News / Pacific Islands
Fiji, Palau, and Samoa are the first countries to oppose deep-sea mining in international waters. Commercial-scale extraction of the seabed could go ahead as soon as next July, once regulations are finalised, a prospect that alarms environmentalists.
Carbon & Climate
Can courts trump diplomacy in delivering climate justice?
Frustrated with the pace of global action to fight climate change, more at-risk nations could follow the Pacific island nation’s lead by turning to the courts.
Policy & Finance
Adrian Fenton departs WWF Singapore for Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change
Fenton moves on after more than two years with WWF Singapore to the London-based group, which works with investors towards achieving net-zero emissions.
Worse is to come, faster than expected, even if efforts to curb global warming are stepped up, according to the UN. To stave off the worst impacts of climate change, people need to adapt.
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27 October 2021
Carbon & Climate
The blame game and missing money: your guide to COP26
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What poverty looks like on your plate
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7 countries that shook up the world in 2020
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Carbon & Climate
Eco-Business wins at WAN-IFRA Asian Digital Media Awards 2019
1 October 2019
Carbon & Climate
Rugby stars are losing their Pacific islands
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South Pacific islanders threatened by climate change and overfishing
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24 November 2018
Carbon & Climate
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