Key Impact Points: High Stakes as Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations Reach Final Stage With the final round of global plastic treaty negotiations (INC-5.2) set to begin in Geneva, WWF is calling on countries to urgently unite behind a legally binding agreement that can end the plastic pollution crisis. “If we
Key Impact Points: High-Level Push for Stronger Plastics Treaty Panama’s Juan Carlos Navarro, Minister of Environment, and Juan Carlos Monterrey, Special Representative for Climate Change, joined global leaders in demanding that the UN Plastics Treaty tackles the root of the problem: plastic production. “We cannot recycle our way out of
Key Points:• ICJ unanimously declares states must prevent environmental harm and cooperate on climate under international law• Obligations derive from treaties, customary law, UNCLOS, biodiversity agreements, and human rights law• States may face legal consequences — including reparations — for failure to act on climate change ICJ Issues Landmark Climate
Key Impact Points: UN Signals Historic Shift in Global Energy Landscape The United Nations has released a landmark report, “Seizing the Moment of Opportunity: Supercharging the New Energy Era”, marking ten years since the Paris Agreement and signaling a pivotal turning point in the global energy transition. “The world is
Key Impact Points: Global Push to Strengthen Biodiversity Risk Supervision UNDP’s Sustainable Insurance Forum (SIF), the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), and KPMG have launched a new global capacity-building programme, NATURE-INSURE, aimed at helping insurance supervisors tackle the growing threat of biodiversity and ecosystem risks to financial systems. As
Key Impact Points: Azerbaijan Expands Renewable Energy Investments in Europe The State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) will acquire a 49% equity stake in a 402 MW solar portfolio in Italy from Enfinity Global, which will retain 51% and manage the assets long-term, the companies announced on
Key Impact Points: SDGs at Risk as 2030 Deadline Nears The UN Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025 delivers a stark warning: only 35% of the 2030 Agenda’s targets are on course. With five years remaining, the UN is sounding the alarm for urgent, united action to rescue progress on poverty,
Key Impact Points: A Generational Shift in Wealth — and Expectations Over the next 20 years, $105 trillion in wealth is set to change hands in the U.S. alone—about three times the country’s GDP. According to Cerulli, high-net-worth families will transfer roughly half of that. “The world is on the
Key Impact Points: UN Climate Report Reveals Just Transition Still Missing from Most National Climate PlansNew UN Climate Change report urges nations to embed fairness in climate strategies to ensure no one is left behind. Just Transition Moves from Ambition to Implementation A new report from UN Climate Change evaluates
Key Impact Points: NASA Reverses Climate Report Hosting Plan The Trump administration has abandoned its plan to host the federally mandated National Climate Assessment reports on NASA’s website—an unexpected reversal that makes it more difficult for the public to access vital climate information. Earlier this month, the White House said
