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The convening of the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, posed a significant challenge to the participation of many young people worldwide due to the high cost of travel and accommodation and the difficulty of reaching the conference site. This was clearly reflected in the decline of youth attendance from the Middle East and North Africa this year, pushing youth movements and coalitions to search for alternative ways to influence the process.

The country aims to become a major player in the global copper market, even as pressure mounts from the mining sector to amend the Glacier Law, raising concern over the environmental impacts in mountain regions.

China now dominates batteries, magnets, rare earths, heavy metals, and the construction of wind turbines and EVs. With the West divided, as the US has withdrawn from climate agreements and collaboration has stalled, geopolitical leverage is increasingly shaping the future of the green transition, rather than climate cooperation. This pause is significant; it represents a tactical intermission rather than a strategic resolution, an acknowledgment of dependency that leaves the

Stationed on the western coast of Bataan near the foothills of Mount Natib, the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) has lain dormant for nearly forty years. Commissioned during President Ferdinand Marcos Sr’s administration, the plant was almost completed in 1984, costing the country $2.3 billion. Today, the Philippines is revisiting its nuclear energy ambitions as part of a broader strategy to cut its emissions.

As incentives expire, national policy falters, and provinces experiment with their own decentralized strategies, Argentina’s energy transition faces one of its greatest challenges with the looming expiration of Law 27.191. In the meantime, local initiatives are stepping in to confront the national uncertainty.

Thailand’s air pollution problem is complex, stemming from multiple sources: exhaust from vehicles, emissions from coal-fired power plants, industrial waste, and smoke from agricultural burning. Recent Air Quality Life Index analysis suggests air pollution cuts the average Thai’s life expectancy by more than two years, while data cited by the National Economic and Social Development Council indicate that in 2024, 12.3 million Thais suffered pollution-related illnesses annuall

Without a unified approach under the ISA, deep-sea mining risks becoming an unregulated venture, threatening a fragile ecosystem, and releasing stored carbon. The unknown environmental impacts of deep-sea mining require a multilateral approach.

The collaboration between companies, government policies, and non-profit organizations has set the stage for Kenya to become a leader in clean cooking in the region.

As the United States continues to shut down coal producers in the hope of reducing carbon emissions, overall coal demand reached an...