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COP30 Climate Summit Ends Without Fossil Fuel Commitments While Chinese Infrastructure Projects Spark African Journalist Crackdowns — Today’s Environmental Briefing for Sun, Nov 23 2025
Brazil's COP30 climate summit concluded after 18-hour extensions without new fossil fuel phase-out agreements, while environmental journalists across Africa face increasing harassment for reporting on ecological damage from China's Belt and Road infrastructure projects. Read the full article
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