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Indigenous Peoples at COP30 closing plenary

Carbon & Climate

COP30 secured a win for civil society – what can future hosts learn from Brazil’s approach to people’s participation?

Climate justice groups celebrated the establishment of a just transition mechanism in Belém, where the COP30 presidency engaged heavily with Indigenous Peoples. Can upcoming hosts Turkey, Australia and Ethiopia take this further?
COP30 closing plenary

Carbon & Climate

Global climate talks end with adaptation disagreements and no fossil fuel pledge

In a tense closing plenary, countries protested the lack of finance and new adaptation indicators, amid a failure to include fossil fuels in the final agreement. The hard-won inclusion of the just transition work programme was overshadowed by vague funding promises and the exclusion of critical minerals.
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Policy & Finance

Australia steps aside as Türkiye wins bid to host 2026’s UN climate meeting

Australia will lead negotiations while Türkiye hosts the COP31 summit, a compromise critics say sidelines Pacific voices despite their frontline role in climate action.
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Carbon & Climate

Analysis: Which countries have sent the most delegates to COP30?

For the first time in the history of COP climate summits, the US – the world’s largest historical emitter – has not sent a delegation to the talks.

All Australia News

7 November 2025

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Energy

Falling technology costs and rising corporate demand make clean energy financially viable for businesses in Asia Pacific

29 October 2025

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Carbon & Climate

UN report: Five charts showing how global deforestation is declining

21 October 2025

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Policy & Finance

As COP30 approaches, US policy reversals are slowing global climate momentum

10 October 2025

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Energy

Asia Pacific’s clean energy capacity set to nearly double over next five years

25 September 2025

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Policy & Finance

Controversial Cook Islands seabed mining plan gets backing from former Australia PM Scott Morrison

24 September 2025

A smallholder oil palm farmer in Indonesia moves fresh fruit bunches.

Food & Agriculture

EU delays deforestation law again, as Indonesian palm oil sector pushes for smallholder exemptions

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Carbon & Climate

Analysis: IPCC’s seventh assessment has record-high representation from global south

8 September 2025

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Policy & Finance

‘We need to arrive empowered’: Indigenous women demand a seat at the COP30 table

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Carbon & Climate

Explainer: Could making ocean clouds shinier cool the planet?

15 August 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Explainer: What is ‘climate anxiety’?

12 August 2025

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Water

Row over health of Indian Ocean tuna

24 July 2025

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Food & Agriculture

Mapped: 16 times extreme weather drove higher food prices since 2022

8 July 2025

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Policy & Finance

US federal agency opens door to deep-sea mining – and industry players are lining up to apply

3 July 2025

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Policy & Finance

Pacific Islanders relocate to Australia to escape rising seas

27 June 2025

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Policy & Finance

ICMA unveils new guidance for nature-themed bonds

25 June 2025

Iron ore mining in Northwest Australia

Policy & Finance

Australia launches world’s first sustainable finance rulebook that includes mining

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