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Mar 25, 2025

Carbon markets

Carbon credit auditors suspended for failures in sham rice-farming offsets

Verra has taken unprecedented action against four certification bodies that overlooked integrity problems with the projects. But the worthless credits still need to be compensated

Mar 25, 2025

Comment

Hidden cost: How keeping climate data classified hurts developing countries

The National Security Archive is calling for the release of a major US intelligence assessment on climate change and security

Mar 26, 2025

Politics

UN, Germany say tackling climate crisis is path to economic and national security

Top diplomats urge governments gathered at conferences in Berlin to seize the opportunities offered by a green transition to shore up growth and peace

Mar 24, 2025

Energy

Electricity demand surges, expanding renewables and fossil fuels in 2024

Cooling demand as a result of record temperatures was a significant driver of power generation last year, according to the International Energy Agency

Mar 24, 2025

Comment

It’s time for shipping to launch first global tax on a polluting sector

Decarbonising the seas is a strategic imperative for a sustainable trade system that can also generate climate finance for vulnerable countries

Mar 21, 2025

Justice

Greenpeace’s $660m damages ruling a ‘wake-up call’ to climate movement

The North Dakota court’s ruling has brought a wave of solidarity against SLAPP lawsuits designed to silence campaigners

Mar 21, 2025

Comment

2025 is the year to invest in forests – and the people who depend on them

With COP30 in the Amazon, governments, businesses and funders must step up restoration finance and put forests at the centre of climate action

Mar 21, 2025

Energy

Clean hydrogen hype fades as high costs dampen demand

Analysts say governments are not doing enough to get companies to buy green hydrogen to clean up transport and heavy industry

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Feb 18, 2025

Clean Energy Frontier

Ending poverty and gangs: How Zambia seeks to cash in on the global drive for EVs

Zambia is wooing international investors to develop its copper resources but communities dependent on illegal mining want a better deal

Jan 21, 2025

Clean Energy Frontier

Indian start-ups mine e-waste for battery minerals but growing industry has a dark side

Recycling e-waste can unlock a vast and sustainable supply of transition minerals but in India the sector relies on a neglected informal economy

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Dec 17, 2024

Clean Energy Frontier

‘The state doesn’t want to know’: Doctors raise alarm on children’s health crisis in Chile’s copper heartland

Autism and cancer cases are soaring in Chile linked to pollution from copper mining critical for the energy transition, doctors say

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Jul 2, 2024

Clean Energy Frontier

Beyond lithium: how a Swedish battery company wants to power Europe’s green transition with salt

Northvolt has developed a sodium-based battery, which doesn’t require critical minerals and could help break European dependence on China for the technology

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Jun 17, 2024

Clean Energy Frontier

Lithium tug of war: the US-China rivalry for Argentina’s white gold

As global competition hots up to secure lithium supplies for batteries, China is boosting its investments in Argentina while the US courts President Javier Milei

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May 28, 2024

Clean Energy Frontier

The Canadian city betting on recycling rare earths for the energy transition

As countries scramble to secure critical minerals, Kingston’s burgeoning clean tech ecosystem is attracting startups to create circular supply chains and reduce reliance on China

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Feb 9, 2024

Clean Energy Frontier

Indonesia turns traditional Indigenous land into nickel industrial zone

Indonesia supplies the EV industry with critical battery materials but the sector’s rapid expansion is infringing the rights of Indigenous peoples

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Feb 2, 2024

Clean Energy Frontier

India wants its own solar industry but has to break reliance on China first

The Indian government wants to supply solar PV to its domestic market and the world. But reliance on components from its geopolitical rival makes it a challenging task

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Jan 26, 2024

Clean Energy Frontier

Lithium boom: Zimbabwe looks to China to secure a place in the EV battery supply chain

Chinese investors have flocked to Zimbabwe to secure lithium supplies, promising local development. But analysts warn Zimbabwe needs more robust governance for communities to reap the benefits

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Mar 25, 2025

Comment

Hidden cost: How keeping climate data classified hurts developing countries

The National Security Archive is calling for the release of a major US intelligence assessment on climate change and security

Mar 24, 2025

Comment

It’s time for shipping to launch first global tax on a polluting sector

Decarbonising the seas is a strategic imperative for a sustainable trade system that can also generate climate finance for vulnerable countries

Mar 21, 2025

Comment

2025 is the year to invest in forests – and the people who depend on them

With COP30 in the Amazon, governments, businesses and funders must step up restoration finance and put forests at the centre of climate action

Mar 20, 2025

Comment

Food systems are the missing ingredient from the COP30 menu

Despite making the Amazon the stage for this year’s UN climate summit, Brazil has stayed silent on the food system crisis, the top driver of its deforestation

Mar 11, 2025

Comment

Will Indonesia’s new carbon market be a climate solution or a game for big players?

As palm oil and timber companies gear up to profit from carbon trading, the government must ensure transparency and a fair deal for Indigenous communities

Mar 7, 2025

Comment

A tale of two women: What climate vulnerability actually looks like

The “climate vulnerable” are often thought to be women and children in the Global South – a stereotype that reinforces existing inequalities and power imbalances

Feb 25, 2025

Comment

Can a different approach to risk accelerate the energy transition in the Global South?

