Key Impact Points: The Ocean Faces a Make-or-Break Year The world’s oceans are under intense pressure — from climate-fueled heatwaves to ecosystem collapse and rising plastic waste. SDG14, the goal to “conserve and sustainably use the oceans,” has received the least financial support and lags far behind progress targets. 2025
Key Impact Points: Africa Steps Up as Global Carbon Market Leader The African Development Bank (AfDB) announced the launch of the Africa Carbon Support Facility (ACSF)—a first-of-its-kind platform to scale carbon markets across Africa—during a high-level dialogue held at the 2025 AfDB Annual Meetings in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Framed as
Key Impact Points: GRESB Rolls Out 2025 Submitted Data Feature for Infrastructure GRESB has expanded its Data Exporter with a powerful new tool—2025 Submitted Data—designed to give infrastructure investors, managers, and assets early access to submitted assessment data, supporting faster decision-making and improved sustainability outcomes. “By providing early access to
Key Impact Points: UN Releases Blueprint to Finance a Thriving Ocean Economy The United Nations Global Compact and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) have launched the Ocean Investment Protocol, a landmark framework designed to scale finance for a resilient, inclusive, and sustainable ocean economy. Building on existing
Key Impact Points: Panama Launches Landmark Nature Pledge The 2025 Nature Summit, hosted by the Government of Panama, concluded with the unveiling of the Nature Pledge, a national commitment to unify climate, biodiversity, and land restoration efforts. The initiative positions nature as a foundational pillar for economic resilience and sustainable
On June 7, 2025, the vibrant city of Nice, France, will host to the Ocean Rise and Coastal Resilience Coalition Summit, a pivotal gathering addressing one of the most pressing global challenges: rising sea levels. Co-organized by the City of Nice and the Ocean & Climate Platform, the summit brings
Key Impact Points: Largest UK Forestry Fund Targets Climate and Financial Returns Gresham House has announced the final close of Forest Fund VI LP at £375 million / $500 million, making it both the firm’s largest forestry raise and what is believed to be the biggest forestry fundraise in UK
Key Impact Points: UNOC 3 Targets Ocean Crisis with Urgent Action The United Nations will host its third Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) from June 9–13 in Nice, France, aiming to respond to what organizers are calling an ecological emergency. “Our planet’s life support system is in a state of emergency,”
Key Impact Points: UNDP and Japan Launch ASEAN Blue Carbon Finance Project to Scale Climate Action in Southeast Asia The ASEAN, Government of Japan, and UNDP officially launched the ASEAN Blue Carbon and Finance Profiling (ABCF) Project in Jakarta, marking a strategic step forward in managing blue carbon ecosystems across
Key Impact Points Mainland China’s First Commodity Exchanges Join UN SSE At the 2025 Shanghai Derivatives Market Forum, Tian Xiangyang, Chairman of the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE), announced that SHFE and the Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE) have signed on to the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (UN SSE) initiative—marking
