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What will be the main focus of COP 17? We are at the midpoint of the KMGBF implementation period, and the major focus of the meeting will be the first global report to take stock of collective progress on GBF implementation. Its key message is that there is increased engagement, but major gaps remain when
Against an international backdrop marked by wars, climate crises, food-price inflation and declining development resources, Latin America and the Caribbean are sending a message that the world needs to hear: hunger can be reduced when there is political will, institutional continuity and a coordinated set of public policies. On September 23, during the United Nations
Today’s ESG Updates Records Reveal Months of Unpermitted Pollution at NJ AI Data Centre: A Microsoft-related data centre in Vineland, New Jersey ran dozens of unpermitted generators for close to a year, emitting pollutants linked to asthma and heart disease, according to newly obtained public records. Swiss Glaciers Are Collapsing From the Inside, Scientists Warn:
Today’s ESG Updates Residents in England Unaware Their Homes Could Flood: The Environment Agency says one third of people in the six million most at-risk properties think they are safe. The Met Office sees a wet and windy start to winter as more likely than usual. Seas Take In Record Heat as Sea Levels Rise
The regulatory shift: from disclosure to market discipline After the European Commission announced a common rating scheme for data centers earlier this week, the underlying legal text reveals a far more aggressive compliance architecture than the initial headlines suggested. Under the recast Energy Efficiency Directive (Directive (EU) 2023/1791), the EU first collected baseline operational metrics
Most digital services feel intangible to the people using them. The infrastructure that makes them possible is not. Every cloud application, artificial intelligence (AI) model, streaming platform, and online transaction depends on buildings filled with computing equipment, power systems, cooling infrastructure, networks, and increasingly dense hardware. That physical footprint is growing quickly. The International Energy
In a recent episode of Clearer Than Truth, hosts George Bogden and Nathan Kiker spoke with Russia analyst Mark Galeotti about what Moscow’s scaled-back Victory Day parade revealed about Vladimir Putin’s political position. Vladimir Putin walked away from his own Victory Day parade in a weaker position than when he arrived. That was the reading
In November 2022, environmental activist Daniel Shaw joined a private Just Stop Oil Zoom call to discuss a proposed environmental protest on the M25 Motorway in London. A Sun journalist, who had joined the call posing as a climate activist, secretly recorded the conversation and passed it to police. This alone was enough for Shaw
Today’s ESG Updates States Sue Trump Over Endangered Species Rollback: Twenty states and D.C. challenge new federal rules that narrow habitat protections, arguing the changes favor drilling and development over decades of wildlife conservation gains. Thailand Bets $1.52B on Rooftop Solar for a Million Homes: Bangkok’s new subsidy and financing scheme aims to turn households
We hear a lot today about the pile-up of overlapping problems like climate change, war, financial stress, and inequality. Together they make people feel increasingly uncertain, anxious, and pessimistic about the future. Meanwhile, voters’ trust in the government to solve those problems has fallen sharply. Rising uncertainty and falling trust are connected, and together they’re weakening
I’ll admit it: I am very pro-pet. If loving a creature that sheds on everything I own is wrong, I don’t want to be right. Cats that shed, dogs that bark, birds that molt — they’re the emotional support of life, the unofficial mayors of living rooms and bedrooms, and the only residents who never
Today’s ESG Updates FAA’s $3.1 Million Fine Against Boeing Went Undisclosed for Months: Boeing quietly paid the fine over safety violations tied to the 2024 Alaska Airlines door plug blowout, including pressure on an inspector to sign off on a jet that didn’t meet safety standards. India’s Proposed Food Labels Please No One, Health Groups