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On March 22, join sciam and filmmakers dfpsmith and Andrew Robinson for a screening of 'The Vanishing Invisible Forest' at dceff_org. See for details. 📽️ Produced in partnership with MontereyHerald and support from pulitzercenter

What are the intersections of climate and work? How are global climate risks playing out in fields and on factory floors and being discussed in company boardrooms? As the world heats up, what jobs and employment sectors, what factory practices, what sorts of manufacturing—from computer chips to batteries to food production to fast fashion—are threatened or must change? Factors affecting work range from heat to competition for water resources.

With a series of films focusing on labor and the environment, the Pulitzer Center offers a view into the real-world problems of working as temperatures rise, limited labor rights oversight and threats to livelihoods for some of the world’s most vulnerable workers. Reporting efforts also seek to document solutions by companies and communities and insights into the work of scientists seeking to reduce the impacts of climate change.

A screening will be followed by conversation with journalists and filmmakers involved in these projects, including

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