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Global Business Leaders Launch “Carbon Measures” Coalition to Establish Common Framework for Carbon Accounting

October 21, 2025 No Comments

NEW YORK — October 2025 — Some of the world’s largest companies have united behind a single objective: to bring precision, comparability, and market discipline to the way global emissions are measured. A new coalition, Carbon Measures, has been launched by leading corporations across energy, finance, industry, and logistics to

After years of negotiations, diplomats had gathered to approve the world’s first global shipping carbon fee

Breaking: U.S. Blocks First-Ever Global Shipping Carbon Fee, Plunging Climate Talks Into Disarray

October 17, 2025 No Comments

LONDON, Oct. 17, 2025 — What was meant to be a historic breakthrough for global climate cooperation collapsed today inside a packed conference hall at the International Maritime Organization. After years of negotiations, diplomats had gathered to approve the world’s first global shipping carbon fee — a measure designed to

The Coup That Shocked Madagascar: UN Demands Return to Democracy

October 17, 2025 No Comments

ANTANANARIVO — In a stunning reversal of power, Madagascar’s fragile democracy was upended this week when soldiers stormed the capital and installed Colonel Michael Randrianirina as head of state, prompting urgent calls from the United Nations to restore constitutional order. Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the move as an “unconstitutional change

U.S. Regulators Withdraw Climate-Related Risk Rules for Major Banks

October 17, 2025 No Comments

WASHINGTON — In a fresh reversal of post-Paris financial policy, U.S. banking regulators have withdrawn landmark guidance on climate-related financial risks, erasing a federal framework that had directed the largest banks to account for climate exposure in governance and risk management. The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and

IMO Delays Global Carbon Price for Shipping Under U.S. and Saudi Pressure

October 17, 2025 No Comments

LONDON — The global effort to put a price on maritime emissions has run aground once again. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) voted to delay by one year a decision on a carbon pricing mechanism for shipping, following sustained pressure from the United States and Saudi Arabia and support from

Panama Unites the World’s Environmental Conventions with the Nature Summit Series

October 14, 2025 No Comments

Panama City, Panama — Panama has once again placed itself at the forefront of global environmental leadership, announcing the Nature Summit Series 2025—a bold new platform designed to align with all three United Nations environmental conventions born from the 1992 Rio Earth Summit: the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

When Hotel Prices Threaten a Climate Summit: The Hidden Barrier to COP30

October 14, 2025 No Comments

Belem, Brazil — As world leaders and climate negotiators prepare to gather in the Amazonian city of Belem this November for COP30, an unexpected obstacle is overshadowing the climate agenda: soaring hotel prices. Many delegations are warning that accommodation costs have become so high that some countries may be forced

America’s Renewable Race Against the Clock

October 14, 2025 No Comments

Developers rush to build solar, wind, and battery projects before federal incentives vanish WASHINGTON — Across the United States, a quiet race is unfolding in the deserts of Nevada, the plains of Texas, and the coastlines of New England. Solar panels are rising, wind turbines are spinning, and massive batteries

Madagascar in Turmoil: President in Hiding as Youth Uprising and Military Mutiny Engulf the Nation

October 14, 2025 No Comments

A Nation Erupts in Protest ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — President Andry Rajoelina is reportedly in hiding after Madagascar’s capital was engulfed by massive protests and a military mutiny that has upended the country’s fragile democracy. What began as scattered demonstrations over water shortages and rolling blackouts has erupted into a nationwide

Trump Administration Halts One of the World’s Largest Solar Projects

October 10, 2025 No Comments

WASHINGTON — The Trump Administration has canceled a massive solar energy project in Nevada that was expected to power nearly two million homes, a move that underscores the White House’s escalating campaign to slow the expansion of renewable energy across the United States. The project, known as Esmeralda 7, was