Increase in electricity consumption through 2027 expected to average around 4% annually, driven by growing use for industry, air conditioning, electrification and data centres
At the AI Action Summit held in Paris on February 10–11, 61 countries, the European Union, and the African Union Commission signed the Statement on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence for People and the Planet.
Parties are required to submit updated national climate plans every five years to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat under the Paris Agreement. However, the majority missed yesterday’s deadline, including key top emitters.
The UN Global Compact Network USA (Network USA) has released a new report highlighting the U.S. private sector's pivotal role in supporting global sustainability through innovative financial strategies.
January 2025 was the warmest January globally, with an average surface air temperature of 13.23°C, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
January 26 marks the second International Day of Clean Energy, declared by the UN General Assembly, as a call to raise awareness and mobilise action for a just and inclusive transition to clean energy for the benefit of people and the planet.
74 percent of Latin American and Caribbean countries are highly exposed to extreme weather events, affecting food security, according to new UN report.
Following the United States’ second withdrawal, Bloomberg Philanthropies and others will ensure the nation’s funding and reporting obligations to the UN Climate Change Secretariat are met.
Despite Trump’s questioning of the Biden Administration’s climate policies, environmental risks are solidifying their position as the greatest source of long-term concern, according to the Global Risks Report 2025, with extreme weather events a key concern for the year ahead.
IStructE’s updated guidance "How to calculate embodied carbon" and revised Structural Carbon Tool steer the built environment industry to make informed decisions and calculations about emissions due to the use of construction materials.
Regional skills investments will help workers access thousands of jobs in UK heartlands as part of Plan for Change to make Britain energy secure with clean power by 2030.
President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement, a key international treaty on climate, for a second time.
Conservation International announced on 15 Jan that the debt-for-nature swap between the United States of America, the Republic of Indonesia and several non-governmental organisations (Conservation International, Yayasan Konservasi Cakrawala Indonesia, Yayasan Konservasi Alam Nusantara, The Nature Conservancy) has officially been closed and $35mn will now begin to flow toward the protection and restoration of Indonesia’s highest priority coral reef ecosystems.
The debut CCMM bond, which was six times oversubscribed, marks the launch of a new era in climate finance.
The Food Systems Countdown Initiative report identifies governance and resilience as pivotal leverage points for food system transformation.
The African Development Bank has approved an €8.51mn loan for Senegal’s "Programme to Promote Efficient Lighting Lamps" (PPLEEF), a trailblazing initiative to advance energy efficiency in the country. This marks the Bank’s first fully dedicated demand-side energy efficiency investment project, setting a new benchmark for sustainable development across Africa.