Nigeria Launches BIOFIN to Unlock Private Investment for Biodiversity
Abuja, November 2025 — The weekend launch of Nigeria’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) unfolded not as a ceremonial policy announcement, but as a recalibration of how the country intends to […]
European Parliament Agrees to Delay EU Deforestation Regulation and Ease Supply Chain Rules
Strasbourg, November 2025 — Applause broke gently across the hemicycle in Strasbourg as the final tally appeared on the screen: 402 in favour, 250 against, eight abstentions. With that vote, […]
Trump Disinvites South Africa from 2026 G20 Summit in Miami
Johannesburg, November 2025 — The G20’s first Leaders Summit on African soil ended with a diplomatic rupture that few in Johannesburg had anticipated. Days after members adopted a declaration on […]
Humanitarian Crisis in Southeast Asia Deepens as Floods Hit Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand
A week of water that turned into a regional emergency In southern Thailand, drone footage over Hat Yai shows streets carpeted with mud, cars piled into corners and rows of […]
ISA Director General Ashish Khanna Outlines Post-COP30 Strategy to Power the Global South with Solar
SDG News’ Heeta Lakhani interviews International Solar Alliance Director General Ashish Khanna on new solar platforms, global procurement for SIDS, risk guarantees for mini-grids, and the push to move the […]
What to Know About the COP30 Climate Deal and Its Global Implications
The last night of COP30 broke into dawn as exhausted delegates stepped out of Belém’s humid Blue Zone, clutching the eight-page Global Mutirão decision that will define climate diplomacy for […]
Exclusive to Insiders: COP30 Momentum Shifts to Panama as CRIC23 Set to Tackle Global Land Degradation
Panama City — December 2025 Heat rises over Panama City as the country prepares to welcome delegates from 196 nations and the European Union for the twenty third session of […]
Live at COP30: Fiji’s Chief Negotiator Sivendra Michael Warns Fossil Fuel Language Has Fallen Out of the MutiRão Text
SDG News’ Heeta Lakhani interviews Permanent Secretary Sivendra Michael, Fiji’s chief negotiator, on the MutiRão package, missing fossil fuel language, and why SIDS are pushing to triple adaptation finance and […]
COP30 Momentum Shifts to Panama as UN’s CRIC23 Set to Tackle Global Land Degradation
Panama City — December 2025 Heat rises over Panama City as the country prepares to welcome delegates from 196 nations and the European Union for the twenty third session of […]
U.S. Launches Accelerated Environmental Rollbacks as COP30 Negotiators Push for Climate Progress
Under the shadow of COP30 negotiations in Belém, the United States has taken some of its most sweeping steps in decades to dismantle environmental protections. While nearly 200 governments work […]
