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Based in Paris, I report on climate change and the environment for international news agency Agence France Presse. Armed with degrees in Chinese studies (UCSC, Princeton), I worked in Beijing from 1985 through the dramatic events of June 1989, first as a stringer for the Wall Street Journal and then as Beijing bureau chief for Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post. Subsequently, as a freelance investigative reporter based in New York, I explored cult-based social movements in China, along with the nexus of organized crime and “people smuggling” from China to the US and Europe. In 1995 I moved to Paris and joined AFP, where I oversaw the creation of award-winning data-driven platforms following a stint in the agency’s graphics service. From 2007 through 2011, I was a science and environment correspondent. After developing news apps on the model of AFP's "e-diplomacy hub" in partnership with Twitter, I resumed that beat ahead of the Paris COP21 climate change conference in 2015. In 2021, I was the third recipient of the Biophilia Award for Environmental Communication, won in other years by the BBC's Matt McGrath, The Guardian, and the New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert. As a teacher during two decades at the Institut Français de Presse (IFP), I saw dozens of students embark on journalism careers in France, the US, China and elsewhere. From 2019 to 2023, I taught a Masters-level course at three J-schools -- IFP, CFJ and SciencesPo -- on climate change and how to report on it. In 2016, with funding from the UN Foundation, I wrote and presented a 10-part video training series for journalists on climate change. I edited a book on Cambodia in the late 1980s, and have written for academic publications on China’s internal news media, and Chinese emigration during the 1990s. I was born at 314 ppm.

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  Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth

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  Apr. 20, 2024

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  Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth

  By Marlowe Hood Verified

  Apr. 18, 2024

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  Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth

  By Marlowe Hood Verified

  Apr. 18, 2024

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Agence France-Presse (AFP)

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a prominent global news agency known for its extensive and reliable coverage of international events. With a network of 1,700 journalists, AFP provides in-depth reporting on various topics, including business, politics, health, and culture. It has the largest news gathering footprint worldwide, ensuring comprehensive coverage of significant issues affecting daily life. AFP offers a variety of services designed for large companies, startups, agencies, international institutions, and NGOs. These include corporate content services that deliver trusted editorial content, a digital verification network for fact-checking, and tailored news feeds that provide customized news dispatches in six languages, available 24/7. Additionally, AFP produces over 3,000 news dispatches daily and offers photo services to capture significant events.