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Polisi & Kewangan
This year’s climate talks saw real progress – just not on fossil fuels
COP30 delivered gains on climate finance and forests but stalled on fossil fuel phaseout – exposing both the limits of consensus talks and the growing role of action outside negotiations.
Polisi & Kewangan
Climate and development finance must be integrated
Much of the international community has been under the illusion that climate action and development are different pursuits. But to make progress on both agendas, the delegates at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference must recognise that they are one and the same, and begin building an integrated financing system.
Karbon & Cuaca
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 & Cuaca
How to measure climate progress
Ending reliance on oil, coal, and gas, and embracing technologies that will only improve and become cheaper over time, is not just smart climate policy. It is the best way to improve economic competitiveness and human prosperity for decades to come.
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15 November 2025
Polisi & Kewangan
Indigenous women leaders at COP30: Listen to us as equals
13 November 2025
Karbon & Cuaca
Climate justice is no longer an aspiration but a legal duty
11 November 2025
10 November 2025
Polisi & Kewangan
What COP30 must do
21 October 2025
17 September 2025
Polisi & Kewangan
Ahead of COP30, philanthropy can unlock climate finance
16 September 2025
Polisi & Kewangan
Climate resilience is a strategic investment
12 September 2025
Polisi & Kewangan
How green industrial policies are advancing in the Asia-Pacific
31 August 2025
22 August 2025
Karbon & Cuaca
The Global South must claim the climate mantle at COP30
19 August 2025
18 August 2025
Polisi & Kewangan
China’s lending to the Global South has been growing more commercial
5 August 2025
25 July 2025
Polisi & Kewangan
Nature risk is financial risk
Polisi & Kewangan
Asian universities rise in global sustainability leadership rankings
24 July 2025
Polisi & Kewangan
Rethinking ocean finance
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