At a moment when scientific warnings about the state of the planet are growing more urgent, the United States has moved to block a core component of a major United Nations Global Environmental Outlook report, aligning itself with Saudi Arabia, Russia and Iran to prevent the release of policy guidance
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) unveiled its 2025 Champions of the Earth on Wednesday, celebrating five leaders whose work is reshaping climate policy, rebuilding ecosystems, and redefining what effective environmental action looks like. The annual award, considered the UN’s highest environmental honor, recognizes individuals and organizations whose contributions set
Sustainability Becomes the Next Frontier for One of the World’s Most Trusted Legacies Miami set the stage for what may be remembered as a historic evolution in the Nobel tradition. At the 2025 Nobel Sustainability Trust Summit, global leaders, diplomats, scientists, and innovators gathered around a powerful realization: humanity’s greatest
Apple sustainability chief Lisa Jackson will retire in late January 2026, closing a 13-year tenure that reshaped the company’s environmental strategy and influenced supply chain practices across the global technology sector. Jackson, one of the most prominent environmental leaders in corporate America and a former administrator of the U.S. Environmental
BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has agreed to invest up to $335 million in Aditya Birla Renewables, marking one of the largest foreign commitments to an Indian clean energy platform as the country races toward its 2030 climate and power sector goals. The transaction, which begins with a $225 million
In one of the most forceful interviews of his presidency, Donald Trump delivered a blistering critique of European leadership, telling Politico that the continent is “decaying,” mismanaged, and weakened by what he views as years of uncontrolled migration. His language was blunt, unsparing, and aimed squarely at the political foundation
UNITED NATIONS — It was a sentence that landed like a warning shot across the skyline of global humanitarian efforts: the United Nations will scale back its emergency aid ask next year, even as need rises on nearly every continent. For the first time in years, the world’s largest safety
It is not every day that a court ruling shifts the trajectory of an entire industry. But this week, a federal judge did exactly that — reopening the legal pathway for wind power development in the United States after nearly a year of paralysis. The ruling overturned a sweeping executive
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
Panama City, December 2025 — While negotiators from 190 governments gathered for UNCCD meetings, something fundamentally different unfolded nearby — not a side event, but a blueprint for how global climate partnerships might work in the future. The third edition of the Nature Summit Series, co-hosted by the Government of
