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A participant at the Green Zone during the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30).
December 9, 2025

Statement of commitment on climate information integrity in digital advertising launched

A Commitment Letter for Climate Information Integrity in Digital Advertising was launched on Thursday, 13 November, during the panel “Information Integrity and Climate Action in Brazil: Synergies…
Third High-Level Ministerial Dialogue on Climate Finance Under the CMA-Mandate Event at COP30.
December 9, 2025

Country platforms hub launched to strengthen national climate finance

On Saturday, November 15, 13 countries and one region announced plans to develop national platforms through the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness Program at COP30, marking an important step to align…
Curupira, COP30 mascot at the Blue Zone at COP30.
December 9, 2025

Education at the core of climate resilience, say countries and the UN system

During a high-level discussion, representatives of participating nations, the COP30 Presidency and the United Nations system highlighted the need to invest in preparing young people to cope with and…
Tim Gackstatter (left) and Dirk Gissel lead sheep past the Frauenkirche and the main market square in Nuremberg’s city centre, Germany.
December 9, 2025

Make way for the flock! Hundreds of sheep head to their winter pastures

BERLIN (AP): Pedestrians in the German city of Nuremberg made way for hundreds of bleating sheep on Sunday as a flock of the animals was herded through downtown on its way to its winter quarters.…
Members of the religious sect Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) shout slogans during a three-day anti-corruption rally at Manila’s Rizal Park, Philippines.
December 9, 2025

Hundreds of thousands rally in Manila against flood-control corruption scandal

MANILA (AP): Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered Sunday in the capital in the largest rally so far to demand accountability for a flood-control corruption scandal that has implicated powerful…
Cattle graze on land burned and deforested by cattle farmers near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil.
December 9, 2025

A new push to track cattle is key to slowing deforestation

BELEM (AP): Maria Gorete, who just began ranching three years ago, is doing something new with her 76 head of cattle in the Brazilian countryside near the town of Novo Repartimento. She’s piercing…
This October 2025 photo shows a portion of Belmont Academy in Westmoreland destroyed by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Ruthlyn James | The neurodevelopmental cost of Jamaica’s climate future

Jamaica is not simply surviving hurricanes; we are quietly growing a population shaped by them. We speak about damage and repair funds but those are surface wounds. The deeper injury is neurological,…
This November 2020 shows a sitting of the Senate in Gordon House
December 9, 2025

Lloyd Barnett | Retaining and reforming the Senate

Since the adoption of universal adult suffrage and a representative system of government in 1944, Jamaica has always had two legislative chambers. In 1944, there were established the elected House of…
From left: Shericka Jackson, Marie-Josee Ta Lou, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Elaine Thompson-Herah compete in the 100m women’s finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Dodgy Olympics women’s 100m plan

World Athletics’ decision to schedule the three rounds of the women’s 100 metres race for the opening day of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is a coup for marketers. For, as Sebastian Coe, the president…