New York, 18 December 2025 — A major financing package of US$67 million approved by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) is set to accelerate frontline environmental action in vulnerable ecosystems and communities across Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa, with implementation support from the
As coastal communities across the Philippines brace for another typhoon season, the country’s economic future remains tightly bound to the health of its seas. From fisheries and tourism to shipping and offshore energy, the ocean underpins livelihoods for more than half the population. This week, the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Miami, USA – The Nobel Sustainability Trust has awarded its 2025 Medal of Recognition for Outstanding Contribution to Sustainability to two global leaders whose influence is shaping the future of environmental governance. The 2025 medals were conferred upon H.E. Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to
December, Panama City — One week after the close of UNFCCC’s COP30 in Belém, the global climate community has shifted its attention to Panama City for UNCCD’s 23rd Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC23). As negotiators from more than 190 countries gather to confront accelerating
Abuja, November 2025 — The weekend launch of Nigeria’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) unfolded not as a ceremonial policy announcement, but as a recalibration of how the country intends to protect its ecosystems in the decade ahead. In a hall filled with government officials, private-sector leaders, development partners and UNDP
Strasbourg, November 2025 — Applause broke gently across the hemicycle in Strasbourg as the final tally appeared on the screen: 402 in favour, 250 against, eight abstentions. With that vote, the European Parliament agreed to slow down the EU deforestation regulation, the bloc’s flagship law meant to keep forest-risk commodities
In an era defined by rising water stress, intensifying droughts, and shrinking river systems, Amazon is accelerating a global strategy built not on concrete or pipelines, but on forests, wetlands, and soils. The company announced four new nature-based water restoration projects expected to replenish more than 2 billion liters of
Under the dense canopy of Pará’s eastern frontier, the Inter-American Development Bank chose COP30 to introduce a new financial instrument with the potential to shift how the world restores the Amazon. The announcement marked a breakthrough not only for Brazil but for multilateral development finance: the first guarantee ever issued
A working lunch at the Belém Climate Summit turned into a decisive financing moment as leaders from more than thirty countries and the UN Secretary-General joined Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to launch the Tropical Forest Forever Facility at the COP30 Leaders’ Summit. The agreement sets in motion
Belém — The forest canopy outside Belém is becoming a testing ground for corporate climate action. In its largest-ever carbon removal deal, Google has agreed to finance the restoration of degraded Amazon land through a partnership with Mombak, a Brazilian startup replanting native forests to lock carbon back into the
