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Apr 25, 2025

Climate shocks and volatile currencies hike debt burden for poor countries

Least-developed countries and island nations are struggling with crippling debt levels made worse by global currency fluctuations and climate disasters hitting their economies

Apr 25, 2025

Comment

Individual action won’t save the climate – unless governments and businesses back it

Without transforming overarching systems, green efforts by consumers will fall far short of their potential to cut emissions

Apr 25, 2025

News

Trump throws lifeline to Canadian deep-sea miner, setting scene for international clash

US president’s executive order looks like a victory for Vancouver-based The Metals Company (TMC) and other industry advocates, but fierce environmental and international opposition still stands in the way of ocean floor mining

Apr 24, 2025

Energy

At energy security talks, US pushes gas and derides renewables

The US envoy to the IEA’s energy security summit criticised renewables, arguing that they cause power cuts and increase reliance on China

Apr 24, 2025

Politics

Xi commits China to full climate plan but emissions-cutting ambition still unclear

The Chinese president told fellow global leaders that the country’s updated climate plan would cover all economic sectors and greenhouse gases

Apr 23, 2025

Energy

US and Europe set for clash on what “energy security” means

While European politicians seek to strengthen the link between clean energy and security, Trump officials are expected to push for more gas at a key summit in London

Apr 23, 2025

Politics

White House says not taking aim at green group tax status

Concerns ran high after President Trump took aim at the charitable status of Harvard University, seen as a first shot against tax-exempt non-profit organisations

Apr 23, 2025

Energy

“It’s shameful”: Amazon Indigenous people call for oil drilling ban at COP30

Indigenous leaders representing dozens of Amazon ethnicities have signed a declaration calling for a COP30 roadmap to phase out fossil fuels

Apr 22, 2025

Comment

System change is our only way out of the climate and biodiversity crises

Global warming and biodiversity loss stem from the same economic, social and political systems that prioritise profits and reward exploitation

Apr 22, 2025

News

Climate non-profits anticipate fight with Trump over tax status

US-based climate change campaign groups fear that President Donald Trump will try to use the US tax authority to damage them financially

Apr 22, 2025

Giving nature breathing room builds climate resilience

Farming communities in El Salvador are reaping the benefits of working with nature by planting trees, harvesting rainwater and other ecological practices

Apr 18, 2025

Energy

Shipping’s climate deal sets up battle over pollution calculations for gas and biofuels

The IMO will set emissions intensity levels for different fuels that decide how ship owners will be rewarded or penalised for using them in new green push

Apr 17, 2025

Justice

Congo’s deadly rains predicted to occur every two years in a warming world

After floods devastate the DRC’s capital, scientists say climate change is making heavier rains more likely and call for better data to help prepare

Apr 16, 2025

News

As Trump upends aid and markets, who will pay for green development in Global South?

Ahead of key donor meetings, experts say a combination of debt relief, private investment and innovative sources of finance could help fill the gap

Apr 15, 2025

Energy

ExxonMobil helps Amazon nation Guyana build ‘petrostate’, while people stay poor

Guyana’s rapid ascent to major oil producer has come at a steep price: rising inequality, weakened environmental regulations and unchecked gas flaring

Apr 14, 2025

Energy

Ethiopia’s bold EV ambitions hit bumps in rural areas

After becoming the world’s first country to ban imports of fossil fuel vehicles last year, a patchy power grid and high EV purchase costs are slowing Ethiopia’s green transport revolution in the countryside

Apr 11, 2025

News

Loss and damage fund to hand out $250 million in initial phase

The fund’s board has agreed a plan for the start-up phase of the UN mechanism to help developing nations tackle the consequences of climate disasters

Apr 11, 2025

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Governments agree green shipping targets and fees for missing them

Ship owners who fail to reduce emissions intensity 30% by 2035 will have to pay into a “net zero fund” to clean up shipping through green fuels

Apr 10, 2025

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China and India defeat attempt to reveal how much each ship pollutes

The public will only be given emissions data in an anonymised form, making it harder for companies to choose green ships or port communities to judge health risks

Apr 10, 2025

Energy

Power-hungry AI data centres seen driving demand for fossil fuels

Big Tech’s data centres are expected to use twice as much electricity by the end of the decade – mainly due to the global AI boom, the International Energy Agency says

Apr 10, 2025

Justice

Beyond anxiety: Teens’ mental health suffers on Africa’s climate frontlines

As climate change impacts take a heavy toll on young people’s wellbeing in poor rural areas, how can policymakers help them cope?

Apr 9, 2025

Comment

New global fund for forests is a bold experiment in conservation finance

If successfully implemented, the sovereign-backed investment fund – championed by Brazil – could generate far more money for tropical forests than traditional donor models

Apr 8, 2025

News

Governments set to agree fees for ships that miss green targets

But countries are still negotiating over the scale of the targets and fees, with small islands wanting high ambition and bigger nations resisting

Apr 7, 2025

Politics

Brazil’s Belém races to make room for COP30 influx

The Amazon city is scrambling to get ready for November’s UN climate talks and ensure thousands of delegates have a place to stay, with locals hoping for economic benefits