Triodos Bank introduced its first integrated Climate and Nature Strategy on Monday, advancing a consolidated framework that ties emissions reduction, biodiversity protection and financial-sector reform into a single roadmap. The announcement comes on the heels of COP30 in Brazil, where governments failed to make progress on aligning climate and nature
High-quality forest carbon credits sit at the center of today’s climate finance strategy. As governments and companies grapple with tightening emissions pathways and rising pressures to demonstrate integrity, forest carbon markets are undergoing rapid evolution. In 2025, forestry and land-use projects account for 37% of all global carbon credit retirements—underscoring
Green Impact Exchange (GIX) — the first U.S. securities exchange built specifically for climate-aligned and resilience-focused companies — has released a 2026 product roadmap that signals a major shift in how environmental markets may be regulated, traded, and integrated into mainstream capital allocation. The announcement comes ahead of the launch
A week of water that turned into a regional emergency In southern Thailand, drone footage over Hat Yai shows streets carpeted with mud, cars piled into corners and rows of shopfronts gutted by water that only days ago reached first-floor windows. Behind those images is a stark human cost: at
Panama City — December 2025 Heat rises over Panama City as the country prepares to welcome delegates from 196 nations and the European Union for the twenty third session of the Review Committee on the Implementation of the Convention. When CRIC23 opens on 1 December, Panama will step onto the
Under the shadow of COP30 negotiations in Belém, the United States has taken some of its most sweeping steps in decades to dismantle environmental protections. While nearly 200 governments work to shore up global climate action, the U.S. — notably absent from this year’s summit — has moved to weaken
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
The Ninth Circuit halts California climate disclosure law SB 261 pending appeal, creating uncertainty for companies as SB 253 emissions reporting rules continue. A sudden federal court intervention has thrown California’s landmark climate disclosure regime into uncertainty, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit moved to pause
By World Economic Forum (WEF) Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, there is a push to move from political commitments to implementation. This is even more pressing as global temperatures exceeded the Agreement’s limit of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for the first time last year. However, geopolitics, climate finance shortfalls –
In a packed Brazil Pavilion in the COP30 Green Zone, government officials, UN representatives, advertisers and civil society leaders gathered around a different kind of climate tool. Instead of a new fund or technology, they launched a Statement and Commitment Letter on climate information integrity in digital advertising, treating the
