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A World Bank-backed project has been criticised by rice farmers for high costs and poor returns. Can its proposed second phase salvage things?

A recent working paper suggests that as the share of renewable energy increases, renewable poor states may need to curtail thermal power generation and import electricity from renewable rich states.

Invasive alien species are spreading around the world at “unprecedented and increasing rates”, according to a landmark new report from the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

The Philippines plans to push green skills in manufacturing and construction - but training for workers has been delayed.

By Samantha Ho

By Gabriel Lee

SciDev Net

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Without a concerted effort by governments and international financial institutions to harmonise standards and strengthen incentives for investments in decarbonisation across the developing world, mid-century net-zero targets will slip out of reach. Three issues, in particular, warrant greater attention. By Sumant Sinha

Climate change-induced drought in Mongolia

The fallout from Covid-19, climate change and conflicts are no longer isolated pockets of misery. We need a new multilateral system – one mirroring national schemes on taxes, incentives and accountability – to provide global public goods. By Mauricio Cárdenas

Forests cleared along Oregon’s Coast Range in the US

Permanently protecting large, mature forests is a faster and cheaper way to stabilise Earth's climate than complex carbon capture and storage schemes, and more effective than planting new trees. By Beverly Law and William Moomaw

WWF's Margaret Kuhlow argues that investment in both human and planetary health must be the bedrock of resilience, recovery and prosperity amid the pandemic. By Margaret Kuhlow

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By Manish Bapna

World Resources Institute

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury

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