Cracks Down on the Scourge of Imported Waste
When banned plastic waste imports in 2018, exporters in wealthy countries targeted other . Faced with an unending stream of waste, Indonesia has tightened its regulations and has begun to make progress in stemming the plastics flow. e360.yale.edu/features/plastic

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opened a climate finance summit on Thursday by saying changes were needed to the global lending system to ensure that low-income countries "shouldn't have to choose" between fighting climate change and poverty.

, a major global creditor, has come under scrutiny for its lack of participation in multilateral efforts to ease the burden on developing countries.

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The reality is that China made some predatory loans and now, in a surprise to almost no one, many of the 150 nations China lent to can’t repay at the current terms.

China has been using developing nations as pawns in its bid for influence against the United States — a strategy that critics call “debt-trap diplomacy.”

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