Opinion / #governance
Karbon & Iklim
COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm
As the host of this year's UN Climate Change Conference, Brazil seeks to make COP30 the “COP of implementation.” Translating commitments into robust action should include providing indigenous peoples with direct access to predictable and sustainable finance, and treating them as equal partners, rather than as beneficiaries.
Karbon & Iklim
From Rio to Belém: The long unravelling of climate consensus
Three decades after the optimism of the 1992 Earth Summit, the climate regime faces a tough test. The retreat of multilateralism and the rules-based international order has left COP30 struggling to hold together the fading promise of global action.
Pangan & Agrikultur
India’s farm policies behind bad air, unhealthy diet, water crisis
Law and policy measures that prioritise sustainable agriculture are needed to address India’s environmental challenges.
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Southeast Asian banks need to end loopholes allowing finance for industrial coal power
If they are serious about a sustainable future, they must close loopholes and extend coal policies across clients’ entire value chains, denying new financing to companies using coal unless they have credible, time-bound clean energy plans.
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Hashtags hurt, hashtags heal too
25 Agustus 2025
Kebijakan & Keuangan
Climate finance is held back by rules from the financial crash
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Kebijakan & Keuangan
How far has the dial really moved in climate finance since COP29?
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Shake it up, don’t shoot it down: the case for reforming US aid
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Aid cuts could erase women from public life
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India needs to redefine 'urban'
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