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Mangroves in Santa Monica, Surigao del Norte, Philippines.

The United Kingdom’s flagship £500 million Blue Planet Fund, which supports marine environment programmes in developing countries like the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam, is in question, following news of a planned budget cut.

Though there is no official tracking, China’s green investments in the Global South have been vast.

COP30 needs a dedicated political commitment addressing how to put the global goal into action, write two climate diplomacy experts.

As COP30 talks kick off in Belém, Brazil, island states like Jamaica count the cost of climate change.

Oleh Amanda Magnani

Polisi & Kewangan

COP30, in numbers

Oleh Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

Oleh Taejun Kang

Oleh Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

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Three decades after the optimism of the 1992 Earth Summit, the climate regime faces a tough test. The retreat of multilateralism and the rules-based international order has left COP30 struggling to hold together the fading promise of global action. Oleh Carlos Frederico Pereira da Silva Gama

As the world gathers in the Amazon, political headwinds and fading ambition test the limits of global climate cooperation. Oleh Jacqueline Peel

Polisi & Kewangan

What COP30 must do

Whereas last year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference tripled the global climate-finance target, this year’s gathering must show how funds will be delivered. Developing countries are doing their part, but their climate strategies cannot succeed without external support. Oleh Syeda Rizwana Hasan

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Despite generating billions of dollars in illegal revenue a year, environmental crime in the Amazon still isn't a priority at UN climate summits. Oleh Robert Muggah

Oleh Pietro Rocco dan Toby Kwan

Oleh Robert Muggah dan Philip Yang

Oleh Injy Johnstone

Oleh Montek Singh Ahluwalia

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UN climate report authors need to commit to the integrity of assessment processes while working with governments with differing interests. Dr Theresa Wong tells the Eco-Business podcast why the stakes are high to get climate science right.

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