The Maldives plans to resume fishing for gulper sharks just as a global trade meeting mulls more protections. Populations have already crashed by 80% worldwide, and conservations described any resumption as a potential tragedy. 🔗: https://loom.ly/wpTVtfs

🌍 “Africa’s climate future is everyone’s responsibility.” Alelegn Enedem Agegnehu, Assistant Professor at Bahir Dar University and Indigenous Voices fellow at Dialogue Earth explains the importance of collaboration, solidarity, and cooperation to Africa’s climate future.

Nearly half of humanity faced at least 30 days of extreme heat in the past year. Around the world, street vendors who work outdoors are paying the price: in lost income, dehydration, and failing health. 🔗: https://loom.ly/PsoVGYc

A catastrophic spill at a copper mine in Zambia released acidic effluent into the Chambishi Stream, contaminating one of Zambia’s most important waterways. Several months on, those affected say the authorities are not doing enough. 🔗: https://loom.ly/FCcka9s

Uganda is testing a radical fix for malaria: genetically modified mosquitoes designed to collapse the population that spreads the disease. Can it fight malaria with cutting-edge science without crossing a line that nature cannot redraw? 🔍 Find out: https://loom.ly/Djq4ke0

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Rempang Eco City in Indonesia’s Riau Islands has set sights on creating 35,000 jobs for a large-scale development project. But with relocation looming, traditional residents are fighting to protect their ancestral villages and coastal environment from harm. 🔗: https://loom.ly/QwxLKzk

Land rights of the Philippines’ “food basket” appeared to be in jeopardy. 💬 “The governments have imposed and enforced their own policies...they have also prevented us from making and enforcing our own decisions,” a resident said. 🔗 Read the full story: https://loom.ly/ZLikhSs ✍️ Judy Ann Egay

🌍 “We are not here to beg.” — Ethiopia’s development minister Fitsum Assefa at #ACS2. The summit positioned Africa’s not as climate victim to climate problem-solver, spotlighting homegrown solutions. 🔗: https://loom.ly/99T3s5c

Having been ratified by 60 countries as of just last Friday, the High Seas Treaty will officially come into force in January. What comes next, and what would this mean for the oceans? 🔗: https://loom.ly/ukykSqw

💡 WEBINAR: Can BRI accelerate ASEAN’s shift to renewables? 🇹🇭 4 PM Bangkok time 🔗 https://loom.ly/LYNNk5M

Our latest article follows the native seed collectors networks at the centre of Brazil’s plan to restore 12 million hectares of degraded land by 2030. 🔗: https://loom.ly/8sI0eXY

Since the 1990s, the ASEAN has been dreaming of a regional power grid. The dream would be to develop the energy resources of each of the 10 member states and to build interconnectivity among them. But challenges abound. 🔗 Read the full Q&A here: https://loom.ly/bwfws-c ✍️ Tyler Roney

Last week, energy cooperation was centre stage at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meetings. How will China’s energy investments influence the energy transitions of SCO member states? 🔗 Read the full story: https://loom.ly/8ldHfBk ✍️ Lin Zi, Shalinee Kumari, Farahnaz Zahidi Moazzam

Up to 967 billion USD is needed to reverse biodiversity decline. Where will the money come from? Biodiversity credits could be key, say some, but experts raise concerns about reporting, monitoring, and measuring. ✍️ Joe Coroneo-Seaman 🔗 Read the full story: https://loom.ly/jtqNREM

Is China’s energy system ready for the AI boom? Our latest article considers how to make AI systems both affordable and sustainable at the same time. 🔗: https://loom.ly/h9GtLgE

China’s key waterways have been getting cleaner, but serious challenges remain with the rural water environment, groundwater, and new pollutants. 🔗: https://loom.ly/Q0DstnM

China has laid a foundation for adapting to climate change, but a far more ambitious policy response is required to deal with escalating extreme weather — one that leverages technological innovation and empowers local leadership. 🔗: https://loom.ly/Y-yFg8g

In the Laoka village of Cambodia, Klerng Nary watched as trees were felled in the forest nearby her home. Workers who came to fell the trees did not inform the Indigenous Bunong community of their employer. ✍️ Daniella Keeton-Olsen, Phoung Vantha 🔗 Read the full story: https://loom.ly/_rItQYk

In the Laoka village of Cambodia, Klerng Nary watched as trees were felled in the forest nearby her home. Workers who came to fell the trees did not inform the Indigenous Bunong community of their employer. ✍️ Daniella Keeton-Olsen, Phoung Vantha 🔗 Read the full story: https://loom.ly/_rItQYk

Millions in government funding are flowing to a controversial technique that proponents say will cool the planet by making clouds above the ocean more reflective. Can it be done? And should it be done? 🔗: https://loom.ly/nE84cEQ

💬 “Western institutions might spend years completing feasibility studies and assessments. By then, a Chinese investor could already be halfway through construction,” said Putra Adhiguna, managing director of Energy Shift Institute. 🔗 Read more : https://loom.ly/mvhA8rc ✍️ Ahmad Pathoni

The trafficking of lesser-known species is on the rise in Africa. To disrupt the increasingly online methods used by trafficking networks, experts tell us that authorities must adapt to be as agile as the traffickers themselves. 🔗: https://loom.ly/uNi8jhs

Piracy against fishers worldwide is extensively underreported, according to new research. Piracy not only threatens the livelihoods of individuals but also the social economic sustainability of entire communities. ✍️ Bryan Peters, Letizia Paoli 🔗 Read the full story: https://loom.ly/mItmutA

