AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoClimate Law & Pacific Action: One year after the ICJ climate advisory opinion, Pacific leaders and child-rights advocates say the legal duty is clear but daily impacts are still worsening, with pre-COP31 and COP31 framed as the real test for climate finance and ocean-climate priorities. Air Pollution Policy (China): China will pilot an environmental protection tax on VOCs from Jan 1, 2027, aiming to curb smog and ozone-forming pollution. Climate Risk Finance (Mongolia): The Bank of Mongolia and IFC will strengthen climate-risk supervision, data systems, and scenario analysis to cut expected credit losses from climate shocks. Disaster Impacts (India): Monsoon flooding in Assam has killed at least 50 and displaced about 700,000, with thousands of villages affected. Oceans & Resources (Japan/India): Japan plans full-scale rare-earth mining tests from a seabed near Minami Torishima after recovering samples at 6 km depth; Canada’s Enervoxa is also exploring rare-earth extraction from aluminium waste in India. Maritime Tensions (South China Sea): China coast guard water-cannoned Philippine fisheries vessels near Scarborough Shoal in the third clash this week. Energy/Industry Pressure (Malaysia): Data-centre growth in Malaysia is facing rising scrutiny over power and sustainability as AI infrastructure demand accelerates.
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