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Public Governance · Social Responsibility
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Ahead of massive IPOs, AI companies are sketching plans to share their wealth
As they steam toward massive public offerings on Wall Street, the companies at the forefront of artificial intelligence have begun sketching plans to share their wealth with the public — a commitment they say is imperative to address disruptions the technology could bring to the workforce and people’s livelihoods
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Effects · Climate Change
There’s another water crisis happening in the Colorado River Basin — and this one’s invisible
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Carbon Removal · Carbon
Google and McKinsey Contract 320,000 Tonnes of Carbon Removal From Working Trees
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AI · Wellbeing
How a photo of a patient’s face could predict whether they’ll survive cancer
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Public Governance · Ethical Governance
IPCC scientists vow to press on with climate reports despite political deadlock
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Carbon Capture & Storage · Carbon
Inside the quest to combat Arctic fires and save the planet’s frozen carbon
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Entertainment · Climate Change
Indian rappers use music to sound climate alarm
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Electric Vehicles · Mobility Tech
Americans are spending more money to drive worse cars
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Sustainable Investment · Sustainable Finance
Where do investors see value in clean energy?
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Oil & Gas · Environmental Rights
Marine life dramatically declined in Gulf of Mexico in years after BP oil spill, study finds
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Public Governance · Social Responsibility
What’s behind the protests in France and what happens next
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Carbon Market · Carbon
Philippine president orders creation of carbon market framework
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Public Governance · Social Responsibility
Curfew imposed in parts of central Paris and other cities after rioting across France
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Nature · Biodiversity
Marine life dramatically declined in Gulf of Mexico in years after BP oil spill, study finds
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Sustainable Finance · Nature
Fundraising to protect oceans, forests and other key nature sites falling short ahead of UN summit
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Climate Change · Public Governance
The climate story hiding in plain sight in the global economy
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Oil & Gas · Energy
Pacific nations await climate billions, as fossil fuel divide looms over Cop31
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Nature · Public Governance
COP17: Which countries have released new pledges to tackle nature loss?
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Sustainable Business · Climate Change
An AI-for-climate startup won Nvidia’s backing—after putting the climate part on ice
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Climate Change · Agriculture
Extreme weather is decimating Europe’s crops. These farmers have a solution
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Public Governance · Social Responsibility
France reels from weekend of chaos as violence spreads across Europe
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Mitigation · Pollution
Catching smoke in Singapore
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Green Tech · Wellbeing
Landmark China trial gets 84% efficacy in treating cancer with cue from waste water tech
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Energy · Public Governance
‘Subsidising suicide’: UN chief urges governments to stop propping up polluting fossil fuels
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Biodiversity · Environmental Rights
Criminal networks threaten the Amazon. Indigenous leaders want the UN to act
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Adaptation · Climate Change
AI, climate and private capital reveal Asia's diverging fortunes
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Green Tech · Electric Vehicles
Tesla’s new Roadster car can thrust itself in the air. But don’t expect to drive it anytime soon
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Carbon · Public Governance
EU resists bid to weaken emissions rules as leaders spar over energy costs
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Mobility Tech · Green Tech
Five big questions about Tesla’s new flying roadster
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Carbon Removal · Carbon
Google, Stripe, Shopify sign carbon removal deal with CO2-into-rock startup 44.01
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AI · Sustainable Finance
AI could unlock more than $1tn in MENA value by 2030, shows new WEF and Bain report
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Effects · Climate Change
Asean climate monitor issues highest alert level over toxic haze
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Oil & Gas · Public Governance
UN chief urges governments to stop propping up polluting fossil fuels
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AI · Insurance
AI runs into its next big obstacle: Insurance
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Mobility Tech · Green Tech
Tesla unveils what it says is a flying car
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Biodiversity · Nature
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation hits lowest level on record
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Effects · Climate Change
Scientists knew the Doomsday Glacier was melting. They didn't realize how 'aggressively'
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Energy Management & Efficiency · Public Governance
EU leaders demand joint action to tackle soaring energy prices
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Carbon Capture & Storage · Carbon
University of Houston demonstrates 90% carbon capture efficiency to address AI energy demand
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Public Governance · Energy Management & Efficiency
EU leaders’ summit descends into 3-hour argument over taxing car emissions
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AI
Scientists are finding AI may make us remember things that never happened
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Public Governance · Social Responsibility
Canada PM warns 'stakes are high' as Alberta separation vote nears
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Carbon Regulations · Sustainable Mobility
France and Germany agree to ease EU car emissions rules in new deal
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Human Rights · Social Responsibility
Could your brain data be used against you? UN calls for limits on neurotechnology
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Climate Change · Public Governance
After a decade of wildfires, an overlooked election could shape California’s climate future
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Effects · Pollution
Desperate to clear toxic haze, Indonesia douses its skies with dry ice
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Nature · Climate Change
Mont Blanc measured at nearly two meters taller than in 2023
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Biodiversity · Nature
Global deforestation slowed in 2025 but Brazil’s election could undo “fragile” gains
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AI · Sustainable Investment
The AI boom is threatened by an epidemic of unreliable numbers
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