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Opinion / #UNEP
Climate shocks can disrupt services that millions of vulnerable people rely on, yet care is largely absent from adaptation plans and national funding estimates. Investing in climate-resilient care can prevent cascading health and economic crises while creating jobs and easing pressure on public budgets.
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What it means for global warming to exceed 1.5°C
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Manufacturing
The critical minerals race is putting the planet at risk
Robust legal frameworks, backed by effective enforcement, can create the conditions for stable and rights-respecting mining. That means safeguarding Indigenous rights, protecting water resources and ensuring independent, participatory, and transparent impact assessments.
Policy & Finance
While the West retreats, Asia powers ahead on sustainable finance
Even as political denial and regulatory paralysis grip parts of the West, a different message has been resounding across Asia – it is not retreating, but rising to the occasion.
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Rethinking ocean finance
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It’s time for a UN ‘universal declaration on nature’
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Who pays and how: the COP28 dilemma of debt and equity
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Food & Agriculture
India and Pakistan can fight smog by addressing crop residue burning
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Carbon & Climate
How to tell moving climate stories
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Climate adaptation must be transformational, not just fighting fires
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Planning the route to net zero
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Closing the nature-finance gap
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