Pitch
Write for The Third Pole
The Third Pole is seeking pitches for stories from Southeast Asia (including mainland Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines), under the following themes:
– Electric power (renewables and fossil fuels)
– The environmental impacts of agriculture
– Infrastructure and extractives
– Waste and recycling
– Wildlife conservation and protected areas
– Tourism and SEZs
– The environmental and social impacts (positive or negative) of Chinese investment
Particular areas of interest include:
- Environmental impacts of the Myanmar coup, including energy demand growth, conservation, logging and timber trade;
- Environmental impacts (positive and negative) of Chinese investment in the Philippines;
- Impacts of the transition to renewable energy, including extraction of critical minerals, unexpected side-effects of the energy transition, and efforts to mitigate them;
- Environmental and social impacts of infrastructure mega-projects, from bridges and railways to dams, especially those with Chinese funding;
- Positive examples of effective biodiversity conservation and climate adaptation, especially those which could be scaled up elsewhere;
- Plastics and other waste;
- Environmental impacts, positive and negative, of SEZs, including captive power.
Please email pitches to [email protected]
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