Escalating conflict and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz are disrupting supply chains, stranding ships and raising fears of a global energy shock. As war in the Middle East intensifies, one of the world’s most important shipping corridors has become a flashpoint for the global economy. The Danish
In Havana, adaptation now sits on rooftops. Extended blackouts are reshaping daily life across Cuba as fuel shortages constrain electricity generation and expose the fragility of an import-dependent grid. In response, households, small businesses and informal transport operators are installing solar panels at a pace that signals less an energy
In N’Djamena, climate finance is no longer an abstract pledge debated in distant capitals. It is a question of timing. The Green Climate Fund has committed to mobilise at least $100 million in support of Chad’s climate priorities, subject to board approval, marking an accelerated programme of action for a
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
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
Announced this week, Canada scrapped its 2026 electric vehicle sales mandate, abandoning one of its most visible climate policies at a moment when global climate ambition is colliding head-on with trade, geopolitics, and economic realism. The decision drops the requirement that 20 percent of new vehicles sold in Canada be
A Deal Decades in the Making For nearly two decades, trade negotiators from Europe and India circled one another, meeting, pausing, restarting, and retreating again. On January 27, that long courtship ended. The European Union and India reached a sweeping free trade agreement that leaders on both sides now describe
President Donald Trump has been rewriting the rules of global trade for more than a year, using tariffs not as a last resort but as a first response. What makes his latest threat toward Canada different is not the tactic. It is the target and the scale. A proposed 100
DAVOS/ST. PAUL — As the global freshwater supply gap widens, Ecolab Inc. and CDP have unveiled a new financial and operational tool designed to move the private sector from passive data disclosure to active resource management. Announced yesterday at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting (WEF26) in Davos, the Water
As power shifts in Caracas and Washington, the country’s forests, rivers and communities are being pulled into the center of a high-stakes reckoning. CARACAS — Venezuela’s environment has long lived in the shadow of oil. Now it stands directly in its path. The country is one of the most biodiverse
