Philippines tops Asia in killings of land and environmental defenders for 13th straight year
Global Witness verified 124 killings of defenders worldwide in 2025, and says Philippine soldiers are suspected in five of the country's 12 deaths.
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Policy & Regulation
Climate summits, international agreements, national policy.
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Every answer to the climate crisis eventually turns into a policy document. This section follows COP summits, nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement, the European Green Deal, and national climate law and emissions trading. Our interest is less in the announced target than in the clause that makes it binding.
Germany sets 2045 deadline to end fossil fuel use in its energy sector
The roadmap, unveiled at the UN in New York, targets 80% renewable electricity by 2030 and weighs moving the coal exit up to 2035.
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UN adopts first declaration protecting island nations' statehood against rising seas
Countries at risk of losing their land will keep their sovereignty and maritime borders under the resolution, which the U.S. did not block.
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UN chief calls for national timelines to phase out fossil fuels
Guterres used his farewell UN address to demand transition roadmaps with dates, as only France and the Netherlands have set 2050 deadlines so far.
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COP31 host Türkiye launches pledge on AI's energy use as UN climate chief warns Big Tech is 'on thin ice'
Turkey's COP31 presidency has launched a pledge on how AI is powered and governed in climate action, as UN climate chief Simon Stiell warns tech companies' energy demands threaten their credibility.
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Policy & RegulationInterview
'Decarbonization is a driver for innovation': Prof. David Campbell on the quintuple helix and climate governance
Ahead of COP31, the University of Vienna scholar discusses the intersection of democracy, knowledge systems, and the ecological transition, arguing that environmental policies must be viewed as engines of economic progress rather than mere survival tactics, in an exclusive interview with Sustain&Play.
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Former EPA officials warn that data center buildout is putting public health at risk
Ex-regulators say more than 30 Trump-era rollbacks are letting data centers expand with weaker pollution oversight, with one study estimating roughly 1,300 additional deaths a year from AI-driven power buildout.
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Trump's EPA repeals the last major federal rule limiting power plant emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency has repealed the 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards, completing the rollback of federal emissions rules for power plants built up under the Obama and Biden administrations.
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Hurricane recovery is quietly pricing longtime residents out of Florida's coastal towns
Years after storms like Hurricane Michael and Hurricane Ian, Florida beach communities are seeing affordable housing replaced with expensive homes, with lower-income and minority residents the least likely to return.
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Europe's leather industry wins exemption from EU deforestation rules
Cattle hides are now excluded from the EU Deforestation Regulation even though the beef from the same animals must still comply, a gap critics call a loophole.
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This year's US state elections are shaping up to be a test of climate policy's staying power
Fewer than 25 state legislative races out of more than 7,000 seats up this cycle could determine whether Democrats gain control of up to five more state governments, reshaping US clean energy policy from the ground up.
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Florida agrees to overhaul cleanup plans for nine polluted freshwater springs
A legal settlement forces Florida regulators to prove their pollution-control plans for nine springs actually work, after years of failed cleanup efforts.
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