With tight deadlines and high technical demands, Indonesia’s push towards the development of nuclear energy now needs the right international partner to succeed. 🔗 Read the full story on our website: https://loom.ly/a_FUyZ0

How can China’s draft Fisheries Law balance fish conservation with fisher livelihoods? 💬 “When [fishers] feel a sense of ownership over their local waters, a shared interest, they will be motivated to protect them”. 🔗: https://loom.ly/TmHPvXg

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Chinese investment is powering a wave of green manufacturing in Brazil. But as Brazil pushes for industrialisation, ensuring local jobs and value is the challenge 🔗: https://loom.ly/ABADOS4

The role of gender equity in food security remains critically unaddressed, argues Rose Ndulu, global head of food security at Blue Ventures. 🔗: https://loom.ly/eBIbo9I

☀️ A grassroots solar project in two low-income Brazilian neighbourhoods is reducing energy poverty while training locals to lead the change. 🔗: https://loom.ly/n2yK8IE

By 2040 up to 85% of vehicle emissions will arise from producing the raw materials needed to make them. If the industry is to go green, companies need to cut supply chain emissions, and boost the greening of the steel and aluminium sectors. 🔗: https://loom.ly/ShpNP6k

"We don’t need to have people die from heat." In our latest Q&A, Eleni Myrivili spoke to us about how chief heat officers are helping cities stay cool and city dwellers stay healthy. 🔗: https://loom.ly/66Nu4Lk Part of the @busph.bsky.social CATCH project with @ wellcometrust.bsky.social‬.

Southeast Asia-based journalists — want to write for Dialogue Earth? We're looking for stories on pollution, plastics, transboundary water issues, and environmental issues. Email us at [email protected] or read more on our website: https://loom.ly/0tGIUpg

Launching Dialogue Earth’s new Global China briefings — concise, email-delivered insights on China’s evolving role in climate & development across the Global South, for policy professionals, researchers and analysts. 📬 Sign up now: https://loom.ly/bznAzqY

Thailand’s pursuit of liquefied natural gas has come at big environmental costs for coastal communities: oil spills, air and water pollution, and waste. Rather than investing further in fossil fuels, campaigners are calling for the government to focus on renewables. 🔗: https://loom.ly/dy_oUE4

Data centres are springing up across Southeast Asia as China and the US vie for AI supremacy. What does this mean for Southeast Asia's energy transition? Read the full article: https://loom.ly/VSe8Yj0

A glacier in Nepal is dying and its last rites have already been performed. Story by shalineekumari.bsky.social: loom.ly/Tx3JlSo Credits: Yala glacier clips: Jitendra Bajrachary icimod.bsky.social Photos: © Koji Fujita/Nagoya University & Sharad Joshi / ICIMOD Music: The Tibet by HeartDrumMachine

A highly anticipated international court opinion on governments’ legal responsibility to tackle climate change affirms the right to a healthy climate, fuelling hope for activists. Read more: https://loom.ly/xc_vIDo 📷: Andrea Puentes / Presidency of Colombia, PDM

What can we learn from China's transformative environmental journey? Join Dialogue Earth and @rwinst.bsky.social ‬this Thursday for a webinar on the importance of nuanced perspectives on China for Global South policymakers: https://loom.ly/4_cT9-g

Germany’s new government must seize the chance to engage China on climate, argues our latest opinion piece: 💬 “At a time when climate leadership is in short supply, Berlin must step up – not just for Europe, but for the planet.” 🔗 https://loom.ly/fJXD46E

How can we protect the environment while guaranteeing access to resources for Global South communities? Our Q&A with South African environment minister Dion George about G20 tensions, ocean protection, and balancing development with conservation. 🔗: https://loom.ly/eo71sCo

We spoke with Holly Curry from the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition at the UN Oceans Conference in Nice about what most people don’t realise about the Antarctic and Southern Ocean. Want the latest news about ocean protection? Follow us to stay in the loop. 📷 Regina Lam | Edit: Chaia Dechen

A tide of salt is killing The Gambia’s rice: farmers are scrambling to defend livelihoods as rising sea levels drive the creeping advance of saltwater. Kebba Jeffang covers what must come next: https://loom.ly/sosP0LU Supported by @icfjorg.bsky.social

We caught up with marine ecologist Enric Sala at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice to talk about what most people don't realise about the ocean, and why it must be protected. What’s one thing people often forget about the ocean? Let us know in the comments. 📷 Regina Lam | Edit: Chaia Dechen

🌍 It took 20 years of negotiations for the UN High Seas Treaty to be adopted. What comes next? 🔍 Our latest story examines what happens when it comes into force: https://loom.ly/ukykSqw (Image: RDW Environmental / Alamy)

Africa’s e-waste problem is growing fast — but with the right policies and investment, the continent could turn a looming threat into an economic opportunity. Read more about the homegrown start-ups hoping to solve Africa’s e-waste crisis: https://loom.ly/EmfpOgo

💬 “Given the jaw-dropping speed of China’s renewable energy growth, the time for its great leap into gas-power generation may have passed before it has arrived.” ✍️ Yu Aiqun and Maggie Zheng from ‪ @globalenergymon.bsky.social argue: dialogue.earth/en/energy/wh...

Seven key takeaways from the UN Ocean Conference—and one we didn’t expect. From High Seas Treaty momentum to manu splash-offs, the week in Nice brought sharp debates and strong Pacific presence. More in thread 🧵

⚠️ Extreme weather and environmental change are generating long-term mental health challenges in Latin America, with experts highlighting an urgent need for more studies and intervention. ✍️ Alejandra Cuéllar and María Monica Monsalve report: loom.ly/bzblF6M