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Why China’s Belt and Road oil-and-gas boom is different this time
The 2025 surge is less a return to resource-buying than a shift towards construction-led industrial infrastructure and selective financing.
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Majority of Malaysia’s marine protected areas at risk from oil and gas expansion, warns think tank
An estimated 97 per cent of the country’s biodiverse Marine Protected Areas are at risk of extinction from existing and planned oil and gas projects, according to new analysis by Rimbawatch.
Carbon & Climate
Philippines’ updated NDC delayed amid Middle East-driven energy shock, says climate official
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As the Philippines prepared to release its updated nationally determined contributions in April, officials ordered further consultations after the Middle East crisis severely disrupted the country’s oil and gas supply, said Romell Cuenca, deputy executive director of the Climate Change Commission.
Decrepit, sanction-busting fuel tankers are flouting regulations and creating environmental consequences for poorer countries.
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