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🌎 Latin America took centre stage in the first days of COP30. Latin American presidents focused on forests, financing, and adaptation, and criticised the United States' climate denial.
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COP30: Latin American leaders set the tone for crucial climate summit
At curtain-raiser for UN conference in Brazil, presidents put focus on forests, financing, adaptation and energy – and call out US denialism
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November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🌎 Latin America took centre stage in the first days of COP30. Latin American presidents focused on forests, financing, and adaptation, and criticised the United States' climate denial.
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✍️ Fermin Koop @mongabaylatam.bsky.social
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The Maldives plans to resume fishing for gulper sharks just as a global trade meeting mulls more protections. Populations have already crashed by 80% worldwide, and conservations described any resumption as a potential tragedy.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The Maldives plans to resume fishing for gulper sharks just as a global trade meeting mulls more protections. Populations have already crashed by 80% worldwide, and conservations described any resumption as a potential tragedy.
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🌍 “Africa’s climate future is everyone’s responsibility.”
Alelegn Enedem Agegnehu, Assistant Professor at Bahir Dar University and Indigenous Voices fellow at Dialogue Earth explains the importance of collaboration, solidarity, and cooperation to Africa’s climate future.
Alelegn Enedem Agegnehu, Assistant Professor at Bahir Dar University and Indigenous Voices fellow at Dialogue Earth explains the importance of collaboration, solidarity, and cooperation to Africa’s climate future.
October 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🌍 “Africa’s climate future is everyone’s responsibility.”
Alelegn Enedem Agegnehu, Assistant Professor at Bahir Dar University and Indigenous Voices fellow at Dialogue Earth explains the importance of collaboration, solidarity, and cooperation to Africa’s climate future.
Alelegn Enedem Agegnehu, Assistant Professor at Bahir Dar University and Indigenous Voices fellow at Dialogue Earth explains the importance of collaboration, solidarity, and cooperation to Africa’s climate future.
Nearly half of humanity faced at least 30 days of extreme heat in the past year. Around the world, street vendors who work outdoors are paying the price: in lost income, dehydration, and failing health.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Nearly half of humanity faced at least 30 days of extreme heat in the past year. Around the world, street vendors who work outdoors are paying the price: in lost income, dehydration, and failing health.
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A catastrophic spill at a copper mine in Zambia released acidic effluent into the Chambishi Stream, contaminating one of Zambia’s most important waterways. Several months on, those affected say the authorities are not doing enough.
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The communities paying the price for Zambia’s toxic mining disaster
Those affected by a catastrophic spill at a copper mine in Chambishi say the authorities are not doing enough
dialogue.earth
October 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A catastrophic spill at a copper mine in Zambia released acidic effluent into the Chambishi Stream, contaminating one of Zambia’s most important waterways. Several months on, those affected say the authorities are not doing enough.
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Uganda is testing a radical fix for malaria: genetically modified mosquitoes designed to collapse the population that spreads the disease.
Can it fight malaria with cutting-edge science without crossing a line that nature cannot redraw?
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Can it fight malaria with cutting-edge science without crossing a line that nature cannot redraw?
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Uganda weighs a radical malaria fix
Scientists are testing genetic modification to collapse mosquito populations. What are the risks?
dialogue.earth
October 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Uganda is testing a radical fix for malaria: genetically modified mosquitoes designed to collapse the population that spreads the disease.
Can it fight malaria with cutting-edge science without crossing a line that nature cannot redraw?
🔍 Find out: https://loom.ly/Djq4ke0
Can it fight malaria with cutting-edge science without crossing a line that nature cannot redraw?
🔍 Find out: https://loom.ly/Djq4ke0
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October 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🚨 JOB OPPORTUNITY ALERT 🚨
HIRING: Industry transition editor
📍Hybrid role — London office OR
🌏 Remote — global. Candidates based in Brazil, South Africa, or Indonesia, preferred.
⌛ Apply by the 3rd November 2025!
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HIRING: Industry transition editor
📍Hybrid role — London office OR
🌏 Remote — global. Candidates based in Brazil, South Africa, or Indonesia, preferred.
⌛ Apply by the 3rd November 2025!
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South Asia Managing Editor at Dialogue Earth
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October 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🚨 JOB OPPORTUNITY ALERT 🚨
HIRING: South Asia Managing Editor
📍Remote role – South Asia
⌛ Deadline: 3rd November 2025.
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HIRING: South Asia Managing Editor
📍Remote role – South Asia
⌛ Deadline: 3rd November 2025.
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Rempang Eco City in Indonesia’s Riau Islands has set sights on creating 35,000 jobs for a large-scale development project. But with relocation looming, traditional residents are fighting to protect their ancestral villages and coastal environment from harm.
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Indonesian island’s traditional residents face relocation for ‘sustainable’ project
With relocation looming, a community in the Riau Islands is fighting to protect its ancestral villages and coastal environment from harm
dialogue.earth
September 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Rempang Eco City in Indonesia’s Riau Islands has set sights on creating 35,000 jobs for a large-scale development project. But with relocation looming, traditional residents are fighting to protect their ancestral villages and coastal environment from harm.
