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Carbon & Climate
The Amazon rainforest and five reasons for hope
Slowing deforestation in Brazil and pledges to ban oil drilling in Colombia offer slivers of hope for the Amazon.
Carbon & Climate
Australian insurers declare catastrophe as Victoria bushfire losses mount, climate risks intensify
Claims surge as insurers warn extreme fires highlight escalating climate risk. More than 400,000 hectares of bushland and farmland have burned – more than five times the size of Singapore.
New agreements update 2014 environment pact and expand collaboration to carbon markets, digital technology and supply chains.
Carbon & Climate
As wildfires mount, so do efforts to use less plastic
Plastic used in building construction burns hotter than traditional materials and produces toxic smoke and runoff.
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27 November 2025
20 November 2025
Policy & Finance
At COP30, focus on wildfire prevention amid record destruction
10 November 2025
Carbon & Climate
‘Climate whiplash’: Asia’s worst extreme weather events of 2025
6 November 2025
29 October 2025
Carbon & Climate
UN report: Five charts showing how global deforestation is declining
22 October 2025
Carbon & Climate
Global wildfires burned an area of land larger than India in 2024
24 September 2025
12 August 2025
8 August 2025
Policy & Finance
Is climate change affecting your car insurance rates?
24 July 2025
Carbon & Climate
Can a new fund give tropical forests a future?
16 July 2025
Carbon & Climate
ChatGPT tool launches to cut AI emissions with shorter responses
8 July 2025
Carbon & Climate
In data: Fires are accelerating global forest loss
4 July 2025
Carbon & Climate
How extreme heat affects wildfire risk
27 May 2025
26 May 2025
Policy & Finance
The shape of a new climate politics emerges
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