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SDG News Partner For The Goals: Matt Evans

SDG News Partner For The Goals: Matt Evans

July 21, 2026

DR Congo's Ebola Outbreak Expands Across Five Provinces as WHO Reports Early Signs of Stabilization

Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Expands Across Five Provinces as WHO Reports Early Signs of Stabilization

July 21, 2026

Africa’s Sovereign Funds Move to Capture the Continent’s Growing SDG Investment Opportunity

Africa’s Sovereign Funds Move to Capture the Continent’s Growing SDG Investment Opportunity

July 14, 2026

African Governments Question Terms of New U.S. Health Aid Deals

African Governments Question Terms of New U.S. Health Aid Deals

July 7, 2026

Somalia Peacekeeping Mission at Risk as U.S. Blocks UN Support Lifeline

Somalia Peacekeeping Mission at Risk as U.S. Blocks UN Support Lifeline

July 3, 2026

Ebola Outbreak Risks Becoming a $3.6 Billion Development Crisis for Africa

Ebola Outbreak Risks Becoming a $3.6 Billion Development Crisis for Africa

June 30, 2026

America’s Retreat on LGBTQ Rights in Africa Raises Questions About Moral Leadership and Diplomacy

America’s Retreat on LGBTQ Rights in Africa Raises Questions About Moral Leadership and Diplomacy

June 23, 2026

Kenya Looks to Norway as It Plans Sovereign Wealth Fund to Secure Long-Term Prosperity

Kenya Looks to Norway as It Plans Sovereign Wealth Fund to Secure Long-Term Prosperity

June 12, 2026

Ecobank Launches World's First Commercial Bank-Issued Nature Bond

Ecobank Launches World’s First Commercial Bank-Issued Nature Bond, Mobilizing $450 Million to Protect Africa’s Natural Ecosystems

June 12, 2026

Global HIV Progress at a Crossroads as Funding Cuts Threaten Decades of Gains

Global HIV Progress at a Crossroads as Funding Cuts Threaten Decades of Gains

July 28, 2026

Ortega Declares an End to Elections in Nicaragua

Ortega Declares an End to Elections in Nicaragua

July 21, 2026

El Salvador Eliminates World's Leading Infectious Cause of Blindness

El Salvador Eliminates World’s Leading Infectious Cause of Blindness

July 14, 2026

Venezuela's Deadliest Earthquake in More Than a Century Sparks Massive National and International Response

Venezuela’s Deadliest Earthquake in More Than a Century Sparks Massive National and International Response

June 26, 2026

Peru Faces Defining Choice as Fujimori and Sánchez Head to Presidential Runoff

Peru Faces Defining Choice as Fujimori and Sánchez Head to Presidential Runoff

June 5, 2026

Colombia Heads to a Polarizing Runoff After Surprise Election Upset

Colombia Heads to a Polarizing Runoff After Surprise Election Upset

June 2, 2026

Panama Environmental Governance

Panama Moves to Turn Environmental Diplomacy Into Action Across Latin America and the Caribbean

May 22, 2026

Cuba’s Energy Collapse Pushes the Island to the Brink

Cuba’s Energy Collapse Pushes the Island to the Brink

May 15, 2026

Nature Summit

Panama Brings the Rights of Nature to the Center of Global Power at Earthx2026

April 24, 2026

Corporate America Rewrites Its Giving Playbook as Philanthropic Priorities Shift

Corporate America Rewrites Its Giving Playbook as Philanthropic Priorities Shift

July 28, 2026

U.S. Expands Strikes Across Iran as Red Sea Attacks Increase Pressure on Global Shipping

U.S. Expands Strikes Across Iran as Red Sea Attacks Increase Pressure on Global Shipping

July 24, 2026

A Nuclear Deal With Global Consequences: Inside the New U.S.-Saudi Partnership

A Nuclear Deal With Global Consequences: Inside the New U.S.-Saudi Partnership

July 24, 2026

Trump Escalates Trade Conflict With Canada With Sweeping 50% Tariffs

Trump Escalates Trade Conflict With Canada With Sweeping 50% Tariffs

July 21, 2026

U.S. Launches New Strikes on Iran as Fragile Ceasefire Collapses

U.S. Launches New Strikes on Iran as Fragile Ceasefire Collapses

July 10, 2026

OpenAI’s Reported 5% Offer to Washington Could Redefine Who Owns the AI Boom

OpenAI’s Reported 5% Offer to Washington Could Redefine Who Owns the AI Boom

July 3, 2026

Europe’s Quantum Race Enters Wall Street as IQM Lists on Nasdaq

Europe’s Quantum Race Enters Wall Street as IQM Lists on Nasdaq

July 3, 2026

digital services

Trump’s Tariff Threat Reopens a Public Revenue Fight

June 26, 2026

America’s Quantum Moonshot: Trump Orders Race Toward a Commercially Relevant Quantum Computer by 2028

