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With laws to regenerate biodiversity facing resistance, we must explain how nature can work for people

31 May 2023

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As countries prepare to meet this month to work on the first global agreement to end plastic pollution, the perspectives of South Asia must be heard loud and clear.

Boundary Dam Power Station carbon capture facility 2

Wording of the report's summary reflects the presence of political wrangling – net-zero terminology was prioritised over a mention that there is a need to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Feasible solutions were downplayed. This could lead less-informed policymakers to conclude that we can 'just magically plant trees and carry on as usual'.

A record number of journalists were jailed this year, according to data from the Committee for the Protection of Journalists.

Autocrats know that controlling the media is the first step in controlling the population. It’s why journalists are increasingly in the firing line.

28 March 2023

Population crowd

15 March 2023

A chief sustainability model

1 February 2023

"Sustainability is in our DNA"

27 January 2023

25 January 2023

21 December 2022

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29 November 2022

Nickel facility Kolaka, Sulawesi, Indonesia

7 November 2022

Indonesia copper export halts

7 October 2022

A lignite power plant in Germany

23 September 2022

Drought, Cambodia

2 September 2022

23 August 2022

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8 August 2022

Censuses that exclude the queer community alienate a large part of the population

Policy & Finance

Counting queers

5 August 2022

1 August 2022

LNG terminal batangas

27 July 2022

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