APIA, Samoa – August 2025: On August 29, Samoans will cast their votes in a snap general election, a contest that has become a referendum on the country’s ability to navigate overlapping crises. A collapse of Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa’s government earlier this year set the stage for the
NEW ORLEANS — Troy von Otnott has spent nearly two decades searching for the next frontier in clean energy. He helped ignite Louisiana’s solar industry in 2008, turning a fledgling sector into a regional powerhouse. Now, as the chief executive of HotRok Energy, he is convinced that geothermal power is
Key Impact Points: Looming Treasury Decision Puts Projects at Risk A Treasury Department decision expected next week could undermine the financial viability of hundreds of wind and solar projects across the US, part of an intensifying Trump administration push against renewable energy. President Donald Trump last month ordered the department
COPENHAGEN — When policy reversals in Washington stalled offshore wind projects and stripped away clean energy subsidies this year, many renewable developers began looking for the exits. Denmark, however, is taking a different path. The Danish government, which owns a 50.1 percent controlling stake in Ørsted, the world’s largest offshore
Key Impact Points: Hedge Funds Reverse Energy Bets Hedge funds are moving away from oil stocks and warming to solar in a marked reversal from strategies that dominated since 2021. Bloomberg Green’s analysis of Hazeltree data shows equity-focused hedge funds, on average, were net short oil stocks for seven of
New Platform for Smarter Carbon Credit Decisions Carbon Compared has launched a free, interactive carbon credit comparison tool designed to help companies identify and purchase high-integrity offsets with confidence. The platform aggregates verified credits from leading providers, enabling side-by-side comparisons by project type, location, price per tonne, co-benefits, and independent
Key Impact Points: New Bloc for a Common Cause At the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3) in Awaza, Turkmenistan, delegates agreed to form a new climate negotiating bloc under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The alliance will focus on advocating for the unique vulnerabilities
Scaling Up for a Decisive COP With 100 days until COP30, Brazil is accelerating its “global mutirão” to cement the conference as a catalyst for a new decade of climate implementation. COP30 President-Designate André Corrêa do Lago emphasized: “When it comes to climate change, there is no path forward but
European Central Bank Introduces Climate Factor to Safeguard Eurosystem The European Central Bank (ECB) will integrate a “climate factor” into its collateral framework to manage the financial risks of the EU’s low-carbon transition. The move aims to protect the Eurosystem against sudden declines in collateral value caused by adverse climate-related
Key Points: Strengthening Global Tax Cooperation The United Nations has appointed 25 experts to its Committee on International Cooperation in Tax Matters for 2025–2029. The experts will help countries design tax systems that advance social, environmental, and economic goals while addressing challenges like the digital economy, climate transition, and inequality.