America’s Quantum Moonshot: Trump Orders Race Toward a Commercially Relevant Quantum Computer by 2028

June 23, 2026

America’s Retreat on LGBTQ Rights in Africa Raises Questions About Moral Leadership and Diplomacy

America’s Retreat on LGBTQ Rights in Africa Raises Questions About Moral Leadership and Diplomacy

June 23, 2026

Trade Truce Across the Atlantic: EU Parliament Approves Deal to Avert Tariff War with the United States

Trade Truce Across the Atlantic: EU Parliament Approves Deal to Avert Tariff War with the United States

June 16, 2026

United States Solar

Solar Surpasses Coal in the United States for the First Time, Marking a Historic Energy Shift

June 12, 2026

Historic Wildfires Sweep France and Spain, Putting Europe's Climate Resilience to the Test

Historic Wildfires Sweep France and Spain, Putting Europe’s Climate Resilience to the Test

July 28, 2026

Iberdrola Expands Nordic Grid Strategy With $5.8 Billion Acquisition of Finland's Largest Power Network

Iberdrola Expands Nordic Grid Strategy With $5.8B Acquisition of Finland’s Largest Power Network

July 24, 2026

EU Approves France’s €63 Billion Offshore Wind Plan in Major Boost to Europe’s Clean Energy Transition

EU Approves France’s €63 Billion Offshore Wind Plan in Major Boost to Europe’s Clean Energy Transition

July 14, 2026

UK, France and Oman Launch Maritime Security Partnership to Safeguard Hormuz Shipping

UK, France and Oman Launch Maritime Security Partnership to Safeguard Strait of Hormuz Shipping

July 14, 2026

Europe’s Heat Emergency: Record Temperatures Push Governments Into Crisis Mode

Europe’s Heat Emergency: Record Temperatures Push Governments Into Crisis Mode

June 26, 2026

Portugal Sovereign Wealth Fund

Portugal’s Big Bet: A Sovereign Wealth Fund to Defend Strategic Industries and Build National Resilience

June 26, 2026

Trade Truce Across the Atlantic: EU Parliament Approves Deal to Avert Tariff War with the United States

Trade Truce Across the Atlantic: EU Parliament Approves Deal to Avert Tariff War with the United States

June 16, 2026

Nature Is Infrastructure: Why Europe Is Betting Its Future on a Nature-Positive Economy

Nature Is Infrastructure: Why Europe Is Betting Its Future on a Nature-Positive Economy

June 16, 2026

Europe’s Next Frontier? EU Leaders Reaffirm Western Balkans Membership Path Amid New Push for Enlargement

Europe’s Next Frontier? EU Leaders Reaffirm Western Balkans Membership Path Amid New Push for Enlargement

June 5, 2026

Norway Joins France’s Nuclear Deterrence Initiative as Europe Reassesses Security Dependence on the United States

Norway Joins France’s Nuclear Deterrence Initiative as Europe Reassesses Security Dependence on the United States

June 2, 2026

Mette Frederiksen Wins Third Term as Denmark Navigates a New Era of European Sovereignty

Mette Frederiksen Wins Third Term as Denmark Navigates a New Era of European Sovereignty

June 2, 2026

Europe Spring Heatwave Is Rewriting the Climate Calendar

Europe’s Spring Heatwave Is Rewriting the Climate Calendar

May 29, 2026

Trump Reopens Protected Pacific Waters to Commercial Fishing, Igniting Conservation and Sovereignty Concerns Across Oceania

Trump Reopens Protected Pacific Waters to Commercial Fishing, Igniting Conservation and Sovereignty Concerns Across Oceania

June 16, 2026

When a City Floods in Minutes: Wellington’s Latest Deluge Signals a New Climate Reality

When a City Floods in Minutes: Wellington’s Latest Deluge Signals a New Climate Reality

