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About 42 million hectares of forest remain within logging, oil palm, timber, and rubber concessions across the region, a new report finds. Conserving them through carbon markets alone would require carbon prices far above current levels.
A Thai member of parliament has called for the formation of a new committee to scrutinise the development of new data centres.
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As new sources of climate finance grow, the poorest are neglected
Developing countries are mobilising more and more climate finance but neglecting their lowest-income peers.
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MDBs hit record $163bn in climate finance, but advocates question support for poorest countries
Civil society groups say the bigger totals do not automatically translate into the adaptation and loss and damage support developing countries need, and warn that the World Bank’s climate retreat further weakens ambition across the multilateral development bank system.
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