New York Advances Corporate Greenhouse Disclosure Mandate as Federal Climate Oversight Retreats
In Albany, climate authority is not contracting. It is consolidating. The New York State Senate has passed legislation that would require large companies doing business in the state to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, moving the Empire State closer to establishing its own corporate climate reporting regime. The bill now advances to the Assembly, where […]
Jens Stoltenberg: The Institutional Anchor of a Rapidly Shifting Security Order
As the Munich Security Conference concluded this week, one message cut through the noise of competing crises and clashing narratives: the global security order is fragmenting faster than the institutions designed to hold it together. In that context, the role of Jens Stoltenberg—Norway’s current Minister of Finance and newly appointed Chairman of the Munich Security […]
India Bets Big on the Backbone of the AI Age
A wager on infrastructure, not just software New Delhi — India is placing a long wager on the infrastructure that will determine who leads the next technological era. This week, Adani Group said it plans to invest $100 billion over the next decade to build a nationwide network of AI-ready data centers, powered largely by […]
Denmark Bets €1 Billion on Letting the Land Breathe Again
A Turn Away From Maximum Yield COPENHAGEN — For decades, Denmark’s countryside has been shaped by efficiency. Wetlands were drained, soils leveled, fertilizers applied with precision. The country became one of Europe’s most productive agricultural exporters, but the environmental costs accumulated quietly in the background. This week, Denmark signaled a reversal. The European Commission approved […]
Africa Closes a Pivotal Summit With an Eye on a Shifting Global Order
Addis Ababa — As the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union concluded this weekend in Addis Ababa, the mood was measured, strategic, and quietly consequential. Africa’s leaders left with a shared understanding that the continent is entering a decisive phase, not only in its development, […]
From Confrontation to Containment: The West Recalibrates in Munich
Munich this year was about reassurance, but not comfort. At the Munich Security Conference, the tone shifted markedly from last year’s sharp exchanges to something more controlled and deliberate. The change was not cosmetic. It reflected an alliance adjusting to political shock, strategic uncertainty, and the aftershocks of decisions made far from the conference hall. […]
Philippine energy perimeter expands as transition debt enters off-grid markets
The transition of the Philippine energy landscape is increasingly defined by the entry of specialized international capital into isolated grid environments. A 30 million dollar bridge loan acquisition facility now supports the transfer of the 16MW wind and 6MW storage project of Philippines Hybrid Energy Systems Inc to Verdant Energy. This movement of capital into […]
Trump Revokes Legal Foundation of U.S. Climate Regulation, Ending Federal Vehicle Emissions Standards
In Washington, the scaffolding of federal climate regulation did not collapse in a single vote. It was dismantled at its base. The Trump administration has formally repealed the 2009 “endangerment finding,” the scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions threaten public health. With it, the Environmental Protection Agency eliminated federal tailpipe emissions standards for cars and […]
Thailand Widens Its Derivatives Market to Absorb Crypto and Carbon Credits
In Bangkok’s financial district, the screens show familiar contracts: equities, currencies, index futures. What is changing is not visible in the tickers, but in the legal architecture beneath them. Thailand has approved amendments to its Derivatives Act that will allow cryptocurrencies and carbon credits to serve as underlying assets in regulated futures contracts. The move […]
PM Mia Mottley: The SIDS Leader Rewiring Global Climate Finance
When Barbados went to the polls on February 11, 2026, the result was not just a domestic landslide. It was a reaffirmation that one of the most influential reform agendas in global development finance will continue to have a political mandate behind it. PM Mia Mottley won a third consecutive term as Barbados Labour Party […]
