Key Impact Points Mainland China’s First Commodity Exchanges Join UN SSE At the 2025 Shanghai Derivatives Market Forum, Tian Xiangyang, Chairman of the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE), announced that SHFE and the Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE) have signed on to the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (UN SSE) initiative—marking
Key Impact Points: Microsoft Signs Multi-Year Deal for Nature-Based Carbon Credits Climate Asset Management (CAM) has finalized a long-term carbon credit offtake agreement with Microsoft, securing the delivery of up to 700,000 nature-based removal credits by 2035. The credits will come from CAM’s first U.S. forestry asset in Washington’s Olympic
Key Impact Points: Panama City, May 22, 2025 — On the third day of the Nature Summit in Panama City, Environment Minister Juan Carlos Navarro took center stage at the international discussion “Panama’s Journey from Vision to Action in Nature Financing.” The session, focused on Panama’s concrete steps in implementing
Leaders from across the globe convened in Panama City, Panama, for the 2025 Nature Summit, a milestone event hosted at the iconic BioMuseo. With its sweeping views of the Panama Canal and its bold, nature-inspired architecture, the BioMuseo set the tone for a forward-looking conversation on climate solutions. This year’s
The Blue Economy and Green Economy are the main topics at Nature Summit 2025 in Panama City this week, where the future of sustainable finance is being shaped. A recurring theme in closed-door sessions and public panels alike is the rise of the Blue Economy — and how traditional financial
By Dylan Welch, Chief Correspondent, SDG News At the 2025 Nature Summit in Panama City, held at the iconic BioMuseo, a important conversation emerged about one of the planet’s last frontiers – the ocean floor. As nations and corporations eye deep sea mining as the next big gold rush, environmental
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA – May 21, 2025 Today’s Nature Summit in Panama delivered a clear message: the ocean economy is no longer a niche conversation — it’s a core pillar of global climate strategy. Held at the Biomuseo, the event brought together ministers, business leaders, scientists, and climate advocates for
At the heart of Panama City during UN Global Climate Week, world leaders, policymakers, and business innovators gathered for the 2025 Nature Summit. This was a pivotal moment in the global conversation on sustainability. Among the innovators, executives, and leaders at the summit was Robert Maersk Uggla, Chairman of A.P.
Key Impact Points: Bangladesh Commits to Nature Finance Through BIOFIN Programme Bangladesh has launched the Umbrella Programme to Support Development of Biodiversity Finance Plans, a major national step to close the biodiversity finance gap and advance sustainable development. The initiative forms part of the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN)—a UNDP-led global
Key Impact Points: Joint Venture Targets Large-Scale Carbon Removal Occidental and ADNOC’s investment arm, XRG, have signed a Strategic DAC Framework Agreement to explore a joint venture to build a Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility in South Texas. The project would be developed by Occidental subsidiary 1PointFive. XRG is considering
