Nithin Coca is a Devex contributing reporter who focuses on social, economic, and environmental issues in developing countries, and has specific expertise in Southeast Asia.
Indonesia's clean energy transition plan — its Joint Energy Transition Partnership — is facing hurdles that include policy plan delays, funding gaps, and persistent coal reliance.
Global Fishing Watch, which was launched in 2016, aimed at using data to drive transparency and supply chain accountability in the notoriously opaque fisheries sector. Six years on, the results are mixed.
As COP 26 gets underway, the failure of what was a groundbreaking pledge puts attention on the need to quickly and efficiently scale up climate financing for protecting tropical forests and other high-carbon landscapes.
Despite the threat of climate change, Indigenous peoples still maintain food growing and harvesting practices that are centuries old, and often have lower food insecurity rates. What can be learned from their success?
While sudden-onset climate-related natural disasters get more attention and funding towards planning and preparation, experts say slow-onset climate hazards are being neglected.
With climate-induced displacement on the rise, efforts are underway to make relocation a community-led process. But in practice, balancing measurable climate risk and the difficult-to-quantify value of cultural heritage is challenging.
Climate change is predicted to be a major driver of migration, with people more likely to move to cities than cross borders. But how will these cities cope with public services already under pressure?
As small island nations in the Pacific look to expand protected areas, creating mechanisms for effective community management will be key to ensure future generations can benefit from the ocean too.
