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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.
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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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Carbon & Climate

Geopolitics, backsliding and progress: What to expect at COP30 climate talks

As the world gathers in the Amazon, political headwinds and fading ambition test the limits of global climate cooperation.
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Policy & Finance

What COP30 must do

Whereas last year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference tripled the global climate-finance target, this year’s gathering must show how funds will be delivered. Developing countries are doing their part, but their climate strategies cannot succeed without external support.

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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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Transport

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

8 August 2025

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Waste

Stop letting a small minority derail the plastics treaty: WWF

24 July 2025

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Policy & Finance

Rethinking ocean finance

19 May 2025

Mountain stream in India, Ladakh

Policy & Finance

Revisiting the Indus Water Treaty in turbulent times

IMO ships

Policy & Finance

Carbon pricing is advancing despite Trump

13 May 2025

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Water

India-Pakistan conflict over water reflects increasing vulnerability to climate change

12 January 2025

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Policy & Finance

It’s time for a UN ‘universal declaration on nature’

28 November 2024

Cigarette butts litter

Waste

Building integrity into the plastics treaty: Lessons from global tobacco control

27 November 2024

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Waste

From COP16 to INC-5: Will Asean champion the fight against plastic pollution?

18 October 2024

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Policy & Finance

Investments in nature will decide our future

3 May 2024

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Waste

Beating plastic pollution in three steps

2 May 2024

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Carbon & Climate

Is climate action China's trump card?

30 April 2024

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Waste

Plastic treaty talks must protect countries like mine from pollution

23 April 2024

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Waste

UN Plastics Treaty: What can we learn from other international environmental agreements?

19 April 2024

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Carbon & Climate

The ozone layer's recovery shows how to protect the planet

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