Climate justice groups celebrated the establishment of a just transition mechanism in Belém, where the COP30 presidency engaged heavily with Indigenous Peoples. Can upcoming hosts Turkey, Australia and Ethiopia take this further?
Australia will lead negotiations while Türkiye hosts the COP31 summit, a compromise critics say sidelines Pacific voices despite their frontline role in climate action.
Morrison's argument that the Pacific Islands nation should be entitled to extract deep-sea minerals to support its sovereign wealth fund comes amid mounting opposition to seabed mining. He was speaking at Impact Week in Singapore.
As the International Court of Justice delivers its advisory opinion on the obligations of states regarding climate change on 23 July, experts following the hearings say the resolution will have “ripple effects on litigation” against corporate emitters.
A year-long government “sandbox” study identifies recurring conflicts in solar, aquaculture-solar, micro-hydropower and geothermal projects, prompting policy reforms …