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Chinese financing must modernise to achieve just transitions
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Shadow fleet pollution is burdening under-resourced nations
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The battle for green shipping

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Net zero

How countries failed to steer shipping to net zero, and where they go next
Amid threats and tears, nations failed to sign off a ground-breaking deal to curb the sector’s huge appetite for fossil fuels
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Shipping

Global green shipping deal still on course, say advocates
While the latest talks were less fraught than October’s, the International Maritime Organization’s Net-Zero Framework is far from a done deal
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Who is financing green shipping?
The international shipping industry is under pressure to decarbonise rapidly, requiring a huge investment drive and policy push from governments
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China’s green shipping could thrive with global emissions deal
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Chile’s salt flats and the lithium race neither China nor the US wants to lose
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How far can AI improve China’s power grid?
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Climate impacts

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Malawi’s Unesco mountain and a bauxite mining proposal
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Energy transition

How the Philippines is preparing its nuclear workforce for a revival
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Ecuador on cusp of Chinese-driven mining boom
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