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As COP31 gets underway, researchers warn that countries can obstruct climate negotiations without openly rejecting action – using funding disputes, weakened commitments and procedural tactics to delay progress.

12 Nov 2026

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The first report card on the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal framework was issued at this year’s UN Biodiversity Conference in Yerevan, and the marks were dismal. The problem is not a lack of targets, but a global financial system that pays to destroy nature and penalises those who protect it.

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Last year’s UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil, put forests high on the climate agenda. This month’s UN Climate Change Conference in Antalya, Turkey, can do the same for the ocean, whose warming threatens not just food and energy security but global survival.

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By nature, the Nobel Peace Prize is controversial. This year is even more controversial as the most super power country blatantly condemned the Norwegian Nobel Committee for their selection.

25 Oktober 2026

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Karbon & Cuaca

Nature can’t wait

24 Oktober 2026

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20 Oktober 2026

Drone view of a residential area in Kijal, Malaysia, showing extensive flooding and submerged buildings

5 Oktober 2026

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9 September 2026

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8 September 2026

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7 September 2026

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13 Ogos 2026

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12 Ogos 2026

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28 Julai 2026

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13 Julai 2026

Terengganu floods

26 Jun 2026

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24 Jun 2026

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22 Jun 2026

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