Sunk costs: A mega-airport in the path of climate disaster
Flights from one of the world’s largest airport projects may be grounded within 30 years due to the risk of sinking land and rising sea levels.
New investigations
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COP29 is for oil deals
An undercover investigation reveals how Azerbaijani petrostate used position as COP29 host to facilitate discussion of new fossil fuel deals at climate summit
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Wall Street banks fuel NYC-scale deforestation in Paraguay's vital forest
US banks top the list of creditors for meatpackers tied to deforestation of 75,000 hectares in Paraguay's Gran Chaco in the last three years
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Critical mineral mines tied to 111 violent incidents and protests on average a year
Between 2021 and 2023, nearly 90% of violence and protests happened in emerging economies, while up to 81% of mining is by companies from wealthier and major consumer countries
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Climate emergency in focus
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What is climate disinformation?
Climate disinformation is hindering our ability to combat the gravest threat of our time
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Why is the Congo Basin – the world’s largest forest carbon sink – at risk?
Home to staggering biodiversity like forest elephants, chimpanzees and gorillas, the Congo Basin’s importance for climate and biodiversity cannot be overstated
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What is carbon capture and storage? CCS easily explained
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a catch-all term for technologies that are meant to reduce emissions and storing them underground. But for fossil fuel companies it's a get-out-of-jail-free card for continued oil and gas production
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Falsehoods and forecasts: Our 2025 predictions for climate disinformation
We share our predictions for climate disinformation in 2025, with a new US president, extreme weather and COP30 all heaping pressure on social media platforms
Biodiversity or Big Business? The battle for COP16 resumes
As countries return to unfinished COP16 biodiversity negotiations in Rome, states must commit to people and nature instead of caving to corporate lobbying
The time for change is now
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