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Voluntary markets alone cannot compete with deforestation drivers, panellists say, as Indonesia seeks to scale carbon trading and nature finance.
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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.
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.
Gap between principle and practice risks widening if the country does not more fully include Indigenous people in its climate action plan.
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