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Chloe Farand

Oxford

Climate and Environment Reporter at Freelance

Freelance climate reporter • Words @Guardian @ClimateHome @ChinaDialogue @Devex • Tips and commissions [email protected] • @chloefarand.bsky.social

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Articles

  • 1 week ago | climatechangenews.com | Chloe Farand |Chloé Farand

    Electric vehicles, batteries, solar panels, wind turbines and other clean energy technologies are driving booming demand for metals and minerals – including copper, lithium, cobalt and nickel – which many countries now consider “critical” to their security. But will procuring those supplies harm the environment and human rights?

  • 1 month ago | climatechangenews.com | Nicha Wachpanich |Chloe Farand |Chloé Farand

    On a humid day in February, a small group of workers huddled in front of a large solar panel factory inside Thailand’s biggest manufacturing hub in the eastern coastal province of Chonburi, home to some of the world’s top solar panel-producing companies. The men and women, mostly in their twenties, all hoped to land a job on a production line assembling solar cells into panels destined for export.

  • 2 months ago | ibanet.org | Chloe Farand |Chloé Farand |Joanne Harris

    The deal being finalised between the US and Ukraine has placed a spotlight on a suddenly much-sought after group of minerals – rare earth elements. This set of 17 nearly indistinguishable soft metals are essential to many modern digital technologies, such as advanced defence equipment as well as the magnets used in electric vehicle motors and wind turbines – all at the forefront of the global agenda. Despite their name, rare earth elements are in fact relatively abundant.

  • 2 months ago | climatechangenews.com | Chloe Farand |Chloé Farand

    A dozen countries ravaged by conflict and humanitarian crises have joined forces to urge the international community to deliver the funding they need to be able to absorb and respond to worsening climate shocks, calling for a growing gap to be tackled at critical talks this year.

  • Feb 25, 2025 | climatechangenews.com | Chloe Farand |Chloé Farand

    The UK said it will cut its overseas aid budget in a new blow to vulnerable nations. The move will make it more difficult for the government to deliver on a promise to increase climate finance to developing countries, analysts have warned. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to slash the UK aid budget from 0.5% to 0.3% of national income, which he said would allow the UK to spend £13.4 billion more on defense per year from 2027.

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Chloé Farand
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25 Feb 25

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Rebuilding our development reputation. Genuine partnership with the Global South. Economic growth. Climate action. Empowering women and girls. Equality at the heart of all we do. Change begins now. https://t.co/qJiRVAnH5N

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5 Dec 24

RT @meganrowling: Human rights group @EquidemOrg finds abusive conditions for migrants working in supply chains of #renewables projects in…

Chloé Farand
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30 Oct 24

RT @ClemSenechal: Déluge à Valence. Ceci n'est pas une catastrophe naturelle, mais un demi-siècle d'inconséquence politique. https://t.co/…