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Land rights of the Philippines’ “food basket” appeared to be in jeopardy.
💬 “The governments have imposed and enforced their own policies...they have also prevented us from making and enforcing our own decisions,” a resident said.
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✍️ Judy Ann Egay
💬 “The governments have imposed and enforced their own policies...they have also prevented us from making and enforcing our own decisions,” a resident said.
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✍️ Judy Ann Egay
Indigenous land rights can’t stop commercial development in the Philippines
Improper consultations, the quiet leasing of land and apathy blamed for the swell of tourism developments on Matigsalug ancestral land
dialogue.earth
September 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Land rights of the Philippines’ “food basket” appeared to be in jeopardy.
💬 “The governments have imposed and enforced their own policies...they have also prevented us from making and enforcing our own decisions,” a resident said.
🔗 Read the full story: https://loom.ly/ZLikhSs
✍️ Judy Ann Egay
💬 “The governments have imposed and enforced their own policies...they have also prevented us from making and enforcing our own decisions,” a resident said.
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✍️ Judy Ann Egay
🌍 “We are not here to beg.” — Ethiopia’s development minister Fitsum Assefa at #ACS2. The summit positioned Africa’s not as climate victim to climate problem-solver, spotlighting homegrown solutions.
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‘We are not here to beg’: Africa asserts agency at Ethiopia climate summit
At the Second Africa Climate Summit, the continent tried to secure external obligations while maintaining its own agency
dialogue.earth
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🌍 “We are not here to beg.” — Ethiopia’s development minister Fitsum Assefa at #ACS2. The summit positioned Africa’s not as climate victim to climate problem-solver, spotlighting homegrown solutions.
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Having been ratified by 60 countries as of just last Friday, the High Seas Treaty will officially come into force in January. What comes next, and what would this mean for the oceans?
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What next for the High Seas Treaty as entry into force nears?
Here’s what you need to know about the first international agreement focused on protecting marine biodiversity in international waters
dialogue.earth
September 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Having been ratified by 60 countries as of just last Friday, the High Seas Treaty will officially come into force in January. What comes next, and what would this mean for the oceans?
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💡 WEBINAR: Can BRI accelerate ASEAN’s shift to renewables?
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September 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM
💡 WEBINAR: Can BRI accelerate ASEAN’s shift to renewables?
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Our latest article follows the native seed collectors networks at the centre of Brazil’s plan to restore 12 million hectares of degraded land by 2030.
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Seed networks drive forest restoration in Brazil
Native seed collectors are at the centre of Brazil’s plan to restore 12 million hectares of degraded land by 2030
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September 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Our latest article follows the native seed collectors networks at the centre of Brazil’s plan to restore 12 million hectares of degraded land by 2030.
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Since the 1990s, the ASEAN has been dreaming of a regional power grid. The dream would be to develop the energy resources of each of the 10 member states and to build interconnectivity among them.
But challenges abound.
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✍️ Tyler Roney
But challenges abound.
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✍️ Tyler Roney
Q&A: A ‘holistic’ approach to the long-awaited Asean Power Grid
Dialogue Earth talks to Matthew David Wittenstein of the UN ESCAP about how regional power connectivity can move forward in a fair and sustainable way
dialogue.earth
September 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Since the 1990s, the ASEAN has been dreaming of a regional power grid. The dream would be to develop the energy resources of each of the 10 member states and to build interconnectivity among them.
But challenges abound.
🔗 Read the full Q&A here: https://loom.ly/bwfws-c
✍️ Tyler Roney
But challenges abound.
🔗 Read the full Q&A here: https://loom.ly/bwfws-c
✍️ Tyler Roney
Last week, energy cooperation was centre stage at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meetings. How will China’s energy investments influence the energy transitions of SCO member states?
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✍️ Lin Zi, Shalinee Kumari, Farahnaz Zahidi Moazzam
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✍️ Lin Zi, Shalinee Kumari, Farahnaz Zahidi Moazzam
Roundtable: How has the SCO summit impacted the global energy landscape?
China’s energy initiatives strengthened alliances and energy diplomacy with Russia, India and Central Asia, say experts
dialogue.earth
September 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Last week, energy cooperation was centre stage at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meetings. How will China’s energy investments influence the energy transitions of SCO member states?
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✍️ Lin Zi, Shalinee Kumari, Farahnaz Zahidi Moazzam
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✍️ Lin Zi, Shalinee Kumari, Farahnaz Zahidi Moazzam
Up to 967 billion USD is needed to reverse biodiversity decline. Where will the money come from? Biodiversity credits could be key, say some, but experts raise concerns about reporting, monitoring, and measuring.
✍️ Joe Coroneo-Seaman
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✍️ Joe Coroneo-Seaman
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The tangle of biodiversity credits
Funding is needed to reverse global biodiversity loss. A credits market has been touted as a solution, but environmental groups say ‘don’t be fooled’
dialogue.earth
September 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Up to 967 billion USD is needed to reverse biodiversity decline. Where will the money come from? Biodiversity credits could be key, say some, but experts raise concerns about reporting, monitoring, and measuring.
