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Cities

Aceh’s bitter lesson, relearned

In 2004, Aceh was hardest hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami. In 2025, Indonesia’s most disaster-aware province was among the worst hit by floods. The failure was not forecasting, but what happened – or didn’t – after the alarms were raised.
COP30_Climate_Commitment_Climate_Action

Carbon & Climate

As climate diplomacy stalls, the economics are racing ahead

Despite political gridlock within countries and at global summits, climate change and ecological degradation are creating undeniable economic momentum. As renewables scale up, fossil fuels will become even less competitive; and as ecosystems degrade, markets will price in the risks and reward those who adapt.
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Carbon & Climate

‘They invite us to speak, but not to decide’

There was no shortage of Indigenous representatives at COP30, but the conference did not always seem to be listening, writes Dunio Chiriap Jimbicti.
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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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1 December 2025

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Water

‘Forever chemicals’ contaminate more dolphins and whales than we thought – new research

17 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm

15 November 2025

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Policy & Finance

Governments are failing environmental defenders. COP30 must act

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Policy & Finance

Indigenous women leaders at COP30: Listen to us as equals

11 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Geopolitics, backsliding and progress: What to expect at COP30 climate talks

10 November 2025

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Policy & Finance

What COP30 must do

6 October 2025

High_Seas_Treaty_Siquijor_Biodiversity

Water

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

30 September 2025

Extreme_Drought_Climate_Health

Carbon & Climate

Earth’s life support is failing. Will we act?

23 September 2025

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Waste

What will it take to break the global plastic treaty deadlock?

18 September 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Why the climate crisis must reshape how we think about war

17 September 2025

Market_Vendor_Pekin_China

Carbon & Climate

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

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Policy & Finance

Ahead of COP30, philanthropy can unlock climate finance

16 September 2025

Environmental_Crime_Pangolin_Crossing_Indonesia

Policy & Finance

Environmental crime worth billions is climate fight’s blind spot

Flood_Rescue_Jakarta_Indonesia

Policy & Finance

Climate resilience is a strategic investment

22 July 2025

Brasil_Pavillion_COP29

Policy & Finance

Ahead of COP30, environmentalists risk freedom to defend nature

8 July 2025

Thailand beach plastic pollution

Waste

Turning ocean preservation into an economic windfall

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