Eco-Business

Ocean issues cut across all three major UN conferences taking place at the end of 2024.

The New Collective Quantified Goal needs a human rights-based approach to loss and damage – and we need to talk about the military.

First week of Baku talks marked by low turnout of leaders, Argentina’s withdrawal, and a gulf between blocs’ demands on a new finance goal.

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As climate talks kick off, the World Meteorological Organization warns that Earth’s hottest year yet signals a dangerous breach of the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal.

By Emma Bryce

By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

By Catherine Early

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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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

Asean states need to unite on a common stand to beat plastic waste, but national and local efforts matter too. By Dr Theresa Mundita Lim

Chinese policymakers face difficult choices in setting climate goals. Some appear technical but have significant implications for environmental outcomes. By Li Shuo and Lauri Myllyvirta

A Malawian campaigner and scientist at the UN INC4 negotiations in Ottawa sets out four tests for the global plastic treaty. By Tiwonge Mzumara-Gawa

By Jorge Emmanuel

By Robert Redford and Xiye Bastida

By Mary Robinson and Johan Rockström

By Saon Ray

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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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