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Carbon & Climate
New dams cast doubt on Cambodia’s commitment to REDD+ projects
Three new irrigation dams have been approved in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains, overlapping with two carbon credit projects. The new developments join five hydropower projects that are already eating into these same forests.
Policy & Finance
With Indonesia and the US wavering on climate goals, early coal plant retirements in doubt
Indonesia’s climate envoy has cast doubt on the country’s commitment to the Paris Agreement, calling coal plant closures 'economic suicide,' threatening the US$20 billion Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).
Asia and the Pacific comprise a major hot spot for migrant worker exploitation, and access to justice remains difficult.
A record surge of clean energy kept China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions below the previous year’s levels in the last 10 months of 2024.
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In data: Indigenous Filipinos lack the rights to stop land grabs
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