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November 12, 2025
COP30 updates: ASEAN debuts first pavilion on global climate stage
For the first time, ASEAN has set up its own pavilion at a UN climate summit (COP30), signaling the bloc’s growing commitment to climate finance and a just transition.
November 12, 2025COP30: Taiwan shares public-private approach to advance digital and green transition
At COP30, Taiwan brought its experience in public-private collaboration for digital and green transition to the international dialogue.
November 12, 2025Analysis: Which countries have sent the most delegates to COP30?
For the first time in the history of COP climate summits, the US – the world’s largest historical emitter – has not sent a delegation to the talks.
November 10, 2025COP30 Leaders Summit: Quadruple sustainable fuels, new carbon coalition, $5.5 bln for rainforests
COP30 leaders’ summit ended with grand commitments on sustainable fuels , carbon markets and forests. What comes next will determine whether these pledges turn into real progress.
November 10, 2025COP30 tropical forest fund may drive debt and deforestation, groups warn
A new global fund meant to reward tropical countries for protecting forests could instead drive deforestation and deepen debt in the developing world, civil society groups warn.
November 06, 2025Indonesian coastal villages in the dark over nickel pollution
The government has recorded multiple environmental violations at the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park, but locals are yet to see action.
November 05, 2025Q&A: COP30 could – finally – agree how to track the ‘global goal on adaptation’
Nearly a decade on from the Paris Agreement, there is still not an agreed way to measure progress towards its “global goal on adaptation” (GGA).
November 04, 2025COP30: Five key issues to watch as UN climate summit heads to the Amazon
In November, nearly 200 countries will gather at the gateway to the Amazon for COP30. RECCESSARY outlines five key issues to watch as the world heads into the woods and hopes to find a way out.
November 03, 2025Belém faces its social and natural demons as host to COP30
The lack of trees in one of the Amazon’s most revered cities, especially in poor neighborhoods, contributes to projections that Belém will face 222 days of extreme heat by 2050.
October 29, 2025Rare earth mining expands into Laos, threatening entire Mekong River
Satellite data show at least 27 new rare earth mines have opened across Laos since 2022, mostly in protected areas and many within the Mekong River Basin, raising transboundary pollution risks for Vietnam and the wider Mekong system.