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‘We didn’t accept it’: DRC minister laments forcing through of Cop15 deal

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s environment minister has said her country has not agreed to a deal to halt the destruction of the Earth’s ecosystems, prompting behind-the-scenes diplomatic efforts to keep the agreement alive just hours after it was adopted.

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Europe’s energy crisis is sending leaders to Africa for help

Europe’s energy crisis is sending leaders to Africa for help

Officials from Algeria to Mozambique say they hope to take advantage of an abrupt change in a long-unequal relationship.
Can a new way to measure tropical rainforest vulnerability help save them?

Can a new way to measure tropical rainforest vulnerability help save them?

A team of top scientists, brought together by the National Geographic Society, built an index to detect which forests need urgent help.

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This new tech mines old batteries to find critical ingredients for electric vehicles

This new tech mines old batteries to find critical ingredients for electric vehicles

Recycling batteries is time-consuming and involves dangerous chemicals. This new process could make it easier—and reduce the amount of mining required to fuel the clean energy economy.
Will the race for electric vehicles endanger the Earth's most sensitive ecosystem?
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Will the race for electric vehicles endanger the Earth's most sensitive ecosystem?

Materials needed to make the batteries for electric cars and other clean technology is driving interest in deep-seabed mining, and scientists fear the cost to the ocean will be steep.
How America got outmaneuvered in a critical mining race
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How America got outmaneuvered in a critical mining race

Politico's Global Translation's podcast explores China's decades-long strategy to secure vital materials such as cobalt, and U.S. efforts to catch up.

‘Going in the wrong direction': More tropical forest loss in 2019
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‘Going in the wrong direction': More tropical forest loss in 2019

Brazil was responsible for more than a third of the total global loss in 2019.
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