From Confrontation to Containment: The West Recalibrates in Munich
Munich this year was about reassurance, but not comfort. At the Munich Security Conference, the tone shifted markedly from last year’s sharp exchanges to something more controlled and deliberate. The change was not cosmetic. It reflected an alliance adjusting to political shock, strategic uncertainty, and the aftershocks of decisions made far from the conference hall. […]
Philippine energy perimeter expands as transition debt enters off-grid markets
The transition of the Philippine energy landscape is increasingly defined by the entry of specialized international capital into isolated grid environments. A 30 million dollar bridge loan acquisition facility now supports the transfer of the 16MW wind and 6MW storage project of Philippines Hybrid Energy Systems Inc to Verdant Energy. This movement of capital into […]
Trump Revokes Legal Foundation of U.S. Climate Regulation, Ending Federal Vehicle Emissions Standards
In Washington, the scaffolding of federal climate regulation did not collapse in a single vote. It was dismantled at its base. The Trump administration has formally repealed the 2009 “endangerment finding,” the scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions threaten public health. With it, the Environmental Protection Agency eliminated federal tailpipe emissions standards for cars and […]
Thailand Widens Its Derivatives Market to Absorb Crypto and Carbon Credits
In Bangkok’s financial district, the screens show familiar contracts: equities, currencies, index futures. What is changing is not visible in the tickers, but in the legal architecture beneath them. Thailand has approved amendments to its Derivatives Act that will allow cryptocurrencies and carbon credits to serve as underlying assets in regulated futures contracts. The move […]
PM Mia Mottley: The SIDS Leader Rewiring Global Climate Finance
When Barbados went to the polls on February 11, 2026, the result was not just a domestic landslide. It was a reaffirmation that one of the most influential reform agendas in global development finance will continue to have a political mandate behind it. PM Mia Mottley won a third consecutive term as Barbados Labour Party […]
Barbados PM Mia Mottley Wins Third Term, Advancing Large Ocean State Vision
In the early hours of Thursday morning in Bridgetown, the Caribbean’s easternmost nation did not just choose a leader. It reaffirmed a global reform mandate. Mia Mottley, the 60-year-old Prime Minister of Barbados, has secured her third consecutive landslide victory. Her Barbados Labour Party (BLP) swept all 30 seats in the House of Assembly on […]
The End of Fast Fashion’s “Silent” Waste: EU Locks in Ban on Unsold Apparel
Every second, the equivalent of a rubbish truck full of clothes is dumped into a landfill or incinerated. In Europe, between 4% and 9% of all unsold textiles, specifically items that have never been worn, are destroyed annually. This produces carbon emissions roughly equivalent to the total net output of Sweden. This week, the European […]
Bangladesh Election: BNP Landslide Sets Stage for Landmark Reform Charter
Dhaka woke up this week to a political landscape that had been scrubbed clean. After fifteen years of an autocratic grip that ended in the blood of a student-led uprising, Bangladesh has delivered its verdict. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has claimed a landslide victory in the country’s first competitive election in nearly two decades, […]
From Wind to Storage: Norway’s $2.2 Trillion Fund Pivots to the Grid
The world’s largest pool of capital is looking for a place to park its energy. After years of anchoring its renewable portfolio in the spinning blades of offshore wind and the sprawling glass of solar farms, Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global has signaled a transition into the infrastructure that makes those assets viable: battery storage. […]
New Chair Julio Cordano Elected as Global Plastics Treaty Talks Attempt a Fragile Restart
When delegates from nearly every nation gathered in Geneva earlier this month, the meeting on the agenda was procedural but carried heavy symbolic weight: electing a new chair to lead negotiations on what could become the world’s first legally binding treaty on plastic pollution. In a one-day resumed session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, known […]
