Eco-Business

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

Lawsuits are reshaping climate justice following landmark 2025 rulings, with cases rising in the Global South.

A solar boom, Donald Trump's 'national energy emergency' and AI demand marked a landmark year.

Indigenous protests at the recently concluded COP30 echo global climate-justice demands, calling for territorial rights, forest protection and an end to extractive industries – themes strongly reflected in the discussions at the Nyéléni Global Forum on Food Sovereignty held this August in Sri Lanka.

By Amanda Magnani

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By Lin Zi

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Economic liberalisation in India has shifted the emissions burden from more equal and developed states to less equal ones. This needs to change. By Prakash Kashwan and Ashok Swain

China wants to lead the climate agenda on its own terms – exporting clean tech and influence, while sidestepping tougher cuts and accountability. By Alex Lo

India’s colossal food waste problem is both a symptom and a significant accelerator of the climate crisis. By Shivang Agarwal and Pranjali Chowdhary

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

By Adriana Abdenur

By Simon Chin-Yee, Mark Maslin, Priti Parikh

By Kaushik Sridhar

By Mahmoud Mohieldin

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At the close of COP30, nations agreed to triple adaptation finance by 2035, while the fund for loss and damage appeared to remain sidelined. Lidy Nacpil, a long-time attendee of the climate conference, explains why.

With clear climate policies and actions, nations across Asia, Africa and Latin America are filling the vacuum left by the United States. This article features the second half of a conversation with two veteran attendees of the climate COPs.

Getting climate finance on the agenda for COP30 negotiations is expected to be contentious. This article features the first half of a conversation with two veteran attendees of the annual United Nations climate conference.

Ani Dasgupta, CEO of World Resources Institute

The chief executive of World Resources Institute also told the Eco-Business Podcast that the gutting of USAID is less of a concern than how to unlock private capital for climate and nature in developing countries.

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