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Ethiopia’s tree-planting scheme needs better coordination
Over 85% of Ethiopia’s land is considered moderately to very severely degraded, according to a 2007 estimate by the UN convention on desertification. This is a particularly acute problem in a country...
View ArticleData secrecy is stymying climate cooperation in South Asia
Two events in June 2023 highlighted how climate-induced disasters increasingly have a transboundary impact and how a lack of data transparency limits how countries can respond. As Cyclone Biparjoy...
View ArticleWhy isn’t China’s emissions growth slowing like its GDP?
Following the emergence of Covid-19 and its impacts, China put a strong emphasis on coal power and energy-intensive heavy industry to secure energy security and GDP growth. This has put it a long way...
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Saving whales, one rope at a time
In 2004, a humpback whale was spotted entangled in fishing gear in Banderas Bay, a small bight on the Pacific Coast of Mexico in which the resort town of Puerto Vallarta nestles. This area is home for...
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China’s draft mining law mandates ecological restoration for first time, but...
China’s mineral resources law serves as the legal cornerstone of the sustainable development of its mining sectors. Since it came into effect in 1986, the law has been revised twice, in 1996 and 2009....
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A decarbonising China needs to talk about justice
During its provincial Two Sessions meetings early this year, the major coal-producing province of Shanxi announced targets for a just transition. It said social issues must be properly managed during...
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Data drought: The challenge of AI weather forecasting in India
Amid the surge of extreme weather events globally, billions of dollars are pouring into developing cutting-edge weather forecasting models based on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning...
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Uganda pins hopes on reviving Kilembe copper mines
The Ugandan government is keen to restart copper and cobalt extraction at the Kilembe mines in the west of the country, near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It wishes to tap into...
View ArticleCan Ghana’s lithium boom avoid the ‘gold curse’?
The relatively recent discovery of lithium in commercial quantities in Ghana has generated hopes of an economic boom, especially through value-addition and foreign exchange revenue. However, some...
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Can bottom trawling ever be sustainable?
Bottom trawling has long attracted controversy over its environmental impact. As long ago as the 1880s, complaints from line fishers in the UK resulted in an inquiry into claims it reduced fish stocks...
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Restoring China’s vanishing oyster reefs
Oysters, a favourite of seafood aficionados, cannot propagate without reefs to grow on. Though unremarkable in appearance, oyster reefs – craggy formations encrusted with oyster shells – provide...
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As elections near, what’s next for Panama’s closed copper mine?
Panama will hold its presidential elections on 5 May, months after huge protests saw thousands descend on the country’s streets and ultimately help to force the closure of Central America’s largest...
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Kenya grapples with titanium miner’s legacy
Gideon Masyuki is from Kwale county in south-east Kenya. In 2009, he moved 25km east from his sun-baked farm in Nguluku village to Kigombero village, Msambweni, on the coast. His old home was to be...
View ArticleIn South Asia, heat stress kills without a heatwave
Crippling heatwaves are sweeping across South and Southeast Asia. In the southern state of Kerala in India, two people have died reportedly due to high humidity coupled with heatwave conditions as...
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Van panchayats: upholding forest rights in Uttarakhand’s hillside communities
In December, Uttarakhand’s High Court criticised the state government over various derelictions of duty, including for being “in a deep slumber” over the illegal felling of trees. In its scathing...
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Imperilled by ocean acidification: How US Pacific shellfish farms are coping
Editor’s note: Ocean acidification is damaging shellfish from West Africa’s Atlantic shores to the Pacific coast of North America. In this the final instalment of a two-part series, Dialogue Earth...
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How bioengineering saved a Himalayan road from floods
On 14 August 2023, heavy rainfall in North India triggered flash floods and landslides, devastating the region. Kishori Lal, the sarpanch (head) of the Kothi Gehri village in the Himalayan state of...
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Peru continues to give permits for Europe’s banned pesticides
A worn cloth rag was the only protection used by a young Lorgio Ñaupas during his early years spraying pesticides in cotton fields. Looking back decades later, he recalls unpleasant memories. “I...
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‘An uphill struggle’: El Salvador’s green activists see a darker future
In early February, Nayib Bukele was re-elected as El Salvador’s president by an overwhelming majority, despite various complaints of voting irregularities. They began even before polls opened: that...
View ArticleWhat will it take for Bangladesh and India to sign transboundary river...
Bangladesh’s ruling party, the Awami League, started its fourth consecutive term in government this year with a promise to cooperate with India, Nepal and Bhutan and ensure equitable water sharing. In...
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