Activists warn a new US-Indonesia trade deal could accelerate mining, deforestation and fossil fuel use, with weak, nonbinding environmental safeguards.
The new targets are seen as cautious and deliberately conservative. India's latest Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris Agreement also requires more details on sector-specific decarbonisation pathways, say experts.
Retailers in China, Japan, South Korea and Singapore were assessed on efforts to curb methane from meat, dairy and rice supply chains. None have set a reduction target, despite the greenhouse gas’s outsized climate impact.