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Carbon & Climate
Climate justice is no longer an aspiration but a legal duty
This year’s advisory opinions from two prominent international courts mark a turning point, write two environmental law experts.
Researchers found that people in poorer communities face a far higher risk of death from diseases after typhoons – with limited healthcare access and flooding from heavy rainfall worsening the impacts.
As the world gathers in the Amazon, political headwinds and fading ambition test the limits of global climate cooperation.
Carbon & Climate
Why the climate crisis must reshape how we think about war
As global temperatures breach 1.5°C – and conflicts persist in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan – the climate crisis is reshaping how wars are fought, understood and responded to.
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16 September 2025
Policy & Finance
Climate resilience is a strategic investment
28 July 2025
Carbon & Climate
The World Court finally opens the door to 'climate reparations'
25 July 2025
Policy & Finance
Nature risk is financial risk
20 June 2025
Carbon & Climate
In defence of science: Let’s tell the truth on climate and health
19 June 2025
Policy & Finance
Fossil fuel adverts are today’s tobacco. Cities must ban them
9 May 2025
Policy & Finance
How to defuse the climate-debt time bomb for small island states
6 May 2025
Carbon & Climate
Why India may suffer longer heatwaves and floods this year
5 May 2025
Policy & Finance
The business case for a sustainable blue economy
Policy & Finance
Climate action requires debt relief
21 April 2025
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Policy & Finance
Central banks must stem the nature crisis
14 February 2025
Policy & Finance
Getting green investment where it’s needed most
10 February 2025
Carbon & Climate
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News / Carbon & Climate
South Korean province clears CO2-to-eSAF project in push for cleaner aviation fuel
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