Thursday, 23 January 2025

Focus on Environment

An artistic sculpture featuring two hands with their fingers reaching towards each other. It is in a square outside the entrance to the UN Climate Change Conference Baku (COP 29) in Azerbaijan.
AnalysisBiodiversityClimateClimate FinanceEconomyEmissionsEnvironmentPoliticsUnited Nations

Analysis: Why the $300B climate-finance goal is even less ambitious than it seems

COP29 faces criticism for relying on minimal new efforts, counting inflation-eroded funds, and including developing-country contributions.

Illegal mining, or 'galamsey', has been a flashpoint in the lead-up to Ghana's election (AFP)
Critical MineralsEnvironmentMiningNewsTrade

Ghana’s illegal mining boom seeps into presidential election

Ghana's illegal mining, driven by poverty and unemployment, continues to threaten the country's future.

A view of the sky in the early morning during a national electrical grid collapse, in Havana, Cuba, December 4, 2024. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
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Millions of people in Cuba without power after grid collapse

Cuba's outdated oil-fired power plants reached a crisis point this year, contributing to multiple blackouts.

Motorbike taxi driver Phung Khac Trung rides his electric motorbike on a street in Hanoi (AFP)
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Vietnam pushes electric motorbikes as pollution becomes ‘unbearable’

In polluted Hanoi, Gen Z riders embrace e-bikes to fight smog, but challenges like charging and habits slow broader adoption.

EmissionsEnvironmentNewsOilRegulations

Imperial Oil reports biomass spill into St. Clair River in Ontario

Imperial Oil Ltd on Tuesday said it is currently managing a minor biomass spill into the St. Clair River from its water treatment...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures as he briefs the media on South Africa's G20 presidency for 2025 at the parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, December 3, 2024. REUTERS/Esa Alexander
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South Africa sets climate finance and debt relief as G20 presidency focus

South Africa, the first African nation to lead the G20, will focus on mobilizing finance for climate disaster-stricken countries.

The logo of Brazil's power company Eletrobras is seen in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares/File Photo
ElectricityEnvironmentHydropowerNewsResiliencyWeather

Eletrobras’ Santo Antonio power plant bouncing back after historic Brazil drought

Santo Antonio, one of Brazil’s largest hydroelectric plants, stayed operational during extreme drought.

An image of the talks' chair, Luis Vayas Valdivieso, sitting in formal wear in the middle of striking a gavel.
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US ‘disappointed’ after plastic pollution talks collapse: White House

The U.S. expressed disappointment as nations failed to reach a global plastic waste treaty, blaming a 'small group' of blockers.

People navigate among trash as they work in a program funded by Salvadoran government to clean the the El Cerron Grande reservoir in Potonico, El Salvador September 14, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas/File Photo
BiodiversityClimateClimate FinanceEconomyEmissionsEnvironmentIndigenousNewsResiliency

Debt swaps gain momentum: How nations are funding conservation and climate action

Debt swaps are becoming a more widely used tool to help indebted countries raise money for conservation or climate-related projects.

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