Europe’s Palantir Reckoning Puts Digital Sovereignty to the Test
European governments are placing greater scrutiny on their reliance on Palantir and other foreign technology providers as control over data, artificial intelligence and critical digital infrastructure moves higher on the national security agenda. The development, highlighted by POLITICO Europe, does not amount to a coordinated European retreat from the American data-analytics company. Palantir continues to […]
Morocco Advances $1.5 Billion Casablanca Waste-to-Energy Project
CASABLANCA, Morocco — A consortium led by waste-management company Kanadevia Inova plans to begin constructing a $1.5 billion Waste-to-Energy Project in Casablanca by the end of 2026, as Morocco seeks to reduce its reliance on landfills and modernize municipal waste infrastructure. The project is expected to process approximately 1.5 million metric tons of waste annually […]
UN Biodiversity Chief Warns Corporate Action Is Falling Behind the Pace of Nature Loss
As governments prepare for the first global review of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP17, Convention on Biological Diversity Executive Secretary Astrid Schomaker is calling for faster corporate assessment of nature-related risks and greater alignment between financial flows and biodiversity commitments. LONDON — Many companies and financial institutions have yet to respond adequately to […]
SDG News Partner For The Goals: William Bridge — Bringing Global Partnerships to EarthX’s Next Chapter
A Career Built on Connecting Sectors for Global Impact As the world’s environmental and development challenges become increasingly intertwined with geopolitics, finance, and economic resilience, effective leadership depends not only on expertise, but on the ability to unite governments, businesses, philanthropies, scientists, and civil society around shared solutions. William Bridge has spent more than two […]
The Race to Save 100 of the World’s Most Threatened Species
The Phoenix Species Project will provide sustained funding and technical support to locally led recovery programs in 30 countries, testing whether major philanthropy can help address a persistent gap in global conservation. The Bezos Earth Fund and conservation organization Re:wild have launched a $200 million initiative to support the recovery of 100 of the world’s […]
First UN Leadership Straw Poll Offers an Early Look at the Race to Succeed Guterres
NEW YORK — The first informal vote in the contest to select the next United Nations Secretary-General has revealed a closely contested field, with the two highest-performing candidates separated by one vote and no contender yet demonstrating clear support across the Security Council. In the closed-door straw poll held Thursday, the Council’s 15 members were […]
Hawaiʻi Adopts Clean-Fuel Standard and New E-Bike Safety Rules
HONOLULU — Hawaiʻi has enacted two transportation measures establishing a statewide clean-fuel program and new rules for electric bicycles and other small electric mobility devices. Governor Josh Green signed Senate Bill 2999, now Act 258, and House Bill 2021, now Act 259, as the state seeks to reduce transportation emissions while updating regulations for technologies […]
Timor-Leste Turns to Solar and Storage in Bid to Break Diesel Dependence
DILI, Timor-Leste — Timor-Leste has secured an $85.7 million financing package for its first utility-scale solar and battery storage project, advancing efforts to modernize its electricity system as the country confronts the decline of its petroleum revenues. The project will include a 73.7-megawatt solar plant, an 80.2-megawatt-hour battery storage system, transmission lines and supporting infrastructure […]
Winnie Byanyima Is Fighting to Keep the End of AIDS Within Reach
At AIDS 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, the UNAIDS Executive Director urged governments to protect decades of progress as declining international financing, unequal treatment access and rising infections in parts of the world threaten the global response. At the 26th International AIDS Conference, Winnie Byanyima delivered a message of guarded optimism and growing urgency: the […]
The Science Behind Europe’s Wildfires: New Study Shows Climate Change Greatly Increased Fire Risk
As firefighters continue to contain the historic wildfires that have swept across France and Spain, new scientific research is providing one of the clearest assessments yet of how climate change influenced the weather conditions that fueled this summer’s fires. A rapid attribution study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) initiative found that human-caused climate change […]
