A sweeping new United Nations–backed assessment has found that the world is moving sharply off course in efforts to halt deforestation, with forest loss surging across the tropics and accelerating the breakdown of ecosystems essential for global stability. The 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment, released this week ahead of the UN
Global Report Confirms Planetary Threshold Crossed In a landmark assessment released this week, an international coalition of scientists declared that the world’s coral reefs have officially crossed a climate tipping point—becoming the first major Earth system to enter irreversible decline. The findings, published in the Global Tipping Points Report 2025,
Lima, Peru — The ministers of environment from across Latin America and the Caribbean have chosen Panama’s Minister of Environment, Juan Carlos Navarro, as the new President of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean for the 2025–2027 term. The decision, made by consensus during
United Nations Headquarters, New York – At the 2025 SDG Leaders Luncheon, convened on the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals, Lord Fatafehi Fakafanua, Speaker of Parliament for the Kingdom of Tonga and Vice Chairman of Global Resilience Partners, delivered a powerful call to action centered
When heads of state and negotiators arrive in Belém, Brazil, this November for COP30, the stakes will be unmistakably high. Finance ministers and central bankers will be watching as closely as climate diplomats: what is hammered out in the Amazon will set the tone for how trillions in capital are
The world’s oceans turned a page in history yesterday. After years of painstaking negotiations and false starts, the High Seas Treaty was finally ratified, crossing the threshold of 60 nations and ensuring its entry into force early next year. For the first time, the two-thirds of the ocean that lies
By Hacina Py, Group Chief Sustainability Officer, Societe Generale The future of our oceans has surged to the forefront of the global agenda. The recent United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC), held in June in Nice and preceded by the Blue Economy and Finance Forum (BEFF) in Monaco, helped crystallise a powerful
Treaty Nears Entry into Force Delegates continued work at the Preparatory Commission for the Entry into Force of the High-Seas Biodiversity Treaty in New York this week, debating draft rules on funding and procedures as the treaty moves closer to becoming operational. The Agreement — formally adopted in June 2023
Closing the Climate Data Gap CTrees, a nonprofit founded in 2022, is building the first global system to monitor, report, and verify carbon stocks and land-use activities for every ecosystem on land. In 2024, it secured the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Imagine Grant to enhance its flagship Jurisdictional MRV (JMRV)
By Keith Tuffley COP30 isn’t a technical debate, but a strategic shift in financing models and investment in reforestation initiatives. As the world prepares for COP30 in the heart of the Amazon, the role of nature and forests will be elevated as never before. Brazil is setting the agenda, not
