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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.
COP30_Opening_Plenary

Carbon & Climate

COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm

As the host of this year's UN Climate Change Conference, Brazil seeks to make COP30 the “COP of implementation.” Translating commitments into robust action should include providing indigenous peoples with direct access to predictable and sustainable finance, and treating them as equal partners, rather than as beneficiaries.
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Policy & Finance

Governments are failing environmental defenders. COP30 must act

COP30 in Belém, Brazil, must boost action on the Escazú Agreement to protect nature’s last line of defence.

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15 November 2025

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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

23 October 2025

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Energy

Energy trade in Southeast Asia: The need to address resource nationalism

6 October 2025

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Water

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

30 September 2025

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Carbon & Climate

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

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Transport

Filling the gap in liability, compensation for alternative fuel spills from ships

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

16 September 2025

Environmental_Crime_Pangolin_Crossing_Indonesia

Policy & Finance

Environmental crime worth billions is climate fight’s blind spot

12 September 2025

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Carbon & Climate

With global powers barred, can Pacific nations find unity at their annual summit?

25 July 2025

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Policy & Finance

Nature risk is financial risk

3 July 2025

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Manufacturing

The delicate art of natural resource diplomacy

20 June 2025

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Waste

How birds are taking a hit from microplastics contamination

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Policy & Finance

Green crime goes global

18 June 2025

Tuna_Fisherman_Philippines

Carbon & Climate

Finishing what the world started at the UN Ocean Conference

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