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Activists holding a banner outside a green glass building, advocating for global plastic pollution combat.
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Nations warn of deadlock at landmark plastic pollution talks

Diplomats warn countries may exit talks on world's first plastic pollution treaty if delegations resist compromise.

Bhutan relies heavily on hydropower for energy generation (AFP)
ClimateClimate FinanceEmissionsEmissions MarketsNewsPoliticsUnited NationsVoluntary Carbon Markets (VCMs)

‘Carbon-neutral’ countries demand credit at COP29

Small nations like Bhutan and Panama, which absorb more carbon than they emit, demand recognition at COP29 for their sacrifices.

Countries hope to reach the world's first treaty to end plastic pollution later this year (AFP)
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Countdown to Busan: is a plastic pollution treaty in reach?

Negotiators meet in less than a month to agree on the world's first treaty to end plastic pollution, but countries remain so far...

A Manila coal plant could be a model for how developing countries can quit polluting fossil fuel (AFP)
AnalysisBusinessClimateCoalEmissionsEmissions MarketsEnvironmentIndigenousLegislationRegulations

Can carbon credits help close coal plants?

A Philippine coal plant could close early by converting to renewables, funded through carbon credits to cut emissions.

China is expanding coal production even as it adds renewable capacity (AFP)
CoalEmissionsNewsReports

China coal production threatens climate goals: study

China's planned expansion of coal mining threatens the country's climate goals and risks vastly increasing its methane emissions, a study warned on Tuesday.

Negotiators hope to agree the world's first binding treaty on plastic pollution this year (AFP)
ClimateEnvironmentNews

Experts meet as final global plastic treaty talks near

With months until crunch talks on the world's first binding treaty on plastic pollution, experts are meeting in Bangkok to discuss financing options...

Khavda is a massive solar and wind energy project in a desolate region of India's Gujarat (AFP)
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Let it shine: top solar projects worldwide

As the Australian government approves the AA-PowerLink scheme, read about the rest of the globe's solar megaprojects

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