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
First Panamanian organization to receive this international recognition Panama City / Paris, November 20, 2025. The Pro Eco Azuero Foundation has been awarded the UNESCO–Japan Prize for Education for Sustainable Development, becoming the first Panamanian organization to receive this prestigious international recognition granted to initiatives that transform realities through education
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
In Belém, as COP30 brought global attention back to the Amazon, Brazil made one of its most strategic climate governance announcements in years: the creation of Ecora, a national carbon credit certifier designed to reshape the architecture of Brazil’s carbon markets and anchor the country’s rising influence in the global
As negotiations intensified inside COP30’s vast plenary halls in Belém, the future map of global climate diplomacy came sharply into focus. Ethiopia clinched the hosting rights for COP32 in 2027, marking the continent’s next major climate summit and elevating Addis Ababa as an emerging diplomatic hub. But the decision that
Belém — 14 November 2025, On COP30 Day 4, the center of gravity shifted from negotiating rooms to people’s lives. Ministers of health, education and justice, youth leaders, judges, funders and standard-setters converged in Belém around a simple proposition: adaptation begins with protecting health, expanding knowledge and defending rights in
In New York’s capital markets, where mandates are increasingly judged as much by impact as by yield, the Inter-American Development Bank has taken a deliberate step. Under its new Sustainable Debt Framework, the IDB has issued a 100 million dollar Social Amazonia Bond, designed to channel funding into social priorities
Belém, Brazil — November 10, 2025Morning heat shimmers over the banks of the Guamá River as negotiators and executives converge on Belém, the Amazon’s largest port city. Beneath banners calling for “Implementation Now,” the thirtieth United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) opens amid a sense that time—and political patience—is running
As delegates arrive at COP30 Belém under heavy Amazonian skies, the tone of this COP is markedly different from past summits. The air carries both urgency and expectation: $300 billion in climate-related damages last year have clarified the stakes, while new technologies and financial models hint at a pathway to
Under the dense canopy of the Amazon, COP30 opens as a test of both global resolve and political realism. Delegates from nearly 200 nations have arrived in Belém, a city straining under the weight of 50,000 visitors, to determine whether the world can still coordinate its climate future — and
