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Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev tours the Agali "smart" village in an electric cart. Photo: Azerbaijan Presidency

In Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s net zero vision clashes with legacy of war

After Armenians fled the conflict-torn region, the COP29 host nation has launched a huge reconstruction effort to polish its green credentials

Paris summit unlocks cash for clean cooking in Africa, side-stepping concerns over gas

The gathering raised $2.2 billion for clean cooking in Africa, where four in five people still use polluting energy like charcoal – but some say LPG should not be promoted as a transition fuel

After climate talks, US sets tariffs on Chinese EVs and solar panels

Days after climate talks, US slaps tariffs on Chinese EVs and solar panels

The measures are designed to increase the cost of Chinese goods needed for the energy transition – and could therefore slow the US shift away from fossil fuels

A chicken farm in Switzerland. The World Bank tip toed into the meat emissions debate.

World Bank tiptoes into fiery debate over meat emissions

The bank has advised wealthy nations to cut subsidies for high-emissions foods but stopped far short of promoting veganism

UN agrees carbon market safeguards to tackle green land grabs

Local communities will be able to officially challenge UN-registered carbon credit projects before and after they are up and running

Road row in protected forest exposes Kenya’s climate conundrum 

The government wants to expand a road through the Aberdare National Park but conservationists argue it will harm the forest, wildlife and water supplies

Seismic shifts are underway to find finance for loss and damage

The new UN fund can channel taxes and other innovative ways of raising money to pay for climate loss and damage – we just have to decide to apply them

Loss and damage board speeds up work to allow countries direct access to funds

At its first meeting, the fund’s board decided to fast-track the selection of its host country so money can be disbursed as fast as possible to disaster-hit people

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Indonesia's nickel industry

Indonesia turns traditional Indigenous land into nickel industrial zone

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

Zimbabwe's lithium is getting more value in deals with China

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

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The subtle art of scaling up climate adaptation

The subtle art of scaling up climate adaptation

Climate Week NYC: Clean technologies are racing to the future

Climate Week NYC: Clean technologies are racing to the future

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How to fix the finance flows that are pushing our planet to the brink

Commercial banks are financing a huge amount of fossil-fuel and industrial agriculture activities in the Global South – they must turn off the tap

‘More than a number’: Global plastic talks need community experts

Frontline leaders who know the effects of plastic-related pollution want a global treaty that puts public health, human rights and the environment first

Indigenous lands feel cruel bite of green energy transition 

Indigenous lands feel cruel bite of green energy transition 

Mining companies have been offered a path to sustainability but few are taking it – Indigenous people need to be at the table demanding change

Limiting frontline voices in the Loss and Damage Fund is a recipe for disaster

Representatives of groups hardest-hit by the climate crisis say restrictions on their participation at the fund’s first board meeting set a worrying precedent

Spring Meetings results are in — and they leave too much to do 

Will blossom of reform bear fruit? Spring Meetings leave too much to do 

Changes are afoot at the IMF and World Bank – but debt-squeezed developing nations need far faster access to more finance for climate action

Fossil fuel debts are illegitimate and must be cancelled 

The Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF are a chance to transform outstanding debts for fossil fuel projects into grants for renewable energy systems

SBTi needs tighter rules on companies' indirect emissions

SBTi needs tighter rules on companies’ indirect emissions

Businesses are not required to cut all their value chain emissions in line with a 1.5C warming limit – and allowing offsetting could weaken efforts further

Spring Meetings can jump-start financial reform for food and climate 

Spring Meetings can jump-start financial reform for food and climate 

The World Bank and IMF have a big part to play in raising the $3 trillion needed to help countries meet global development goals and the Paris accord

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