COP26 Glasgow summit: Indonesia's bold new coal goal contrasts with reneging on deforestation pledge
Australia’s neighbour has a bold new coal goal with a significant caveat. It will cost a bomb and Indonesia can’t afford to pay for it.
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Australia’s neighbour has a bold new coal goal with a significant caveat. It will cost a bomb and Indonesia can’t afford to pay for it.
Colombia’s vast forest is fast receding, partly because guerrillas and criminals are clearing land for farming, ranching and other pursuits. These unregulated activities are causing both dire environmental harm and deadly conflict. Bogotá should take urgent steps to halt the damage.
The Glasgow Declaration on Forests pledges to end deforestation by 2030. But critics say there’s a catch: Will natural forests continue being cut, and land converted to plantations, causing CO2 emissions to rise and biodiversity to fall?
More than 200 Congolese and international NGOs have published an open letter calling for a government clampdown on “illegal activities” in protected areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the Oct. 18 letter addressed to President Felix Tshisekedi and copied to members of his Cabinet, 191 domestic and 43 foreign civil society organizations […]
As a major global climate summit approaches, is the Indian government on track to meet its own commitments?