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Opinion / #decarbonisation
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.
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.
In Vietnam, an impasse over feed-in-tariffs for renewable energy producers threatens foreign investors’ confidence in government policies.
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20 November 2025
Policy & Finance
Climate and development finance must be integrated
18 November 2025
17 November 2025
Carbon & Climate
COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm
15 November 2025
Carbon & Climate
How to measure climate progress
13 November 2025
Carbon & Climate
From Rio to Belém: The long unravelling of climate consensus
11 November 2025
27 October 2025
Policy & Finance
While the West retreats, Asia powers ahead on sustainable finance
23 October 2025
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13 October 2025
Corporate Responsibility
Can ethical supply chains survive the tariff storm?
3 October 2025
1 October 2025
Manufacturing
Getting to greener steel
30 September 2025
29 September 2025
Carbon & Climate
What a China-EU climate deal could do for the world
18 September 2025
Carbon & Climate
Why the climate crisis must reshape how we think about war
17 September 2025
Policy & Finance
Ahead of COP30, philanthropy can unlock climate finance
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