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January 23, 2025
Trump's exit from climate agreement may jeopardize big oil companies
U.S. President Donald Trump immediately announced the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. However, some oil and gas industry leaders have expressed concerns that this move does not help their push for clean energy investments.
January 21, 2025
What does a second Trump presidency mean for the ocean?
Some fear the wannabe whale psychiatrist heading for the White House will undo progress on climate action and marine protection.
January 17, 2025
Philippine city’s flood defense strategy backfires with deforestation
Flood-mitigation infrastructure built in the southern Philippines for more than $100 million by clearing native vegetation could exacerbate flood risk in the future.
January 16, 2025
Global South can tackle air pollution, climate change with new approaches and solidarity
Policymakers must discard the “grow now, clean later” model, attract investment in renewables and collaborate, writes a former senior advisor for the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Indonesia.
December 27, 2024
The struggle against plastic choking the Mekong
Plastic is now ubiquitous in the Mekong, Asia’s Mother of Rivers, and experts and local people are struggling to contain the risks to human health, biodiversity and livelihoods.
December 26, 2024
IPBES nexus report: Five takeaways for biodiversity, food, water, health and climate
“Fragmented governance” between biodiversity, climate change, food, water and health is putting all of those systems at risk, according to a major new report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
December 10, 2024
Analysis: Why the $300 bln climate-finance goal is even less ambitious than it seems
At COP29 in Baku, developed-country parties agreed to help raise “at least” $300bn a year by 2035 for climate action in developing countries. Yet it faced a strong backlash from many developing countries, with some branding it a “joke” and “betrayal”.
December 06, 2024
Small-scale fishers of Indonesia and China face similar issues
During our workshop in Bali, experts from both nations found common ground when comparing the hurdles to sustainable coastal communities.
November 26, 2024
COP29: Five key takeaways from Brazil’s 2035 climate pledge
Brazil’s new climate pledge, launched at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by as much as two-thirds by 2035 compared to 2005 levels.
November 18, 2024
COP29: Countries still miles apart on climate finance at tense UN summit
First week of Baku talks marked by low turnout of leaders, Argentina’s withdrawal, and a gulf between blocs’ demands on a new finance goal.