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Hotels confront new Climate Governance Rules in the Wake of COP30

December 9, 2025 No Comments

Sustainability moves from voluntary benefit to expected baseline Global hotel and hospitality operators are entering a new era of climate accountability. Following the outcomes and increased expectations after COP30, hotels are now expected to comply with stronger climate governance, emissions reporting, and adaptation requirements. The shift reflects a growing recognition

SDG News’ Heeta Lakhani interviews International Solar Alliance Director General Ashish Khanna on ISA’s next decade

ISA Director General Ashish Khanna Outlines Post-COP30 Strategy to Power the Global South with Solar

November 28, 2025 No Comments

SDG News’ Heeta Lakhani interviews International Solar Alliance Director General Ashish Khanna on new solar platforms, global procurement for SIDS, risk guarantees for mini-grids, and the push to move the world from pilots to action. The International Solar Alliance (ISA) was born at a COP ten years ago in Paris,

What to Know About the COP30 Climate Deal and Its Global Implications

November 26, 2025 No Comments

The last night of COP30 broke into dawn as exhausted delegates stepped out of Belém’s humid Blue Zone, clutching the eight-page Global Mutirão decision that will define climate diplomacy for the next year. Outside, protesters had drifted home. Inside, negotiators from nearly 200 countries had inched toward agreement without the

Live at COP30: Fiji’s Chief Negotiator Sivendra Michael Warns Fossil Fuel Language Has Fallen Out of the MutiRão Text

November 25, 2025 No Comments

SDG News’ Heeta Lakhani interviews Permanent Secretary Sivendra Michael, Fiji’s chief negotiator, on the MutiRão package, missing fossil fuel language, and why SIDS are pushing to triple adaptation finance and protect 1.5°C as a red line. Belém — Away from the closed-door rooms where the COP30 presidency is working through

Microsoft CSO Melanie Nakagawa Top Three Takeaways of COP30

Microsoft’s CSO Melanie Nakagawa Shares Her Top Three Takeaways from COP30

November 25, 2025 No Comments

by Melanie Nakagawa, Chief Sustainability Officer at Microsoft I have attended many COPs over the course of my career — 13 to be exact! I’ve experienced them from three different vantage points: first as part of the NGO community, then as part of a government delegation, and now as part

COP30 Outcomes Set New Finance Commitments but Leave Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Unresolved

November 25, 2025 No Comments

Belém — November 2025 Rain hung over Belém’s waterfront as negotiators pushed through the final hours of COP30, closing two intense weeks with a package of decisions that will influence climate policy, cross-border trade and corporate strategy for the next decade. The outcomes delivered sweeping commitments on finance, adaptation and

COP30 Ends in Disappointment as Global Cooperation Falters

November 24, 2025 No Comments

COP30 concluded in Belem with a sense of deflation that spread quickly from negotiation rooms to civil society halls. What was expected to be a pivotal moment for global climate cooperation became a stark reminder of how deeply fractured the landscape has become. Below is a deeper look at the

Live at COP30: Palau’s Head of Delegation Says Small Island States Are ‘Already Living’ the Climate Emergency

Live at COP30: Palau Says Small Island States Are ‘Already Living’ the Climate Emergency

November 21, 2025 No Comments

SDG News’ Heeta Lakhani interviews Palau’s National Climate Change Coordinator Xavier Matsutaro on the stalled MutiRão package, presidency-led text drafting, and why Small Island States say 1.5°C is now a matter of survival — not theory. Belém — As rain began to fall over the COP30 venue, the summit’s tempo

Live at COP30: IISD Policy Advisor Jeffrey Qi Warns Adaptation Finance Gap Could Reach $319 Billion

November 20, 2025 No Comments

SDG News’ Heeta Lakhani interviews IISD Policy Advisor Jeffrey Qi on stalled adaptation negotiations, the global goal on adaptation and why hallway diplomacy may decide this COP’s outcome. Belém — By mid-afternoon on Wednesday, the summit’s pace had shifted. Negotiators were walking faster, conversations were sharper, and the COP30 Presidency

BREAKING NEWS – FIRE ERUPTS INSIDE COP30 VENUE, DELEGATES EVACUATED

November 20, 2025 No Comments

Belém, Brazil — A fire broke out inside a pavilion at the COP30 climate negotiations on Thursday, prompting an emergency evacuation of delegates and temporarily halting negotiations in Belém. Witnesses reported smoke rising from the structure as alarms sounded across the conference venue and thousands of attendees were directed outside