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Opinion / #COP30
Policy & Finance
India’s climate diplomacy must account for domestic inequalities
Economic liberalisation in India has shifted the emissions burden from more equal and developed states to less equal ones. This needs to change.
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.
Food & Agriculture
India’s food waste is turning into an environmental time bomb
India’s colossal food waste problem is both a symptom and a significant accelerator of the climate crisis.
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.
All #COP30 Opinion
1 December 2025
Carbon & Climate
A new opening for a fossil fuel phase out?
20 November 2025
17 November 2025
Carbon & Climate
COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm
Policy & Finance
Business unusual: UN must push for private sector accountability
15 November 2025
Carbon & Climate
How to measure climate progress
Policy & Finance
Governments are failing environmental defenders. COP30 must act
Policy & Finance
Indigenous women leaders at COP30: Listen to us as equals
13 November 2025
Carbon & Climate
From Rio to Belém: The long unravelling of climate consensus
Carbon & Climate
Climate justice is no longer an aspiration but a legal duty
12 November 2025
Policy & Finance
Businesses can’t build resilience without nature strategies
11 November 2025
10 November 2025
Policy & Finance
What COP30 must do
3 November 2025
Corporate Responsibility
World's business leaders call for countries to maintain transition away from fossil fuels at COP30
27 October 2025
Policy & Finance
While the West retreats, Asia powers ahead on sustainable finance
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