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Carbon & Climate
Air pollution measures fail to address thermal power emissions
Thermal power plants emit many times more PM2.5 and sulphur dioxide than stubble burning says a recent analysis.
A new study in India highlights that rising air pollution and climate change could reduce solar photovoltaic efficiency.
An ambitious roadmap for smog mitigation has been launched in Pakistan’s Punjab province, but experts are not convinced.
Food & Agriculture
Singapore firm accused of deforestation through ‘shadow’ firms linked to Indonesia’s controversial food estate project
Palm oil company First Resources has denied that it secured sugarcane concessions in Papua through its subsidiaries, which would jeopardise a no-deforestation pledge the company made almost a decade ago.
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