✍️ Joe Coroneo-Seaman
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✍️ Joe Coroneo-Seaman
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Is China’s energy system ready for the AI boom? Our latest article considers how to make AI systems both affordable and sustainable at the same time.
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Is China’s energy system ready for the AI boom?
Fei Fei considers how to make AI systems both affordable and sustainable at the same time
dialogue.earth
September 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Is China’s energy system ready for the AI boom? Our latest article considers how to make AI systems both affordable and sustainable at the same time.
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China’s key waterways have been getting cleaner, but serious challenges remain with the rural water environment, groundwater, and new pollutants.
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September 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
China’s key waterways have been getting cleaner, but serious challenges remain with the rural water environment, groundwater, and new pollutants.
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China has laid a foundation for adapting to climate change, but a far more ambitious policy response is required to deal with escalating extreme weather — one that leverages technological innovation and empowers local leadership.
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China’s extreme weather AI tools can help countries adapt
But its adaptation efforts need better coordination between national and local government, writes Taylah Bland
dialogue.earth
September 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
China has laid a foundation for adapting to climate change, but a far more ambitious policy response is required to deal with escalating extreme weather — one that leverages technological innovation and empowers local leadership.
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In the Laoka village of Cambodia, Klerng Nary watched as trees were felled in the forest nearby her home. Workers who came to fell the trees did not inform the Indigenous Bunong community of their employer.
✍️ Daniella Keeton-Olsen, Phoung Vantha
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✍️ Daniella Keeton-Olsen, Phoung Vantha
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Indigenous communities fear impacts of Cambodian wind projects
Cambodia hopes wind farms can help solve its growing power needs, but opaque plans have left the Bunong people worried for their sacred land
dialogue.earth
September 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
In the Laoka village of Cambodia, Klerng Nary watched as trees were felled in the forest nearby her home. Workers who came to fell the trees did not inform the Indigenous Bunong community of their employer.
✍️ Daniella Keeton-Olsen, Phoung Vantha
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✍️ Daniella Keeton-Olsen, Phoung Vantha
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In the Laoka village of Cambodia, Klerng Nary watched as trees were felled in the forest nearby her home. Workers who came to fell the trees did not inform the Indigenous Bunong community of their employer.
✍️ Daniella Keeton-Olsen, Phoung Vantha
🔗 Read the full story: https://loom.ly/_rItQYk
✍️ Daniella Keeton-Olsen, Phoung Vantha
🔗 Read the full story: https://loom.ly/_rItQYk
Indigenous communities fear impacts of Cambodian wind projects
Cambodia hopes wind farms can help solve its growing power needs, but opaque plans have left the Bunong people worried for their sacred land
dialogue.earth
September 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
In the Laoka village of Cambodia, Klerng Nary watched as trees were felled in the forest nearby her home. Workers who came to fell the trees did not inform the Indigenous Bunong community of their employer.
✍️ Daniella Keeton-Olsen, Phoung Vantha
🔗 Read the full story: https://loom.ly/_rItQYk
✍️ Daniella Keeton-Olsen, Phoung Vantha
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Millions in government funding are flowing to a controversial technique that proponents say will cool the planet by making clouds above the ocean more reflective. Can it be done? And should it be done?
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Explainer: Could making ocean clouds shinier cool the planet?
Scientists are divided over the merits of ‘marine cloud brightening’ experiments aimed at making clouds more reflective and geoengineering the ocean
dialogue.earth
September 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Millions in government funding are flowing to a controversial technique that proponents say will cool the planet by making clouds above the ocean more reflective. Can it be done? And should it be done?
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💬 “Western institutions might spend years completing feasibility studies and assessments. By then, a Chinese investor could already be halfway through construction,” said Putra Adhiguna, managing director of Energy Shift Institute.
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✍️ Ahmad Pathoni
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✍️ Ahmad Pathoni
Chinese energy projects take off in Indonesia as western financing falters
With Chinese companies sidestepping red tape of energy-transition projects financed by the west, experts are calling for stricter environmental safeguarding
dialogue.earth
August 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
💬 “Western institutions might spend years completing feasibility studies and assessments. By then, a Chinese investor could already be halfway through construction,” said Putra Adhiguna, managing director of Energy Shift Institute.
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✍️ Ahmad Pathoni
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✍️ Ahmad Pathoni
The trafficking of lesser-known species is on the rise in Africa. To disrupt the increasingly online methods used by trafficking networks, experts tell us that authorities must adapt to be as agile as the traffickers themselves.
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Trafficking of lesser-known wildlife species on the rise in Africa
The global crackdown on wildlife trafficking has inadvertently spawned a black-market trade in species such as ants and smaller reptiles
dialogue.earth
August 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The trafficking of lesser-known species is on the rise in Africa. To disrupt the increasingly online methods used by trafficking networks, experts tell us that authorities must adapt to be as agile as the traffickers themselves.
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