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Juliet Samaniya, 6, carries a bag of lithium with other children at an illegal mining site in Paseli, Nigeria, Tuesday, Nov 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Takeaways from AP’s report on child labor in Nigeria lithium mines

Growing demand for lithium has led to exploitation of children in Nigeria.

This year's UN climate summit is being hosted in Azerbaijan, which has come under scrutiny as an oil and gas producer with questions over its rights record (AFP)
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Deal on climate aid hangs in balance at UN COP29 summit

Nations at COP29 are deadlocked on a key climate aid pact, divided over who pays and how much.

The Southern Cardamom project is intended to protect over 450,000 hectares of rainforest (AFP)
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Controversial Cambodia carbon credit project reinstated

Forestry scheme Southern Cardamom now certified by Verra following damning Human Rights Watch report in February.

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Verra Reinstates Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project

Standards setter requires actions to protect human rights 10 Sept 2024 WASHINGTON — Verra, the nonprofit that serves as the leading standards setter for...

Campaigners from one of Cambodia's few environmental activism groups were sentenced to between six and eight years in jail for plotting to commit crimes in their activism (AFP)
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Cambodia sentences green campaigners for ‘plotting’ over activism

A Cambodian court on Tuesday sentenced 10 environmentalists to between six and eight years in jail for plotting to commit crimes in their...

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