Hurricane Melissa Tests Jamaica’s Resilience, Reinforcing the Case for SIDS Climate Finance
KINGSTON, JAMAICA — Walls of wind and rain now engulf Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa — a Category 5 superstorm and the most powerful of 2025 — tears across the island’s southern coast with sustained winds of up to 185 mph (295 km/h), making it the strongest storm ever to approach Jamaica. Forecasters warn the hurricane […]
SDG News Spotlight – Martín von Hildebrand: The Guardian of the Amazon Preparing the World for COP30
The Amazon’s Moral Compass Ahead of COP30 As the world prepares to gather in Belém for COP30, the first United Nations Climate Change Conference to be hosted in the heart of the Amazon, few figures embody the region’s spiritual, ecological, and political significance like Martín von Hildebrand. For more than half a century, he has […]
Financial institutions face $216 billion annual forest funding gap ahead of COP30
UNITED NATIONS — With COP30 set to convene in Belém, Brazil, global attention is turning to one of the world’s most underfunded yet essential climate priorities: forests. According to the new State of Finance for Forests report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), annual investments in forests must more than triple from USD 84 billion […]
Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Backs Fiji’s $27 Million Nature Financing Plan
UNITED NATIONS — In a decisive boost for island resilience ahead of this year’s U.N. climate talks, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has endorsed Fiji’s Nature, People, and Climate (NPC) investment plan — a $27 million financing initiative designed to restore ecosystems and protect communities from intensifying climate shocks. A nature-based shield for Fiji’s economy […]
Global Investors Controlling $3 Trillion Call for Policy Action to Halt Deforestation by 2030
Investor bloc moves ahead of COP in Brazil A coalition of institutional investors managing more than 3 trillion dollars in assets is calling on governments to adopt enforceable measures to stop and reverse deforestation by 2030. The group warns that continued forest loss poses material financial risks to global markets and economic stability. The appeal, […]
Exclusive to Insiders – Global Economy at a Tipping Point as IMF Warns: “Resilience Is Running Out”
The 2025 IMF Annual Meetings in Washington ended with a stark message: the global economy’s resilience is wearing thin. Behind the handshakes and optimism of finance ministers and central bankers, the International Monetary Fund’s latest World Economic Outlook delivered a sobering verdict—growth is slowing, debt is mounting, and the fragile calm masking deeper risks may not last […]
Exclusive to Insiders: Bolivia Elects Rodrigo Paz, Ending Leftist Era and Ushering in a Market-Friendly Future
La Paz, October 21, 2025 – Bolivia has elected Senator Rodrigo Paz as president, marking the end of nearly two decades of uninterrupted rule by the left-wing Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS). With 54.5 percent of the vote against former President Jorge Quiroga’s 45.5 percent, the result signals a decisive shift toward a more market-oriented and globally […]
Brazil Positions COP30 as Turning Point for a Fairer, More Inclusive Climate System
BELÉM, Brazil — October 2025 — In the humid heart of the Amazon, where river channels and rainforest canopy converge, global climate diplomacy is preparing for a reset. As the host of COP30, Brazil is positioning next year’s summit not just as another negotiating round but as a rebalancing of global climate governance — one […]
Global Business Leaders Launch “Carbon Measures” Coalition to Establish Common Framework for Carbon Accounting
NEW YORK — October 2025 — Some of the world’s largest companies have united behind a single objective: to bring precision, comparability, and market discipline to the way global emissions are measured. A new coalition, Carbon Measures, has been launched by leading corporations across energy, finance, industry, and logistics to develop a global carbon accounting […]
Exclusive to Insiders: United States’s Renewable Race Against the Clock
Developers rush to build solar, wind, and battery projects before federal incentives vanish WASHINGTON — Across the United States, a quiet race is unfolding in the deserts of Nevada, the plains of Texas, and the coastlines of New England. Solar panels are rising, wind turbines are spinning, and massive batteries the size of shipping containers are […]
