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Global warming reaches 1.4C after third-hottest year on record (Politico)

The world is rapidly closing in on the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming limit that serves as a threshold for ever more dangerous climate change,...

A New Era of US Mineral Mining Must Put Communities First (Danielle Riedl, Devashree Saha and Luke Balleny – World Resources Institute)

The area around California's Salton Sea is incredibly rich in lithium — enough to support over 375 million electric vehicle batteries. A new mine,...

How Indonesia can avoid the carbon credits gimmick (Mohd. Yunus – Lowy The Interpreter)

At the COP30 climate summit in Brazil in November 2025, Indonesia arrived with a pipeline of around 90 million tonnes of potential carbon credits,...

COP30: Mixed Outcomes and BRICS-Led Climate Momentum (Sandra Thachirickal Prathap – Observer Research Foundation)

The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) in Belém unfolded amidst shifting geopolitical currents. With Western climate leadership fragmented, Europe recalibrating its ambitions, and...

The water footprints of global food and agriculture trade (Richard King – Chatham House)

When food and agricultural products are traded internationally, the direct and indirect water use associated with that trade results in a ‘water footprint’ –...

The Climate Briefing: Positive and negative tipping points (Chatham House)

In the final episode of the year, Anna speaks to Professor Tim Lenton (Chair in Climate Change and Earth System Science at the University...

How the Middle East and North Africa can benefit from adaptive climate governance (Karim Elgendy – Chatham House)

Climate governance in the Middle East and North Africa will play a significant role in shaping the region’s political stability and economic resilience as...

Investing in Children for Climate Adaptation (Nilanjan Ghosh – Observer Research Foundation)

The State of the World’s Children 2025 (SOWC), published by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), serves as a reminder that children are not...

ASEAN’S Evolving Climate Governance Framework (Sharon Seah, Melinda Martinus, Qiu Jiahui – FULCRUM)

ASEAN’s climate governance architecture has evolved to match the urgency to align regional ambition with Paris Agreement goals, with growing recognition that regional coordination...

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