Supported projects

VIGO – Spain and Portugal share their main rivers, a fact that has promoted diplomatic efforts for the joint management of common bodies of water. However, as extreme droughts become more frequent and intense in the Iberian Peninsula, local populations and legislators alike are struggling to cope ...

BAKU – Under the pretext of reducing reliance on Russian gas, Italy and the European Union have planned to double gas imports from Azerbaijan since 2022, even as dictator Ilham Aliyev tightens his authoritarian grip and increases investments in fossil fuels.

KATOWICE / KARVINÁ - This cross-border research project compares the energy transition in Silesia and Karviná, the coal regions on the Czech-Polish border, with a focus on the implementation of the EU's Just Transition Fund.

BONN / BUKAREST / BERN/AMSTERDAM / ATHENS – The future of our food supply is under threat as a high-stakes battle unfolds over seed control in the EU. This cross-border project investigated how companies exploit patent loopholes to demand and sometimes obtain patents from the EPO even on ...

TALLINN - The lack of regulation in the voluntary carbon market, together with the influx of capital, creates a situation where ineffective solutions or even outright scams can be marketed. This cross-border investigation looks at how people in Estonia, Lithuania and Italy are exploiting 'green' ...

ATHENS/FARO/AGRIGENTO – Wildfires in Europe have become more frequent and devastating. From lagging prevention and disaster response in Greece, to the mismanagement and legal loopholes that in Italy fuel arson, to the post-wildfire economy in Spain that impedes ecological restoration, to Portugal's ...

ENONTEKIO - The Arctic region is warming up four times as fast as the global average. This impacts people and animals.

FIRENZE - The first edition of the online Magmatic School of Environmental Journalism took place online from October 2024 to February 2025. Nine journalists participated in it.

MONTEVIDEO - The world is made of paper and bought with paper:  How far can a company modify the present of a nation and influence its future with promises that never come?

SILVER SPRING - GIJN has developed a detailed six-chapter guide designed especially for investigative reporters on how to investigate the fossil fuel industry. 

ÚSTI NAD LABEM / LANDAU - The 'lithium fever' has devastated the landscape in Bolivia, Chile and Argentina, among others. Europe is trying to mine its own lithium deposits in an environmentally friendly way: using geothermal energy. Germany is already experimenting with it in the Upper Rhine Valley ...

COVILHÃ /LES LANDES / HARZ - Forests are essential in the global fight against climate change, through their role as carbon sinks. But what happens when management choices are not made in the forest’s best interest?

PARIS - An in-depth investigation of the We Report network looked in the cockpit of the privatised airplane industry. Behind the scenes, the polluting footprint of a few rich is infinite.

TBILISI - This project, consisting of several phases, addressed the critical need for high-quality environmental investigative reporting in Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.

BERLIN - This project aimed to educate and connect investigative journalists in Germany and Europe.

VIGO/TARANTO - Extreme weather events made more frequent and intense by climate change — including marine heatwaves and torrential rain — are wreaking havoc on shellfish production across southern Europe, threatening the livelihoods and traditions that depend on this important sector.

MATINA - For more than two decades, people living near banana plantations in Costa Rica have been exposed to pesticides sprayed from airplanes, affecting their health and the environment. Despite being banned in Europe, these chemicals are still exported to the Global South for agriculture use ...

KAKHOVKA – This project resulted in creation of an interactive tool for environmental journalists who work in the Black Sea region.

LVIV / PODLASIE / BREST – This investigation highlights the threats to the Western bug river from the perspective of three neighbouring countries through which it flows. Journalists uncovered large scale of pollution, missing shared policies, unfinished projects, brutal border protection ...

CATANIA — Almost 1000 alien marine species, many dangerous and extremely invasive, are spreading quickly across the world’s fastest-warming sea, the Mediterranean.

MOKHOTLONG – This investigation focuses on the mining activities of Letseng Diamond Mine, a subsidiary of GEM-Diamonds, a diamond company based in Lesotho, Southern Africa that has been linked to water pollution in the area despite winning climate awards.

SWINOUJSCIE –  What are the implications of building a deep-sea container terminal on the German-Polish border in the middle of nature conservation areas? The investigation reveals that the environmental risks of this project are largely underestimated. 

LONDON – This is a cross-border investigation by five journalists into how the world’s most popular sport is creating a huge carbon footprint and relying on the fossil fuel industry in a never-ending search for more money and more fans.

ANTWERP - There are many forgotten disasters around the world, but one day they will be in the news again. Are we prepared for when the alert levels reach code red again?

PENFOUL - 142 million pigs, 76 million bovine heads, 62 million sheep, and 12 million goats: the invisible yearly population of farmed animals that live and die on the production line in Europe. Industrial livestock farming across Europe is causing widespread environmental degradation. People living ...

GAFSA – Phosphate rocks, rich in phosphorus, are the basis for most fertilisers. With growing demand for food worldwide and a growing need for fertilizers, phosphates are quickly becoming one of the most disputed minerals. One of the crucial phosphate basins is located in southern Tunisia, and the ...

BRUSSELS – The link between agriculture and nature is a contested arena in Europe. Over the past decades, the European Union has become one of the leading producers and exporters of agricultural products in the world. But this has come at a great cost for Europe’s ecosystems.

KATOWICE – This investigation looks at challenges and solutions of methane emissions reduction in Europe. Is it feasible, for example, to replace coking coal, a critical yet hard-to-replace resource for the steel industry? 

PARIS / BRUSSELS / MADRID – Groundwater is the ecosystem Europe has always been able to rely on, and grew to consider an infinite resource. This cross-border investigation reveals that the current state of matters is dire: our water is disappearing and what remains is facing near-irreversible ...

BUCHAREST – Europe is failing to manage its bear population. The large mammals are victims of human abuse, and humans are victims of bear conflict. Bear numbers are rising in southern Europe, where friction between humans and bears are on the increase.