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Opinion / United States

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Cities

What happened to gender equality in 2025

Progress is fragile and 2026 must be the year of action and accountability on gender rights.
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Carbon & Climate

Three reasons why China wants global green leadership after COP30

China wants to lead the climate agenda on its own terms – exporting clean tech and influence, while sidestepping tougher cuts and accountability.
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Policy & Finance

Trade wars destroy the planet

Given that China is the world’s largest emitter and has a high carbon intensity, some assume that its trade war with the United States, which has shifted production to third countries, would have environmental benefits. In fact, the conflict has increased carbon dioxide emissions in developing and advanced economies alike.
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Policy & Finance

This year’s climate talks saw real progress – just not on fossil fuels

COP30 delivered gains on climate finance and forests but stalled on fossil fuel phaseout – exposing both the limits of consensus talks and the growing role of action outside negotiations.

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8 December 2025

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Manufacturing

The critical minerals race is putting the planet at risk

1 December 2025

Indigenous Peoples at COP30 closing plenary

Carbon & Climate

COP30: five reasons the UN climate conference failed to deliver on its ‘people’s summit’ promise

18 November 2025

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Policy & Finance

The trillion-dollar opportunity: the smart economics of the energy transition

13 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

From Rio to Belém: The long unravelling of climate consensus

11 November 2025

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Cities

What really kills people in tropical cyclones

3 November 2025

China Central Solar Tower Shouhang

Carbon & Climate

How climate became China’s strategy for survival and security

6 October 2025

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Water

A landmark treaty could protect the high seas – and spark new conflicts

3 October 2025

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Cities

Rights on demand: Asia’s gig economy gets a legal upgrade

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Energy

Clean energy is inevitable despite Trump

1 October 2025

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Manufacturing

Getting to greener steel

29 September 2025

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Carbon & Climate

What a China-EU climate deal could do for the world

22 September 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Heat, air quality, insurance costs: how climate change is affecting our homes – and our health

18 September 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Why the climate crisis must reshape how we think about war

17 September 2025

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Carbon & Climate

To make the climate issue resonate in China, root it in local realities

8 September 2025

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Policy & Finance

What chaos at the US CDC could mean for the rest of the world

25 August 2025

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Policy & Finance

Climate finance is held back by rules from the financial crash

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