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The next round of plastics treaty negotiations will take place in Switzerland in August, after countries failed to agree on the rules in South Korea in December.

More than half of countries have not committed to protecting 30 per cent of their land and sea for nature by 2030 in plans submitted to the UN – despite signing a global agreement to do so less than three years ago.

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).

Climate timelines are not set by elections or cost curves, reminds the country’s ex-central banker Ravi Menon. But he cautioned that in the short term, political headwinds and the US climate retreat could impact investment decisions.

By Charlotte Ruzzica De La Chaussée

By Jack Lo Lau

By Ng Wai Mun

By Anton L. Delgado

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The ‘rights of nature’ is an allied approach, but nature needs something with more and broader teeth, that can elicit a moral and political consensus on the need for nature conservation. By Katherine Snow

As lobbyists flood plastic treaty talks, negotiators must uphold the rule of law to prevent corporate capture, including existing guidelines to stop the tobacco industry — a major source of plastic waste — from influencing policies. By Vera da Costa e Silva and Deborah Sy

The region can shape the Global Plastics Treaty if it maintains its momentum from COP16, where the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia called for the inclusion of Indigenous peoples rights and stronger collaboration on biodiversity finance. By Rayhan Dudayev

Investing in nature is essential to addressing the intertwined crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution while fostering global economic resilience. By Ambroise Fayolle

By Dr Theresa Mundita Lim

By Li Shuo and Lauri Myllyvirta

By Tiwonge Mzumara-Gawa

By Jorge Emmanuel

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More than 3 million have watched Sofia Ashraf’s 'Kodaikanal Won't' - based on American singer Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' - which calls for Unilever to clean up a mercury-contaminated factory in India.

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EB Studio As a landmark treaty is thrashed out to tackle plastic pollution, the Eco-Business Podcast debates whether the world is ready to pay a premium for packaging that doesn't damage the planet.

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