April 21, 2026

New Zealand Bets on the Quantum Frontier

New Zealand Bets on the Quantum Frontier

January 27, 2026

Samoa Set for New Leadership as Schmidt Rises in Snap Election

Samoa Set for New Leadership as Schmidt Rises in Snap Election

September 1, 2025

A Bridge Builder Takes the Helm: Lord Fatafehi Fakafānua Elected Prime Minister of Tonga

Lord Fakafanua Elected First Chairman of New Pacific Interparliamentary Assembly

August 28, 2025

Samoa Heads to the Polls Amid Energy Crisis and Climate Pressures

Samoa Heads to the Polls Amid Energy Crisis and Climate Pressures

August 19, 2025

Wind and Solar

China Sets Binding Target to Boost Wind and Solar Generation 53% by 2030

July 24, 2026

U.S. and China Find Rare Common Ground on Open-Source AI

U.S. and China Find Rare Common Ground on Open-Source AI

July 24, 2026

Bangladesh President Resigns Amid Ongoing Political Transition

Bangladesh President Resigns Amid Ongoing Political Transition

July 24, 2026

Asia’s Oil Reserves Face a Prolonged Test as Maritime Risks Persist

Asia’s Oil Reserves Face a Prolonged Test as Maritime Risks Persist

July 21, 2026

South Korea Bets $1 Trillion on AI and Semiconductors in Bold Push to Shape the Future Economy

South Korea Bets $1 Trillion on AI and Semiconductors in Bold Push to Shape the Future Economy

June 29, 2026

From Breakthroughs to Business: Q2B Tokyo Reveals Quantum's Commercial Future

From Breakthroughs to Business: Q2B Tokyo Reveals Quantum’s Commercial Future

June 12, 2026

Hundreds of Aftershocks Jolt Philippines as Search Continues Following Deadly Earthquake

Hundreds of Aftershocks Jolt Philippines as Search Continues Following Deadly Earthquake

June 9, 2026

China Launches World's First Wind-Powered Underwater Data Center

China Launches World’s First Wind-Powered Underwater Data Center

June 9, 2026

India Becomes Flashpoint in Global ‘Forever Chemicals’ Reckoning

India Becomes Flashpoint in Global ‘Forever Chemicals’ Reckoning

May 26, 2026

Singapore and the World Bank Bet Big on Carbon Markets

Singapore and the World Bank Bet Big on Carbon Markets

May 22, 2026

Singapore Mobilizes $800 Million to Finance Asia’s Energy Transition

Singapore Mobilizes $800 Million to Finance Asia’s Green Transition

May 22, 2026

Japan Return to the Global Arms Market Is Reshaping Asia’s Defense Economy

Japan’s Return to the Global Arms Market Is Reshaping Asia’s Defense Economy

May 15, 2026

U.S. Expands Strikes Across Iran as Red Sea Attacks Increase Pressure on Global Shipping

U.S. Expands Strikes Across Iran as Red Sea Attacks Increase Pressure on Global Shipping

July 24, 2026

Abu Dhabi Brings Sovereign Capital On-Chain in Major Bet on Tokenized Finance

Abu Dhabi Brings Sovereign Capital On-Chain in Major Bet on Tokenized Finance

July 24, 2026

A Nuclear Deal With Global Consequences: Inside the New U.S.-Saudi Partnership

A Nuclear Deal With Global Consequences: Inside the New U.S.-Saudi Partnership

July 24, 2026

strait of hormuz

The Iran War Is Expanding, And So Are the Risks to the Global Economy

July 21, 2026

Masdar Bets $6.1 Billion That Solar Can Power the Grid Around the Clock

Masdar Bets $6.1 Billion That Solar Can Power the Grid Around the Clock

July 21, 2026

The New Battle for the World's Chokepoints

The New Battle for the World’s Chokepoints

July 14, 2026

BREAKING: Trump Retreats From Strait of Hormuz Fee Plan, Swaps Global Shipping Charges for Gulf Investment Deals

BREAKING: Trump Retreats From Strait of Hormuz Fee Plan, Swaps Global Shipping Charges for Gulf Investment Deals

July 14, 2026

U.S. Launches New Strikes on Iran as Fragile Ceasefire Collapses

U.S. Launches New Strikes on Iran as Fragile Ceasefire Collapses

July 10, 2026

Strait of Hormuz

Tanker Strike Near Strait of Hormuz Tests Fragile U.S.-Iran Talks

July 7, 2026

The ceasefire between Iran, Israel, and the United States has eased some of the immediate fears that gripped global markets.

