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Asean needs to improve acceptance of ‘amber’ transition activities: finance leaders
The region's sustainable finance taxonomy must focus on building consensus around firms moving away from fossil fuels for the classification system to be successful in driving regional decarbonisation.
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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.
Climate policy experts reflect on the agreement’s focus on “cooperation”, “dialogue” for environmental matters in lieu of binding targets.
The Sirsiya River, once central to daily life, agriculture, and religious rituals in southern Nepal, is now heavily polluted with industrial waste and sewage, rendering it a public health hazard.
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