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Considered a “significant escalation” in its global governance aims, China is up against Chile and Belgium to host the treaty’s secretariat.

Ten years ago, switching from burning coal to gas was a key element of China’s policy to reduce severe air pollution.

The economic toll of digital blackouts hit US$20 billion last year. Citizens are adapting with new tech to skirt government controls.

The COP30 climate summit has brought these minerals, and China’s central role, to the fore of just transition debates.

By Yanine Quiroz

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Vietnam has grand plans to build a series of nuclear power plants. But it faces several challenges. By Ian Storey

As climate change and great-power rivalry intensify, oceans are emerging as a geopolitical frontier – testing whether diplomacy can manage rising tensions over shipping routes, seabed minerals and fishing grounds. By Hossain Ahmed Taufiq and Jonas Gamso

COP30 delivered gains on climate finance and forests but stalled on fossil fuel phaseout – exposing both the limits of consensus talks and the growing role of action outside negotiations. By Jacqueline Peel

The promotion of fossil fuel-driven growth by US President Donald Trump poses significant challenges but there are mitigating factors as well. By Saswata Chaudhury

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