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Tracking 35 planetary vital signs – used to gauge Earth’s response to human activities – researchers found 25 are at record risk levels, including greenhouse gas concentrations, fossil fuel consumption, rising temperatures, forest loss, and biodiversity decline.

Success hinges on China and India but experts say there is still time to switch from coal and save the planet.

AI can predict climate change-fuelled floods but communication gaps and lack of investment in data and systems can hobble response.

Eksklusif A new carbon capture and storage bill is due to be tabled next month at “record speed”, amid plans to import carbon dioxide from Japan and South Korea. Environmental advocates have called CCUS an ineffective decarbonisation lever.

Oleh Robin Hicks

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From Greek wildfires to African floods, the costs of extreme weather is making insurance unsustainable. Oleh Ian Duff

The idea that we can exceed global warming targets then fix the problem with technology is a dangerous myth, scientists warn. Oleh Robert Watson, James Dyke dan Wolfgang Knorr

Carbon capture and storage has been hailed as a potential way to reduce emissions, but it is more likely to increase them by boosting oil and gas extraction. The cheaper and more effective solution is to move to cleaner forms of energy. Oleh Kevin Morrison

Indonesia's next administration has its work cut out for it to ensure true sustainable development by resolutely committing to cutting fossil fuel subsidies for good. Oleh Rahmat Riyadi

Oleh Alexandra Sherlock dan Rebecca Van Amber

Oleh Johan Rockström

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The action comes despite the oil giant suing the environmental group for US$2.1 million after demonstrators boarded the company’s vessel at the Atlantic Ocean in January.

A coalition of scientists and environmentalists found “widespread economic impacts” for communities in the Philippine province, heightening calls for accountability from the sunken tanker reportedly chartered by a San Miguel Corp subsidiary.

In the video, environmental law group ClientEarth compares the oil and gas giant's advertisements on its low-carbon investments to a burger chain claiming that they’re vegan because they’ve got salad on the menu.

DONG Energy’s shift to 100 per cent renewable energy marks another important step in the global transition away from fossil fuels.

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The oil and gas sector needs to cut operational emissions faster, Charlotte Wolff-Bye tells the Eco-Business podcast. But slashing fuel output won’t do for the Asian supplier, and it welcomes respectful debate at the climate summit.

Eco-Business talks to Peter Kiernan, lead energy analyst for the Economist Intelligence Unit, to unpack a new landmark report from the International Energy Agency, which proposes an immediate ban on fossil fuels extraction to curb global warming.

The Philippines has ended new coal development as it pursues a low-carbon future. Don Paulino of non-profit Philippine Energy Independence Council and boss of Shell's exploration arm, argues why natural gas should remain in the energy mix.

Oil clumps on a beach in the resort island of Bintan, Indonesia, near Singapore.

The waste oil dumped into the ocean by ships every year is equivalent to eight Exxon Valdez oil spills, and nowhere is the problem as severe as Southeast Asia. The EB Podcast talks to hotelier Andrew Dixon about how a clever idea using a ship tracking system can help curb an environmental crime that has been largely ignored.

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