MILAN - [No] Zone di Sacrificio is an investigative and civic journalism project connecting Italian communities affected by industrial pollution, environmental damage and health inequalities. Through investigations, videos, podcasts, public data, scientific evidence and access-to-information tools, it brings local cases into the wider national and European debate on environmental justice, public health and the right to information.

VIGO / TAIPEI - Together, Spain and Taiwan account for almost two-thirds of the world’s reported blue shark catch, turning one of the ocean’s most widely distributed predators into a global commodity.

VRANJE - With the support of the project, Slobodna reč strengthened public-interest journalism in southern Serbia by bringing overlooked local issues to the attention of citizens and decision-makers. Reporting focused on child safety, cultural heritage, social inequality, and vulnerable communities, including those in underserved municipalities such as Surdulica and Preševo.

BUENOS AIRES - Vaca Muerta is a vast area of Argentine Patagonia, home to the world’s second-largest reserve of unconventional natural gas and the fourth-largest reserve of unconventional oil. In 2012, the Argentine government began investing in the region, with the stated aim of using these resources primarily to meet the country’s domestic energy needs.

MILAN / WARSAW / KYIV - How Europe's exceptional welcome of 2022 turned into years of permanent uncertainty, exposing the cracks of a reception system that expects people in need to accept whatever they are offered.

WALANDAWE - A year-long investigation traces nickel from deforested forests and Indigenous land in Sulawesi through China’s battery industry to Volkswagen’s electric cars in Europe, exposing the hidden environmental cost of the green transition.

BRUSSELS - Despite EU water laws, this summer the drinking water supply system showed serious cracks in several regions in the European Union. Good water governance and its enforcement are essential to safeguard the access to clean drinking water on our continent. The European Commission is stepping up its efforts to safeguard access to clean and healthy drinking water in the near future, but the road ahead will be winding.

BUDAPEST - Flavescence dorée, a devastating grapevine disease, is spreading across Central Europe, threatening vineyards and the livelihoods of winegrowers.

SAN PETERSBURG / ALESSANDRIA - Chemicals made in Russia keep crossing the EU to reach an Italian plant, despite the war in Ukraine and years of sanctions. Middlemen in Germany and Israel, trucks through Estonia and a price that rose eightfold kept the supply going.

GALICIA / SANTAREM - A cross-border investigation into how eucalyptus expansion, rural abandonment, economic dependence and difficulties in enforcing forestry rules interact with wildfire risk.

LUANDA - A cross-border investigation reveals European, British and US oil giants have been routinely spilling oil in Angola’s oceans for 13 years, leaving residents ill and unable to eat. Multiple complaints have been ignored, while fishermen are asked to clean up under ‘voluntary work agreements’.

GENEVA - The IPCC is one of the most respected scientific institutions in climate research. An investigation into its inner workings now reveals strong links to the Saudi government within its ranks, as well as apparent contradictions of the IPCC’s application of its conflict of interest rules.