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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 1h

In the video is @lottanarhi.bsky.social of @longplay.fi, just 1 of the 41 journalists and scientists who worked on this investigation.

Read the Europe-wide story at greentogrey.eu, where you can also explore our methodology page, and see each individual publication from our 11 national newsrooms.

Green to Grey – How Europe is squandering the little nature it has left

Green to Grey is a pioneering collaboration between journalists and scientists counting every green space lost in Europe between January 2018 and December 2023.

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 1h

❓What is the main driver of land use across #Europe?

The #GreenToGrey project reveals the scale of Europe's nature loss, equivalent to 600 football fields a day. That’s 1.5x faster than officials previously estimated.

Find out how to act on our groundbreaking investigation at greentogrey.eu/about

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Peter Yeung @peter-yeung.bsky.social · 3h

Hello #ClimateArena, I am here in Budapest. Please drop me a line to say hi, to talk collaborations, solutions, commissions, to grab a drink, or indeed to ask my tips for the city, which I’ve been exploring @journalismarena.eu

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lottanarhi.bsky.social @lottanarhi.bsky.social · 20h

Construction is eating up Europe’s remaining green areas much faster than previously estimated by the EEA - who, by the way, told us that their methodology ”does not completely meet the requirements of statistical robustness”.

#GreenToGrey @longplay.fi

Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 1d

🔎 greentogrey.eu reveals the scale of nature and cropland loss across the continent.

By the end of this video, Europe will have lost 2850m² of land to construction. That’s almost half a Premier League football pitch.

At #ClimateArena this weekend... 🧵👇[1/3]

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 1d

@datadista.com 🇪🇸
De Standaard 🇧🇪
DIE ZEIT 🇩🇪
FACTA.eu 🇮🇹
@wyborcza.pl 🇵🇱
@lemonde.fr 🇫🇷
@longplay.fi 🇫🇮
@reportersunited.gr 🇬🇷
theblacksea.eu 🇹🇷
@theguardian.com 🇬🇧

Read more and find out how to take action at greentogrey.eu | #GreenToGrey

Green to Grey – How Europe is squandering the little nature it has left

Green to Grey is a pioneering collaboration between journalists and scientists counting every green space lost in Europe between January 2018 and December 2023.

greentogrey.eu

Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 1d

[2/3] ...you can find out about how we developed this investigation, the first of its kind in #Europe.

Tickets & programme: climatearena.eu

#GreenToGrey is a collaboration initiated by Arena, NRK and our scientist partners at NINA 🇳🇴, alongside:

Climate Arena

Climate Arena is where world-changing climate investigations are born. Well – that’s the aim! This year, we will be at the Gellert Campus of Corvinus University in Budapest, Hungary.

climatearena.eu

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 1d

🔎 greentogrey.eu reveals the scale of nature and cropland loss across the continent.

By the end of this video, Europe will have lost 2850m² of land to construction. That’s almost half a Premier League football pitch.

At #ClimateArena this weekend... 🧵👇[1/3]

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 1d

And @miloudirkx.bsky.social moderates both sessions.

See you this weekend!

#CA25 programme: climatearena2025.sched.com
#CA25 tickets: climatearena.eu/register/

Climate Arena 2025 Schedule

Check out the schedule for Climate Arena 2025

climatearena2025.sched.com

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 1d

Join @latule.bsky.social of @datadista.com, @barnabypace.bsky.social of @ciel.org, Linda Knoester & Aaron Pereira of @solid-research.bsky.social, and @benjwhereman.bsky.social of @cleanenergywire.bsky.social to understand these proposed solutions in depth and in context.

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 1d

🟢 How much do we actually know about the 'solutions' to the #ClimateEmergency?

This year's #ClimateArena has two dedicated sessions to discussing 'false solutions' in detail, looking at:
🌊 Desalination
🌪️ Geoengineering
🛢️ CCUS (carbon capture, usage and storage)
🪫 Hydrogen
🍂 Biofuels

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 2d

📆 It's time for the #ClimateArena conference! This week, we will be meeting climate journalists, activists & scientists in Budapest for #CA25.

If you haven't yet got your tickets, there are still a handful left.

🔎 Programme: climatearena2025.sched.com
🎟️ Tickets: climatearena.eu/register/

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 2d

Thanks to FTM for including #GreenToGrey in their Europe Uncovered newsletter this week 🌍 greentogrey.eu

Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 4d

📥This week in Europe Uncovered: Barcelona’s wine flows into Russia’s weapons pipeline; EU safeguards fail on dangerous doctors; and Europe keeps paving over what little nature is left.

