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As climate change and great-power rivalry intensify, oceans are emerging as a geopolitical frontier – testing whether diplomacy can manage rising tensions over shipping routes, seabed minerals and fishing grounds.

20 Jan 2026

pacific island children

By excluding outside powers, Pacific leaders face a test of unity as they grapple with climate change, security rifts and development needs.

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A balanced approach that includes both solar photovoltaic and solar thermal, backed by strong policy support, local manufacturing and circularity infrastructure, is essential to ensure India’s energy security.

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Vast natural-resource endowments have proven to be more of a curse than a blessing, with resource-rich countries often developing more slowly than their resource-poor counterparts. Today, countries rich in critical minerals have a chance to change this – but only if they invest in strengthening their institutional capacity.

3 July 2025

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20 June 2025

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27 May 2025

Copper, nickel and silicon are the most critical to India’s mineral security due to exponentially rising demand trends and significant supply chain vulnerabilities

20 April 2025

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29 March 2025

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26 March 2025

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25 March 2025

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7 March 2025

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8 January 2025

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26 December 2024

Land use of Australian coal mines

12 December 2024

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6 July 2023

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4 July 2023

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18 May 2023

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7 November 2022

Indonesia copper export halts

18 September 2018

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