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Policy & Finance

Arthur Joseph Kurup appointed as Malaysia’s new environment minister

He takes the helm of the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability ministry following a Cabinet reshuffle, succeeding acting minister Johari Abdul Ghani and former minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.
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Policy & Finance

Philippines gets $500 million in blue economy investment from ADB

The loan will finance projects that support sustainable management of the archipelago's marine ecosystems.
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Food & Agriculture

Indigenous voices shape fight for climate, food sovereignty from COP30 to Sri Lanka

Indigenous protests at the recently concluded COP30 echo global climate-justice demands, calling for territorial rights, forest protection and an end to extractive industries – themes strongly reflected in the discussions at the Nyéléni Global Forum on Food Sovereignty held this August in Sri Lanka.
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Policy & Finance

Global leaders press for environmental action even as divisions widen

The United Nations Environment Assembly takes place this week in Nairobi, at a time when wars, protectionist economic policies and global divisions are undermining nations’ ability to reach consensus on climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution – issues that require collective action.

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9 December 2025

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Carbon & Climate

After COP30, Brazilian oil continues its rush towards the global market

8 December 2025

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Corporate Responsibility

Philippines under pressure to improve the rights of nickel miners amid global talks on critical minerals

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Water

Could freezing coral larvae protect reefs from ocean warming?

4 December 2025

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Waste

Plastic pollution is accelerating, but are governments keeping up?

3 December 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Concrete ocean pledges lacking in countries’ climate plans, say experts

28 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

COP30: Brazil seeks biofuel boom, but critics query climate impact

27 November 2025

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Food & Agriculture

Brazil's Indigenous battle with a dry Amazon rainforest

21 November 2025

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Food & Agriculture

At COP30, Brazil's farmers defend record on forests

20 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Analysis: Fossil-fuel CO2 emissions to set new record in 2025, as land sink ‘recovers’

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Food & Agriculture

Q&A: The role of soil health in food security and tackling climate change

19 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

As Brazil hosts COP30, is it a climate champion or nature foe?

12 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

‘Tired of losing’: Twin typhoons expose deep wounds of corruption, climate injustice in the Philippines

8 November 2025

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Policy & Finance

COP30: Could Brazil’s ‘Tropical Forest Forever’ fund help tackle climate change?

4 November 2025

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Food & Agriculture

Lessons in agriculture from Nepal’s Indigenous Kulung people

3 November 2025

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Policy & Finance

Global asset or frontier for extraction? COP30 is a reckoning for the Amazon

2 November 2025

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Food & Agriculture

Chinese market boosts Brazilian coffee exports and tests small producers

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