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Policy & Finance
Sanae Takaichi supermajority opens path to nuclear-led, industry-driven energy transition in Japan
Landslide election win strengthens push to link decarbonisation with economic security, boosting nuclear, domestic clean tech and state-led industrial strategy while keeping climate targets intact.
Vietnam has grand plans to build a series of nuclear power plants. But it faces several challenges.
Policy & Finance
The AI we need for sustainable infrastructure
Even as governments pour trillions of dollars into roads, power grids, data centers, water systems, and housing, the construction industry has yet to leverage the efficiency gains that AI and digitalisation have to offer. Given how important the sector will be for sustainable development, this must change.
Policy & Finance
The ocean has finally entered the global climate debate
The world has started to recognise that the climate’s fate depends on what happens to the ocean. At COP30, ocean-based solutions attracted significant attention and investment, but much more must be done to establish the governance structures required for safeguarding this critical planetary system.
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12 September 2025
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How green industrial policies are advancing in the Asia-Pacific
10 September 2025
31 August 2025
25 August 2025
Policy & Finance
Climate finance is held back by rules from the financial crash
22 July 2025
1 July 2025
17 June 2025
Carbon & Climate
Article 6: Climate tool or trap?
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Political changes don’t weaken the case for green business
19 May 2025
Policy & Finance
Carbon pricing is advancing despite Trump
27 March 2025
13 February 2025
Policy & Finance
How China’s listed firms can accelerate emission disclosures
10 February 2025
Manufacturing
Fast fashion has a serious coal problem
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Meat and dairy’s methane emissions must be on the table in 2025
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