A new energy model can help address perceived risks of renewable energy in the Global South and accelerate the energy transition.

Feb 21, 2025

Comment

How COP16 2.0 can unlock business investment to properly fund nature

Biodiversity COP16 ended with vague targets and limited accountability — but its resumed session in Rome provides an opportunity for businesses to step up

Feb 13, 2025

Comment

A strong carbon tax on shipping can give hope to climate-vulnerable communities

The International Maritime Organization is nearing a deal to price shipping emissions – it should be in the form of a levy that benefits the Global South

Feb 12, 2025

Comment

McDonald’s flames highlight our failure to face facts about food

There are ways to reduce the climate impact of what we eat – but companies and governments have been slow to back them

Feb 10, 2025

Comment

How to resuscitate 1.5°C by identifying accountable countries

Keeping the 1.5°C warming goal alive requires holding individual countries responsible for their fair share of climate action – our new framework points the way

Feb 4, 2025

Comment

India can plug its green skills gap by elevating women in the workforce

The government and business can do much more to improve training in sectors such as renewables to include more women and help meet climate goals

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Mar 25, 2025

Carbon markets

Carbon credit auditors suspended for failures in sham rice-farming offsets

Verra has taken unprecedented action against four certification bodies that overlooked integrity problems with the projects. But the worthless credits still need to be compensated

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Mar 11, 2025

Comment

Will Indonesia’s new carbon market be a climate solution or a game for big players?

As palm oil and timber companies gear up to profit from carbon trading, the government must ensure transparency and a fair deal for Indigenous communities

Read more
Mar 7, 2025

Carbon markets

Most cookstove carbon credits ruled out of quality scheme in integrity push

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market has rejected widely used rulebooks for cleaner cooking, which will require projects to switch to more rigorous methods

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Jan 31, 2025

Carbon markets

Shell dodges paying compensation for sham carbon credits in China

The energy giant exited the failed projects after Verra asked for redress, but a legal expert says Shell should be held responsible

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Dec 19, 2024

Investigations

How Shell greenwashed gas with sham Chinese carbon credits

Exclusive: Shell used rice-farming offsets for “carbon neutral” LNG campaign – but farmers and local authorities said no project activities took place

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Dec 13, 2024

Carbon markets

Experts quit carbon market watchdog in row over quality label for forest credits

Two ICVCM expert advisors have resigned from their positions over what they called a “problematic precedent” set with the REDD+ decision

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Nov 18, 2024

Comment

New UN carbon market standards are a step change in protecting people and planet

Rules finalised at COP29 will make sure carbon credits enable more ambitious climate goals while delivering benefits to local communities

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Nov 12, 2024

Carbon markets

Is COP29 “breakthrough” on UN carbon market all it seems?

Azerbaijan presidency claims Article 6 could help countries save $250 billion a year – but experts warn UN carbon trading is still some way off

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Oct 31, 2024

Carbon markets

Verra’s plan to review carbon credits faster with fewer staff raises integrity concerns

Verra’s new CEO said that “faster does not equal to compromise on integrity” – but independent carbon market experts are sceptical

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Oct 10, 2024

Carbon markets

UN approves carbon market safeguards to protect environment and human rights

Developers of carbon credit projects will have to carry out a risk assessment and minimise any social or environmental impacts

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Mar 14, 2025

Sponsored

Neglecting ‘Scope 3’ emissions could sink corporate climate action

For years, businesses have been wrestling with how to reduce emissions outside their direct control. The task remains complicated

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Mar 7, 2025

Sponsored

Advancing women’s rights and empowerment in climate adaptation

In Peru, women’s lives are being transformed by climate projects designed to put them at the heart of decision-making

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Feb 6, 2025

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Renewed global violence puts pressure on climate adaptation

Climate funds are learning how to keep projects running when conflict breaks out by being flexible and working closely with communities

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Dec 12, 2024

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The world is getting smaller for pastoralists facing multiple threats

Africa’s herders are trying to maintain their way of life in the face of rising climate stress, conflict and competition for land

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Nov 26, 2024

Energy

Production curbs needed for strong global pact on plastic pollution, campaigners say

Rather than just reusing and recycling ever-growing mountains of plastic waste, it’s essential to tackle the problem at the source

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Nov 19, 2024

Finance

Can climate funders overcome fear to tread in conflict zones?

At COP29, fragile climate-vulnerable countries launched a network aimed at securing the climate finance they say has been slow to come as their needs surge

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Nov 15, 2024

Politics

Aid agencies grapple with climate adaptation in fragile states

Humanitarian groups have pushed ahead with innovative efforts to protect people in conflict zones from worsening climate impacts – but they are struggling to go it alone

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Nov 11, 2024

Politics

Cross-border climate risks can’t be solved in isolation

Focusing solely on how to adapt to issues or deal with disasters inside country borders can cause problems elsewhere, triggering calls for a broader view perspective

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Nov 8, 2024

Sponsored

COP29: We need to adapt to climate chaos now

Adaptation policy has grown to be of central importance in our collective response to the climate crisis – but more funding is urgently needed

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Oct 29, 2024

Sponsored

Businesses may be investing more in climate adaptation than we think

Private investments in adaptation are likely to be significantly underestimated as a result of the huge challenge in tracking them, experts say – though barriers remain

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