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Big Tech’s Rising AI Emissions Push Durable Carbon Removal Prices to New Highs
More than $10 billion has moved into the market through spot purchases and long-term offtakes, reshaping global expectations for carbon removal finance.
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- Environment, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Report: As Risks Multiply in a World Thirsty for Energy, Diversification and Cooperation Are More Urgent Than Ever
"In an increasingly complex energy security context spanning a wide range of fuels and technologies, the World Energy Outlook 2025 identifies key choices, opportunities and trade-offs for governments."
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Global
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Oil and Gas Expansion Surges as COP30 Hosts Weigh Health and Climate Risks
"New analysis tracks 256 billion barrels of planned oil and gas production as more than 230 groups urge leaders to put health at the center of climate policy in Belém."
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Global
- Tags
- climate change, climate health, data, research
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Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Outnumber All COP30 Delegations Except Brazil, Report Says
This year’s tally represents a 12% rise from last year’s climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, and is the largest concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists at Cop since KBPO first began exposing industry participation in 2021.
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- Energy, Environment, Investing, WASH
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- Global
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Tackling Climate Disinformation Is on the COP30 Agenda
A Declaration on Information Integrity was launched at COP30 where signatory countries committed to address climate disinformation and promote accurate, evidence-based information around climate change.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: SMS Charges May Be Inhibiting the Use of AI for 1 Billion People
"Entrepreneurs I spoke with are shelving ideas due to the price of SMS, including services that would have provided local agricultural guidance, advice for pregnant women, and insights to small businesses from transaction records."
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- Telecommunications
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- Global
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Press Release: Government of Rwanda, Bboxx Team Up to Deliver 50,000 Affordable LPG Kits in Major Clean Cooking Push
Bboxx’s role builds on its ongoing partnership with the Government of Rwanda to drive inclusive energy access through innovative, data-driven solutions.
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- Environment
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: The World Bank Group Reorganization: A Retreat from Research Quality?
"In the new model, it appears that the short-term concerns of the World Bank Group’s dealmakers are likely to gain greater influence over analytical and research output, a step back from a “knowledge bank” and towards the model of economist as salesperson all too common at investment banks."
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- Education, Health Care, Investing
- Region
- Global
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