Hailemariam Desalegn: Africa needs a climate-smart development leap

Its next two decades will be defined by how Africa powers cities, transforms transport, builds regional markets and mobilises finance, writes the former Ethiopian PM
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Sonia Guajajara: ‘We’re not just occupying a ministry; we’re occupying politics’

Brazil’s former Indigenous peoples minister calls for Indigenous representation to become a permanent state policy

The road to COP31

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How Türkiye and Australia could lead climate diplomacy at COP31

From WW1 to COP31, next year’s co-presidency could provide the creative diplomacy and bridge-building climate negotiations need
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The world agreed to quit fossil fuels. Now it disagrees over the plan

Countries embrace clean energy but resist cutting fossil fuel production. That fault line is now shaping the UN's first transition roadmap, due at COP31 in November
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Coal will be a central pillar of COP31, wherever it’s held

In the shadows of COP29, two of the world’s most coal-dependent countries are still bidding to host the UN climate summit in 2026, offering what could be a unique moment to renew focus on coal, write two climate analysts
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COP30 chief says climate implementation can’t wait for consensus

In an interview with Dialogue Earth, André Corrêa do Lago said an increasingly fractured world makes faster climate implementation more urgent
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For India’s Hijra women, rising heat comes with dangerous trade-offs

For a traditional trans and intersex community pushed to the margins of employment, housing and healthcare, heat can have cascading effects

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