles, based on data collected by the Iyaleta Research Association, a scientific institution in the north and north-east of Brazil recognised as a permanent observer of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

18 November 2023

Maps and climate workshop

As part of Coda.BR Conference, Open Knowledge Brasil is holding in partnership with the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI/CIJ) a workshop about maps and climate change. Class duration: 1.30 hours This workshop will explore geographical data on agriculture and visualise environmental indicators, such as deforestation rates and greenhouse gas emissions, using Python and online tools to analyse the data and create maps.

18 November 2023

Panel: Data for Climate Justice

Data is fundamental to understanding climate change and the paths to action, from identifying problems to mitigation and adaptation measures in cities. But what data is available for this, and which realities and people does it apply to?

19 November 2023

Green shields and conflicts in the Amazon: Mapping territories and land use

As part of Coda.BR Conference, Open Knowledge Brasil is holding a workshop about green shields and conflicts in the Amazon as part of the CIJ's Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI). Class duration: 1.30 hours This workshop will explore how to search for, collect and analyse geospatial data to identify levels of preservation inside and outside the territories, land use and deforestation.

19 November 2023

Investigating municipal public policies on climate and the environment with the Climate Diary

During the Coda.BR Conference, the Open Knowledge Brasil (OKBR) is holding a workshop to teach how to use "Diário do Clima". It is a tool capable of scrutinising texts in municipal official gazettes in search of projects and public policies that impact climate and environmental issues.