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Policy & Finance

Climate and development finance must be integrated

Much of the international community has been under the illusion that climate action and development are different pursuits. But to make progress on both agendas, the delegates at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference must recognise that they are one and the same, and begin building an integrated financing system.
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Policy & Finance

Business unusual: UN must push for private sector accountability

The United Nations must clearly define the responsibility of the world's most powerful businesses to help tackle global challenges.
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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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Carbon & Climate

How to measure climate progress

Ending reliance on oil, coal, and gas, and embracing technologies that will only improve and become cheaper over time, is not just smart climate policy. It is the best way to improve economic competitiveness and human prosperity for decades to come.

All #UN Opinion

15 November 2025

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Policy & Finance

Governments are failing environmental defenders. COP30 must act

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Policy & Finance

Indigenous women leaders at COP30: Listen to us as equals

13 November 2025

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Carbon & Climate

From Rio to Belém: The long unravelling of climate consensus

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

27 October 2025

Unlocking capital for sustainability Malaysia July 2025

Policy & Finance

While the West retreats, Asia powers ahead on sustainable finance

6 October 2025

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Water

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

3 October 2025

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Energy

Clean energy is inevitable despite Trump

1 October 2025

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Manufacturing

Getting to greener steel

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

17 September 2025

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Policy & Finance

Ahead of COP30, philanthropy can unlock climate finance

16 September 2025

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Policy & Finance

Environmental crime worth billions is climate fight’s blind spot

22 August 2025

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Carbon & Climate

The Global South must claim the climate mantle at COP30

11 August 2025

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Food & Agriculture

Feed the world but feed it well: Why food systems must be reformed

28 July 2025

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Carbon & Climate

The World Court finally opens the door to 'climate reparations'

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