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Food, land and nature journalist @orladwyer_

Orla Dwyer

Food, land and nature journalist SINCE November 2022

Orla Dwyer covers food, land and nature. Orla has a BA in journalism from Dublin City University. She previously reported and wrote a climate newsletter for Irish news website The Journal. She has also worked at Virgin Media Television, Dublin People and the Irish Farmers Journal.

LATEST BY Orla Dwyer

A firefighter working to put out a fire in the Pantanal in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil on 7 July 2024.

Climate change made the ‘supercharged’ 2024 Pantanal wildfires 40% more intense

Attribution | 08.08.24

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Cropped 31 July 2024: Deep-sea mining talks; UN hunger report; Venezuela election and the Amazon

Cropped | 31.07.24

A herd of Danish cows grazing on a pasture.

Q&A: How Denmark plans to tax agriculture emissions to meet climate goals

EU policy | 09.07.24

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Cropped 3 July 2024: Brazil wetlands blaze; Denmark agri carbon tax; Heat and drought hit crops

Cropped | 03.07.24

Flooded fields in Aberdeenshire, Scotland in December 2023.

Q&A: The state of the UK’s ‘food security’ in a fast-warming world

Food and farming | 28.06.24

Volunteers at a tree planting event in the UK.

Negative emissions: Scientists debate role of CO2 removal in tackling climate change

Negative emissions | 26.06.24

A tractor-drawn applicator applies nitrogen granule fertiliser to a field of corn.

Agriculture ‘major driver’ of rise in nitrous oxide emissions over past 40 years

Food and farming | 11.06.24

People throw the rotted watermelon in the Buriganga River, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Image ID: FX9939

Better refrigeration could avoid almost 2bn tonnes of CO2 per year from food loss

Food and farming | 05.06.24

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Cropped 22 May 2024: Farmland ‘grabbing’; Ocean court ‘victory’ for small islands; Pre-COP16 talks

Cropped | 22.05.24

Herbicide being applied to a field of genetically modified cotton in Arkansas, US.

Q&A: The evolving debate about using genetically modified crops in a warming world

Food and farming | 22.05.24

Aerial view of a forest in France.

EU spending up to €48bn on nature-harming activities each year, report says

Food and farming | 13.05.24

DeBriefed 3 May 2024: G7 sets end date for coal; Deadly floods around globe; Brazil’s pitch to tax ultra-rich

DeBriefed | 03.05.24

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Cropped 27 March 2024: Bankrolling meat and dairy; EU nature restoration pushback; Missing cherry blossoms

Cropped | 27.03.24

A herd of cows, Netherlands.

Q&A: The impact of farmer protests on the EU’s upcoming parliamentary elections

Food and farming | 19.03.24

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Cropped 13 March 2024: Drought hits food supplies; ‘Mass bleaching’ of coral reefs; Industrialising African ag

Nature | Cropped | 13.03.24

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