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Indonesia’s steel boom risks emissions spike
As global demand for steel is rising, Indonesia’s steel industry is one of the country’s largest industrial greenhouse gas emitters and is set to become far more polluting if current trends continue, according to a nonprofit report.
Policy & Finance
Global treaty to trace critical minerals stalls amid uncertainty
Colombia has been pushing for a binding global minerals treaty at several key UN meetings, including at the seventh UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) last December.
Across the Americas soaring temperatures are endangering thousands of children and teenagers lacing their boots to play the beautiful game.
Policy & Finance
Indigenous rights should be at the heart of climate commitments
Governments must transform their climate plans’ references to Indigenous Peoples from box-ticking to partnership, write four experts.
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