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November 06, 2025
Indonesian 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.
October 27, 2025Global asset or frontier for extraction? COP30 is a reckoning for the Amazon
Governments of the Amazon are reaffirming their goals of pursuing green investment – all while expanding fossil fuel exploration and mining.
October 22, 2025Environmental groups slam Amazon oil drilling approval ahead of COP30
Brazil’s environment agency, IBAMA, has approved an environmental license for state-owned oil company Petrobras to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River.
October 16, 2025COP29 president: ‘COP is the best system we have, we cannot lose faith in it’
Mukhtar Babayev speaks with Dialogue Earth about the outcomes of last year’s UN climate summit in Azerbaijan and expectations for COP30 in Brazil.
October 08, 2025From pomelos to textiles: Vietnam’s businesses grapple with global green demands
As one of the world’s major exporters of fruit, coffee, pepper, seafood, and textiles, Vietnam is being reshaped by the global shift toward green and sustainable consumption in the post-pandemic era.
October 03, 2025Brazil leads push for novel forest finance mechanism ahead of COP30 summit
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced that his nation will invest the first $1 billion in the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), a planned $125 billion fund that Lula and Brazilian finance experts first described in 2023.