Blackouts, Fuel Shortages, and Rising Unrest Expose a Deepening Humanitarian and Political Crisis Cuba is facing one of the most severe energy crises in its modern history, as nationwide fuel shortages and repeated electrical grid failures push the island deeper into economic paralysis and social unrest. This week, Cuba’s Energy
Novo Nordisk Foundation and Grundfos Foundation Back Record Private-Sector Commitment to Expand Climate-Smart School Feeding The World Food Programme (WFP), backed by major philanthropic support from the Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Grundfos Foundation, has launched one of the most ambitious school meals partnerships in recent years, aimed at transforming
Europe is no longer just experiencing climate change. It is accelerating through it. A new joint assessment from the World Meteorological Organization and the Copernicus Climate Change Service confirms what scientists have warned for years: Europe is now the fastest-warming continent on Earth, heating at roughly twice the global average
A growing body of research is converging around a possibility once dismissed as remote: the destabilization of one of Earth’s most important climate systems. What has changed is not just the rhetoric—but the data. A newly published study in Science Advances is sharpening the picture, using observational constraints to narrow
The United States has taken one of its most consequential steps yet in reshaping its energy policy. On Monday, the Interior Department confirmed that the Trump administration will pay energy companies hundreds of millions of dollars to abandon plans to build two offshore wind farms along the U.S. coast. The
A new reality is taking hold across Eastern and Southern Africa, where the climate crisis is no longer a distant environmental threat but a daily force reshaping classrooms, futures, and entire economies. According to a new report from UNICEF, climate-related disruptions have already impacted the education of 130 million children.
In an era defined by institutional gridlock and geopolitical fragmentation, a different kind of influence is beginning to take shape—less visible, but increasingly consequential. It is not being driven by governments alone, nor by traditional multilateral bodies. Instead, it is emerging from a leadership network built with a singular premise:
Santa Marta, Colombia — For decades, the world has gathered under a single premise: that global climate action must be built on consensus. Nearly 200 countries, one table, one agreement. That premise is now being openly challenged. This week’s Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels Conference, co-hosted by Colombia and Netherlands,
The war in Iran is not confined to the Middle East. Its most profound consequences are being felt thousands of miles away—across Africa, Asia, and other parts of the Global South—where fragile economies are absorbing the full force of a global energy and financial shock. An Energy Crisis Hits the
In a decision that cuts to the heart of today’s shifting global order, Norway’s $2.2 trillion sovereign wealth fund—the largest pool of capital on Earth—has thrown its support behind BP’s leadership, backing the re-election of Chair Albert Manifold ahead of the company’s annual meeting. At first glance, it is a
