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Climate and energy in China’s 14th Five Year Plan—the signals so farDrafting of the 14th Five Year Plan for development is at a crucial stage. What climate and energy targets are worth watching? -
Slipshod checks raise flood risk for China-Philippines damMindanao dam project is too big, too risky and there are better renewable options, activists say.
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AIIB’s new no-coal pledge puts spotlight on China’s overseas energy investmentWhether or not Chinese banks follow the lead of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, international financial institutions are quitting coal and investing in the sector is increasingly risky. -
Central Asian NGOs raise concerns about BRI projectsExperts are calling on their governments to strengthen oversight of Belt and Road Initiative projects as anger rises over their environmental and social impacts.
Opinion
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Closing China’s waste management loop– There's been a lot of focus on getting households to sort their waste, but what happens after it's been collected? -
Europe and China take the climate reins– While it might be tempting to dismiss the recent commitments by China and the European Union to achieve net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions within the next few decades, doing so would be a mistake. -
How public development banks can help nature– State-backed lenders will be critical to global efforts to build back better from the pandemic and its economic fallout. They should complement their climate investments by setting explicit nature-based goals and targets.
Videos
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For Southeast Asia's migrant fishers, modern slavery is still alive on the high seas
Food & Agriculture
For Southeast Asia's migrant fishers, modern slavery is still alive on the high seas
– On International Human Rights Day, Greenpeace releases shocking testimonies from Southeast Asian migrants working on board foreign fishing vessels, plying the remote waters to meet Asia's surging demand for seafood. -
What you need to know about sustainable cooling and climate change– What makes cooling such a hot topic when it comes to climate change? This year's #Innovate4Climate summit will look at the problem and potential of sustainable cooling.
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A circular economy could save China five trillion dollars– There are large financial and environmental benefits from reducing waste, says a recent report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
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How is China’s overseas energy investment impacting the Global South?– China has provided huge funding supposedly to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate impacts, but it is also financing coal projects included in the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). What do recipient countries make of this?
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