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Opinion: Chancay port will light the way for Peru’s economy
The China-backed megaport can help diversify Peru’s economy and increase its prominence in global value chains, but several factors require attention, writes Omar Narrea

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China’s carbon market is moving from burden to boon
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Climate change in the Arctic is a wake-up call for the Global South
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Q&A: ‘Chinese companies are making progress, while Europe lags’
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Malaria cases in Indian forests feared to rise due to climate change
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Coral reefs

Coral reef restorers struggle as temperatures soar
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Carbon emissions

Will China’s new climate action plan match its great potential?
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Climate impacts

India must get serious about flood zoning

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Environment code in the works
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Climate

Climate disasters are destroying Pakistan’s mountain languages
Climate-induced disasters are forcing people to migrate out of mountainous areas, and in the process their languages and cultures are being profoundly affected
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Health

The sick children of Brazilian agriculture
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Livelihoods

A brown tide of sargassum is causing havoc in Barbados
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Policy

‘We must involve local communities in monitoring pollution’, says Bangladesh’s environment adviser
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Environmental defenders

Southeast Asia’s highly anticipated environmental rights declaration ‘watered down’, say critics
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Plastics

How to stop net dumping in China’s largest fishing ground
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The Third Pole

Leveraging climate finance in Nepal
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Wind

Brazil and Colombia: The emerging powers of offshore wind?
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Electric vehicles

Indonesia’s EV ambitions highlight urgent battery recycling challenges
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Energy transition

China faces three challenges to a coal-free future
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Trade

China’s role in the reconfiguration of Latin America’s peripheries
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Marine protection

Q&A: ‘Twenty years ago, Chileans had no idea we have whales’
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Energy transition

Low-carbon tweaks to China’s coal power fleet may not boost the energy transition
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<p>Mauro Vieira Marques, a farmer in Encantado in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state, stands in a flooded field. Like many other farmers, his home and almost all his livestock were destroyed by floods that hit the state in May (Image: Anna Ortega / Dialogue Earth)</p>
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Southern Brazil’s farmers, on the frontline of climate crisis

Devastating floods in May were the latest in a series of extreme weather events to hit the state of Rio Grande do Sul, and have left producers considering their future

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Energy transition

Solar power is booming in Brazil. Can it be a boom for all?
Solar is now Brazil’s second-largest source of electricity. Experts say its growth must also reach and respect communities cut off from the grid
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Civil society

How South Korea’s landmark climate hearings could shape regional action
The country’s constitutional court is examining whether government inaction on climate change violates citizens’ rights. Could it set a regional precedent?
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Global heating

Thawing ice worsens Arctic plastic pollution
More fishing boats are coming to northern waters as sea ice retreats, bringing pollution with them
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Wildfires

Bhutan explores controlled burning of mountainsides
Reviving the traditional practice could protect pastureland ecosystems in the Himalayas from destructive climate change-driven wildfires

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