Supported projects

MAZARA DEL VALLO – This investigation reveals that Mazara's renowned red shrimp brand is becoming increasingly dependent on global supply chains, Libyan waters and opaque practices. Declining local catches and rising costs are pushing this famous Italian fishery into crisis.

BUCHAREST / PRAGUE / WARSAW - The Polluter Profits Project is a data investigation that uncovers how billions of euros from the EU Modernisation Fund, one of the main sources of public decarbonisation funding for lower-income member states, have been channelled towards polluting industries.

KILEMBE - Since the first measurements were taken in 1906, more than 90% of the ice in the Rwenzori Mountains on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo has disappeared. Experts predict it will be gone entirely within a decade.

CERRO DE PASCO - The city of Cerro de Pasco lies at an altitude of 4,380 metres in the harsh climate of the Peruvian Andes. It is one of the highest cities in the world, but also one of the most polluted, as there is a huge pit right in the centre of the city.

CACOAL - This investigation delves into the supply chain of Diamond Green Diesel (DGD), a US green fuel producer and joint venture between fossil fuel company Valero and multinational rendering company Darling Ingredients.

SOZAK - Vlast and EIF's latest investigation, published in partnership with the French media outlet Reporterre, focuses on the French multinational company Orano (formerly Areva) and its joint venture, Katco, in Kazakhstan. The investigation reveals that Katco was convicted of several environmental ...

PERMIAN BASIN / LONDON / BRUSSELS – The EU methane regulation, in force since August 2024, requires energy firms to monitor, report and verify methane emissions at their drilling sites and conduct regular leak detection surveys. It will also require importers to obtain methane-intensity data from ...

QAYYARAH – Wedged between an oil field and a refinery, this Iraqi town has paid the price for its country's petroleum wealth for decades. The facilities blanket the surrounding air with toxic gases and pump oily wastewater into the adjacent Tigris River. The industry that gave Qayyarah its existence ...

KINSHASA - Marlies Geyskens travels to Kinshasa, a city of millions that has been struggling with a growing mountain of rubbish in recent years. There, she follows two local artists who make costumes from recycled materials.

PEJË / KUKËS - The White Drin River is turning into an open sewage channel. Untreated wastewater, plastic waste and chemical pollutants are damaging ecosystems, public health and local economies, while pollution continues to cross the border into Albania. The investigation covered fieldwork from ...

MONTROSE / MADRID – Europe reportedly plays host to one in four of the world’s golf courses – with almost 9,000 peppered across the continent. More than 1,450 – almost one in five – including some of the world’s most iconic, can be found in Spain, Italy, and Scotland, where the sport originated.

IKEBIRI / POTENZA - From the dry hills of southern Italy's Basilicata region to the flood-stricken communities of Nigeria’s Niger Delta, oil giant Eni has left a trail of pollution and environmental degradation spanning continents. This cross-border investigation examines the consequences.

COSTACHE NEGRI - As floods caused by climate change get worse across Europe, thousands of farm animals are dying without being seen, counted or getting any money for it. The deaths of livestock remain a systematic blind spot in disaster data and emergency planning mainly focusing on human losses.

ADANA - Europe’s plastic waste exports are flooding southern Türkiye. And, as this investigation finds, instead of being recycled, large volumes are dumped, burnt or leak into waterways, threatening ecosystems, public health and coastal livelihoods.

CATANIA / REYKJAVIK - Iceland and Sicily host Europe's most active volcanoes - but it is not over once the lava cools. The eruptions leave behind lasting health risks for local communities and serious environmental challenges, but also unexpected opportunities for sustainable development.

ANTWERP - It is well known that plastic and microplastics are everywhere. But the fact that they also leak harmful substances is much less well known. In this book, journalist Isabelle Vanhoutte sounds the alarm about this issue.

SHKODRA / PODGORICA - This cross-border investigation looks at the potential environmental and governance consequences of Albania’s 2025 “Mountain Package” law in the Albanian Alps and Prokletije National Park in Montenegro.

WILLEMSTAD / TICINO / AREZZO – A major investigation exposes the route of gold extracted from the Amazon in Venezuela and into Europe: over 90 tonnes of the precious metal were routed through the Caribbean and refined in Switzerland, Italy, and Turkey, reaching the supply chains of Apple, Tesla, and ...

CASABLANCA - What happens when the waste you collect from a factory or a landfill is both making you sick and providing your only source of income? For Morocco, Europe’s circular economy brings a new pattern of colonial co-dependence.

PORTO DO SON - The EU’s flagship fisheries policy is being undermined by a loophole. Thousands of fishing vessels are operating with illegally powerful engines, undermining conservation rules and raising doubts about the Union’s sustainability promises.

LIMA / MADRID - An investigation finds that, four years after the spill of 12,000 barrels of crude oil, the rehabilitation of the Peruvian sea has yet to begin, as Repsol’s plans remain unapproved. Fishers continue to find tar on the beaches, while the company reports rising profits.

FLENSBURG - The Baltic Sea is under significant pressure, yet efforts to protect it are insufficient. Its decline is driven by two major forces: the accelerating impacts of climate change and eutrophication, the nutrient overload from agricultural runoff, sewage, and other waste that fuels massive ...

PITEÅ / BOGOTÁ - On a snowy trail in Sweden, Leif Lundberg, a Sami, denounces forestry companies for exploiting the land. 10,000 kilometres away, José Tombe, a Nasa from Colombia, prepares a collective action to reclaim his land. They are both fighting the threat posed to their territories by ...

BIAŁOWIEŻA – The investigation looks into the impacts of a 186-kilometer, 5-meter-high steel barrier built at the border between Poland and Belarus in 2022.

TEKİRDAĞ / SAMOTHRAKI / ANCONA - This investigation traces the evolution of mucilage from a shocking surface bloom into an ongoing environmental governance failure and intensifying cross-border marine crisis across the Mediterranean.

PARIS - 7,000 protected areas are under threat from oil and gas projects worldwide. 120 countries were included in the investigation data analysed by a large cross-border team of independent journalists and media outlets.

SARAJEVO / SKOPJE - This cross‑border investigation explores why rare and endangered plant species in Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia are vanishing despite existing legal frameworks.

RIGA - The Environmental Journalism School is a five-month online training and mentoring programme designed for Russian-speaking journalists in exile.

TARANTO / VALENCIA / ONLINE – Marea Media, REVOLVE, and the MIRA–Recommon team have joined forces to organise 'Fair Funds, Fair Future', a climate justice training programme for Southern European journalists.

VIENNA - “Follow the Carbon, the Money and the Data” is a two-day training programme designed to strengthen investigative climate reporting.