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yessenia funes
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I'm a queer latina climate journalist covering environmental issues through the perspective of the oppressed. find my reporting in vox, curbed, yale climate connections, & more.

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yessenia funes @yessfun.com · 18d
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I write about climate justice w/ heart & soul, focused on the frontlines always. some posts are ruminative; others are reported. subscribe!

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✦ By Yessenia Funes ✦ Where the climate crisis meets community lie endless possibilities
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oh! and my annual climate justice wins list is out ✨

don't let the darkness take over, friends! there's good stuff happening!

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2025's Climate Justice Wins
Yes, even the year of hell had its victories.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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the industry needs to confront the mental health challenges journalists face — esp. for journalists on the climate beat. I was invited to write a prediction for @niemanlab.org's annual list.

I wrote about my vital work with @climatepsychol.bsky.social

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Emotions become the industry’s superpower
"We can no longer pretend journalists don't have feelings. We can't hide behind the curtain of 'objectivity.'"
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December 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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really appreciated writing about this and the important work we're building at the CARES Media Initiative.
niemanlab.org Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 10d
@yessfun.com: “We can no longer pretend journalists don’t have feelings. We can’t hide behind the curtain of ‘objectivity.'”

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December 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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yo nací sin suerte
December 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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I read a lot of news for my job, but a handful of stories really stuck with me from 2025. here are the ones that made my list this year. :)

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My Favorite Climate Stories of 2025
My job involves reading lots of great journalism, but these 11 stories stuck with me.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Oh that little stat? Yeah that's the free newsletter I edit six days a week, which hey you should subscribe
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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every year, I compile the climate and environmental justice wins of that year. what victories did we manage in 2025 despite all the awful shit? i'd love to hear from my community. i'll be featuring the list in my newsletter next week xx

here's last year's: www.possibilities.news/climate-just...
All We Do Is Win, Win, Win
OK, maybe that's not always true — but let's take some time to celebrate the wins, yeah?
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December 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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if you're not a subscriber to my newsletter, there's no better time. annual subs are only $35 for the year until 2026.

I write about climate justice w/ heart & soul, focused on the frontlines always. some posts are ruminative; others are reported. subscribe!

www.possibilities.news/holiday-sale
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✦ By Yessenia Funes ✦ Where the climate crisis meets community lie endless possibilities
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December 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Beautiful weekend read by @yessfun.com @atmosmag.bsky.social featuring my #PaRx origin story, perspectives on nature and health from colleagues and collaborators Rita White, Dr. Robert Zarr and Dr. Qing Li, and a nod to PaRx's groundbreaking collaboration with @vanartgallery.bsky.social.
The New Rx: What if Your Doctor Prescribed You Time Outside? | Atmos
Increasingly, doctors are prescribing time in the natural world as a treatment that can help patients with a wide range of diagnoses.
atmos.earth
December 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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new newsletter alert — on the ways refugees are already facing repeated displacement due to climate change

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Where Do Refugees Go?
Climate change is making refugee camps more vulnerable. COP30 isn't doing enough to protect them.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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got an important COP30 story out for @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social about climate migrants and the advocates keeping them front and center at these international negotiations

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Millions have fled weather disasters, but they had few champions at COP30 » Yale Climate Connections
Advocates are working to ensure that world leaders don’t ignore people displaced by climate change.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Over the past decade, weather disasters have forced tens of millions to search for new homes. Advocates say people displaced by climate change need more resources. The latest from @yessfun.com:
Millions have fled weather disasters, but they had few champions at COP30 » Yale Climate Connections
Advocates are working to ensure that world leaders don’t ignore people displaced by climate change.
yaleclimateconnections.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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“We’re trying to rethink the way people think about migration,” Roque said.

Backgrounder on climate-driven migration and #COP30 by @yessfun.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Lord I see what you have done for others
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · Nov 25
Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup
Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup
Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been ordered to start serving his 27-year sentence in a 12 sq metre bedroom in a police base in the capital, Brasília, after his conviction for plotting a coup. The far-right populist, who governed Latin America’s largest democracy from 2019 until 2022, was handed the punishment in September after the supreme court found him guilty of leading a criminal conspiracy to stop his leftwing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, taking power. Continue reading...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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for context Alex Vitale is the author of the much-cited (including by me) book The End of Policing
alexvitale.bsky.social Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · Nov 24
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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I was too busy and didn't share last week's newsletter — about the ugly debates over whether trans women should be included in formal COP language. published this on #TransDayOfRemembrance

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Whom Do You Remember?
Trans people can't catch a break, not even at COP30.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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If you haven't already read @yessfun.com's amazing @atmosmag.bsky.social piece from earlier this year, please go do it

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Fossil Fuel Billionaires Are Bankrolling the Anti-Trans Movement | Atmos
An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.
atmos.earth
November 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
The Holy See rightly getting loudly booed at COP30 for blurting out some transphobic nonsense during the closing plenary

Whoever did the jeering: I promise I will buy you a beer if I ever meet you, IRL

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November 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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moderating this tomorrow, come thruuuu new york

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Artist Panel & Dialogue: "Imagining Climate Futures"
Hear from Climate Storytelling 2075 artists behind the "Imagining Climate Futures" gallery exhibition from Climate Futures Studio
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November 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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this week's newsletter features the voice of an Indigenous leader from Brazil where this year's climate negotiations are taking place.

subscriptions are on sale thru the rest of the year!

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Brazil's Indigenous Peoples Deserve Better
At COP30, security guards responded with force when Indigenous peoples demanded entry.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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i'm offering a holiday sale for my newsletter Possibilities. this is a great chance to sign up if you've wanted to but didn't have room in your budget. it's just $30 for the year!

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Possibilities
✦ By Yessenia Funes ✦ Where the climate crisis meets community lie endless possibilities
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November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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I was delighted to talk to @yessfun.com about working with Indigenous communities in the Amazon to expose the economic interests driving illegal deforestation in their territories 👇
November 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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#COP30 negotiators from around the world gather next week in Belém, Brazil, at the mouth of the Amazon River. @yessfun.com says it’s a vital opportunity to engage with the Indigenous people who help protect the vast rainforest region. Here’s how to tell their stories: www.sej.org/publications...
November 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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my latest column for @sejorg.bsky.social is about cop30 and the importance of covering Brazil's Indigenous peoples beyond the global gathering.

www.sej.org/publications...
Tapping Into COP30 To Cover Indigenous Issues
COP30 negotiators from around the world gather next week in Belém, Brazil, at the mouth of the Amazon River. Our Voices of Environmental Justice columnist Yessenia Funes says it’s a vital opportunity ...
www.sej.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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wrote about what comes next for new yorkers who love zohran — let's see how his climate policy plays out. for now, we celebrate. from nyc to palestine, the people are rejoicing

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Victory Is Ours
From New York City to Palestine, people are celebrating the next mayor of New York.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM