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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.
Policy & Finance
Trade wars destroy the planet
Given that China is the world’s largest emitter and has a high carbon intensity, some assume that its trade war with the United States, which has shifted production to third countries, would have environmental benefits. In fact, the conflict has increased carbon dioxide emissions in developing and advanced economies alike.
Policy & Finance
Southeast Asian banks need to end loopholes allowing finance for industrial coal power
If they are serious about a sustainable future, they must close loopholes and extend coal policies across clients’ entire value chains, denying new financing to companies using coal unless they have credible, time-bound clean energy plans.
The rapid uptake of alternative fuels in shipping is outpacing international liability regimes – leaving gaps in protection against spills and accidents.
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Carbon & Climate
The World Court finally opens the door to 'climate reparations'
8 July 2025
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Carbon & Climate
Finishing what the world started at the UN Ocean Conference
16 June 2025
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Policy & Finance
Trump’s Ukraine deal exposes a dirty truth about minerals
27 March 2025
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Carbon & Climate
Transition offsets: no silver bullet for closing down coal
17 January 2025
12 January 2025
Policy & Finance
It’s time for a UN ‘universal declaration on nature’
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