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As COP30 nears its end, with only two days left before delegates head home, 82 countries are calling for a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels.

Chinese president Xi Jinping has pledged to end the country’s financing of overseas coal projects — but a surge in Chinese-backed coal-fired power plants to supply electricity to nickel mining and processing undermines that pledge.

At COP30, Taiwan brought its experience in public-private collaboration for digital and green transition to the international dialogue.

For the first time in the history of COP climate summits, the US – the world’s largest historical emitter – has not sent a delegation to the talks.

The SBTi has released a new draft of its Corporate Net-Zero Standard on Nov. 6, introducing for the first time the concept of Ongoing Emissions Responsibility (OER), along with more precise definitions for Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions.

DHL Supply Chain opened its first sustainable logistics center in Thailand in October, fully powered by on-site solar systems.

In November, nearly 200 countries will gather at the gateway to the Amazon for COP30. RECCESSARY outlines five key issues to watch as the world heads into the woods and hopes to find a way out.

French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies has been found by a Paris court to have deceived consumers by overstating its climate pledges and its role as an active player in the fight against global warming.

Brazil’s environment agency, IBAMA, has approved an environmental license for state-owned oil company Petrobras to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River.

Indonesia’s government has taken another major step toward integrating with global carbon credit systems. On Oct. 2, it signed a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) with Verra, one of the world’s leading carbon credit certification bodies.