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INTERVIEW: As the Cop30 climate conference opens in Brazil and 10 years after the key deal she brokered, Christiana Figueres speaks to Nick Ferris about why Beijing is stealing a march on the West when it comes to renewable energy – and why she is confident that the US will…

US President Donald Trump has criticised the building of a new highway in the Amazon for the Cop30 climate summit

December arabica coffee (KCZ25 ) on Monday closed up +6.95 (+1.70%), and January ICE robusta coffee (RMF26 ) closed down -25 (-0.54%). Coffee prices settled mixed on Monday. Coffee prices were supported on Monday on signs of tighter global supplies after the International Coffee Organization (ICO) reported that global coffee...

The world is losing vast swaths of forests to agriculture, logging, mining and fires every year — more than 20 million acres in 2024 alone, roughly the size of South Carolina.

As this year’s UN climate summit (COP30) gets underway in Belém, Brazil, the New Zealand delegation will be attending beneath a cloud of scepticism about the government’s seriousness in addressing carbon emissions.

Education about climate change and sustainability is a vital part of responding to a rapidly changing world, including the negative effects of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.

The Cop30 climate summit is under way in Brazil under the shadow of US president Donald Trump’s second term. Delegates from around the world have poured into the Amazonian port of Belém for the conference, which promises to focus on economic development and the fight against global poverty, as well…

The world’s most important climate summit – known this year as Cop30 – has begun in the Amazonian port city of Belém, Brazil. It promises to be contentious: key countries haven’t submitted new climate plans, and negotiations are held up by disputes over who should pay for climate action.

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is up +0.05 (+0.35%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ25 ) is down -2.00 (-0.49%). Sugar prices are mixed today, with London sugar posting a new 4.75-year nearest-futures low. The outlook for robust global sugar supplies is pressuring prices. Last...