Iran’s Ceasefire Has Not Reached the Dinner Table

July 3, 2026

Middle East Conflict Risks Triggering $1 Trillion Fossil Fuel Subsidy Surge, UNDP Warns

Middle East Conflict Risks Triggering $1 Trillion Fossil Fuel Subsidy Surge, UNDP Warns

June 29, 2026

A Single Drone Strike Shows How Fragile the Strait of Hormuz Peace Really Is

A Single Drone Strike Shows How Fragile the Strait of Hormuz Peace Really Is

June 26, 2026

Seagrass Could Unlock Up to $2.3 Trillion in Climate Finance, Landmark Study Finds

Seagrass Could Unlock Up to $2.3 Trillion in Climate Finance, Landmark Study Finds

June 29, 2026

Nearly Half of the World’s Children Face a Dangerous Triple Threat from Climate Change, UNICEF Warns

Nearly Half of the World’s Children Face a Dangerous Triple Threat from Climate Change, UNICEF Warns

June 16, 2026

Tuvalu's Climate Fight Meets an Uncomfortable Reality: Fossil Fuel Holdings

Tuvalu’s Climate Fight Meets an Uncomfortable Reality: Fossil Fuel Holdings

June 5, 2026

From Seaweed Crisis to Climate Opportunity: Grenada’s SarGas Wins Top Investment Recognition in London

From Seaweed Crisis to Climate Opportunity: Grenada’s SarGas Wins Top Investment Recognition in London

May 22, 2026

A New Chapter for Global Leadership: Tonga’s Prime Minister to Chair 2026 Nature Summit at EarthX

A New Chapter for Global Leadership: Tonga’s Prime Minister to Chair 2026 Nature Summit at EarthX

March 24, 2026

Scotland Anchors Net Zero Strategy in Island Infrastructure and Community Wealth

Scotland Anchors Net Zero Strategy in Island Infrastructure and Community Wealth

February 24, 2026

PM Mia Mottley: The SIDS Leader Rewiring Global Climate Finance

PM Mia Mottley: The SIDS Leader Rewiring Global Climate Finance

February 13, 2026

Barbados PM Mia Mottley Wins Third Term, Advancing Large Ocean State Vision

Barbados PM Mia Mottley Wins Third Term, Advancing Large Ocean State Vision

February 13, 2026

International Economic Forum Latin America and the Caribbean 2026

Latin America’s Answer to Davos Begins Tomorrow in Panama

January 27, 2026

UN Summit in Turkmenistan Adopts Awaza Declaration to Accelerate Development in Landlocked Nations

UN Summit in Turkmenistan Adopts Awaza Declaration to Accelerate Development in Landlocked Nations

August 11, 2025

Addressing economic and social challenges in LLDCs

Investing in the future: Addressing economic and social challenges in LLDCs – Thomas Östros

August 11, 2025

10 Key Facts About the World’s Landlocked Developing Countries

10 Key Facts About the World’s Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs)

August 8, 2025

Rising Global Tariffs Threaten LLDC Economies, UNDP Urges Strategic Diversification

Rising Global Tariffs Threaten LLDC Economies, UNDP Urges Strategic Diversification

August 8, 2025

Investing in the future: Addressing economic and social challenges in LLDCs - Amir Dossal

Investing in the future: Addressing economic and social challenges in LLDCs – Amir Dossal

August 8, 2025

UN Summit Aims to Transform Landlocked Nations into Global Trade Links 2

UN Summit Aims to Transform Landlocked Nations into Global Trade Links

August 8, 2025

Landlocked Nations Form Climate Alliance at UN Summit to Address Rising Risks

Landlocked Nations Form Climate Alliance at UN Summit to Address Rising Risks

August 8, 2025

Unlocking Growth: How Private Sector Partnerships Can Drive Prosperity for LLDCs - Sanda Ojiambo

Unlocking Growth: How Private Sector Partnerships Can Drive Prosperity for LLDCs – Sanda Ojiambo

August 6, 2025

Landlocked to landlinked: Innovating in cross-border trade - Pamela Coke-Hamilton

Landlocked to landlinked: Innovating in cross-border trade – Pamela Coke-Hamilton

August 6, 2025

U.S. and Iran Test Fragile Strait of Hormuz Deal as Military Pause Holds

U.S. Walks Out of UN Security Council Meeting After France Criticizes Washington’s Human Rights Vote

UK Elevates AI to the Center of Government, Raising New Questions About the Future of Quantum Strategy

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