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Polisi & Kewangan
How (not) to conserve tropical forests
Although the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) that emerged from the last United Nations Climate Conference is unlikely to succeed, critically important global conservation efforts are not doomed.
New research finds urban trees can cut city heat almost in half, though unequal tree cover and rising temperatures mean greening alone will not shield cities from worsening climate extremes.
A critically endangered Sumatran elephant found dead in a pulpwood plantation in Riau, Sumatra raises questions about the accountability of concession holders in Indonesia, argues Aida Greenbury.
Karbon & Cuaca
Sumatra’s flood crisis: How deforestation turned a cyclonic storm into a likely recurring tragedy
Forest loss and soil degredation resulted in Sumatra's natural ecosystem losing the ability to act as a natural sponge during Cyclone Senyar.
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Environmental crime worth billions is climate fight’s blind spot
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25 Julai 2025
Polisi & Kewangan
Nature risk is financial risk
2 Julai 2025
Makanan & Pertanian
Fighting meat with emotions, not facts
20 Jun 2025
Bandar-bandar
Why COP30 must ramp up climate finance for cities
29 Mei 2025
6 Mei 2025
Polisi & Kewangan
Indigenous forest peoples can finally control nature finance
25 Mac 2025
Polisi & Kewangan
Central banks must stem the nature crisis
24 Mac 2025
Pengangkutan
Can the shipping industry decarbonise?
20 Februari 2025
Karbon & Cuaca
How Indigenous communities in Malaysia stopped the chop
18 Februari 2025
Makanan & Pertanian
Reconciling Indonesia’s food sufficiency ambitions with climate commitments
21 November 2024
Makanan & Pertanian
Plantations are not forests
18 November 2024
Karbon & Cuaca
How climate change feeds our wars
15 Oktober 2024
Polisi & Kewangan
The delay to EU deforestation rules must help people transition
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