@istories.bsky.social @journalismarena.eu mediapart.fr @vsquare.bsky.social @apache.be @danwatch.dk

Spanish wine & Russian weapons, dangerous doctors and vanishing nature

Follow the Money - Platform for investigative journalism

www.ftm.eu

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 2d

🔗 Explore the project here: foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/
🔗 See all the finalists here: daphnejournalismprize.eu/edition-2025...

The Forever Lobbying Project

The Forever Lobbying Project exposes the real cost of PFAS pollution on the environment, science, and politics.

foreverpollution.eu

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 2d

Our team of 46 journalists and 18 experts was co-ordinated by @stephanehorel.bsky.social at @lemonde.fr, and the work was funded by the @pulitzercenter.org, the Broad Reach Foundation, @journalismfund.bsky.social, and #IJ4EU.

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 2d

This campaign aimed to water down an EU proposal to ban PFAS (“forever chemicals”) and shift the burden of environmental pollution onto society.

🤝 This collaborative, cross-border project has produced more than 140 articles and 29 radio/TV broadcasts in 16 countries, and 15 languages.

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 2d

🔎 The Forever Lobbying Project is shortlisted for the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism!

🧪 This investigation exposed an ongoing, orchestrated lobbying and disinformation campaign by the PFAS industry and its allies...

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 5d

If you *are* a data specialist, find the data methodology in full on the Green to Grey webpage.

greentogrey.eu/methodology

Data Methodology – Green to Grey

Green to Grey is a pioneering collaboration between journalists and scientists counting every green space lost in Europe between January 2018 and December 2023.

greentogrey.eu

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 5d

So here is our layman's guide to how we produced this groundbreaking work: journalismarena.eu/first-of-its...

However... 🧵👇 [2/3]

‘First of its kind’: Behind the scenes of Green to Grey’s groundbreaking data investigation

We’ve described our latest cross-border collaborative journalism project, Green to Grey, as an investigation that is the ‘first of its kind’. That’s a big claim – so, let us explain what we mean.

journalismarena.eu

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 5d

🟢 We’ve described Green to Grey as a ‘first of its kind’ data investigation. That’s a big claim – so, let us explain what we mean.

The data methodology process for measuring nature loss across Europe is fascinating — but complex, and most of us are not data specialists! 🧵👇 [1/3]

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Kerstin Meyer @kersmeyer.bsky.social · 5d

Je mehr Wachstum desto mehr Steinzeit

Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 7d

🚨 NEW: By the end of this video, Europe will have lost 2850m² of land to construction. That’s almost half a Premier League football pitch.

This rate of loss, amounting to 600 football pitches a day, is 1.5 times higher than official EEA estimates.

This is the #GreenToGrey project. [1/3]

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 5d

Next Friday in Budapest, CIEL’s @duycks.bsky.social and @barnabypace.bsky.social join journalists and scientists at #ClimateArena2025 - an inspiring working conference by @journalismarena.eu to strengthen climate reporting across Europe.

📍 Corvinus University, Budapest
🗓️ October 10

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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 5d

In 5 minutes we're hosting another Reddit AMA with r/Europe.

We revealed that more than 100 doctors suspended for serious offenses have easily continued practicing in other European countries. Ask us anything about #badpractice here: www.reddit.com/r/europe/com...

From the europe community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the europe community

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 6d

Happy to chat, Ketan!

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Dara Sands @darasands.bsky.social · 6d

It’s not unspoken, it’s the central message of this piece and the project. The #GreenToGrey website highlights western consumerism as a key driver and the way “wealthy countries develop not only essential things, but unnecessary things, from golf courses to artificial ski slopes.”

greentogrey.eu

Green to Grey – How Europe is squandering the little nature it has left

Green to Grey is a pioneering collaboration between journalists and scientists counting every green space lost in Europe between January 2018 and December 2023.

greentogrey.eu

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Arena for Journalism in Europe @journalismarena.eu · 6d

"Wow. I just read the whole thing, to the tune of 41.000m²... This is a powerful piece of journalism"

The words of a reader after yesterday's #GreenToGrey launch.

Explore the greentogrey.eu investigation into nature loss.

💡We suggest how you can take action at the 'About' page.

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