California Climate Disclosure Law Partially Halted as Court Pauses SB 261 Enforcement

The Ninth Circuit halts California climate disclosure law SB 261 pending appeal, creating uncertainty for companies as SB 253 emissions reporting rules continue. A sudden federal court intervention has thrown California’s landmark climate disclosure regime into uncertainty, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit moved to pause implementation of Senate Bill 261 […]
Amazon Water Restoration Projects to Replenish Over 2 Billion Liters Annually

In an era defined by rising water stress, intensifying droughts, and shrinking river systems, Amazon is accelerating a global strategy built not on concrete or pipelines, but on forests, wetlands, and soils. The company announced four new nature-based water restoration projects expected to replenish more than 2 billion liters of water every year, reinforcing a […]
Pope Leo Warns World Leaders as COP30 Final Week Negotiations Begin

The thick Amazon air hung heavy over Belém as delegates filed back into COP30’s cavernous halls for the summit’s final—and most consequential—stretch. Before negotiations resumed, a video appearance by Pope Leo set a sharper tone than any procedural gavel could. His message was direct: governments are not moving fast enough, and the climate crisis is […]
Australia Rejects Turkey’s Joint COP31 Proposal as Hosting Deadlock Deepens

Belém — 17 November 2025, Less than twenty-four hours after diplomats in Belém digested Ethiopia’s confirmation as COP32 host for 2027, the focus shifted back to the unresolved question overshadowing COP30: the COP31 hosting decision for 2026. What appeared to be a potential breakthrough — Turkey’s proposal for a joint COP31 presidency with Australia — […]
What does a successful COP30 look like? 5 climate leaders share their calls to action

By World Economic Forum (WEF) Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, there is a push to move from political commitments to implementation. This is even more pressing as global temperatures exceeded the Agreement’s limit of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for the first time last year. However, geopolitics, climate finance shortfalls – especially for developing nations – […]
Exclusive to Insiders: Belém Health Action Plan Becomes First Global Climate Adaptation Framework for the Health Sector at COP30

Under the intense Amazon sun, where heat, flooding and infectious disease already shape daily life, Brazil used COP30 to launch the first global climate adaptation framework dedicated to the health sector. The Belém Health Action Plan gathered ministers, UN leaders and health authorities around a shared acknowledgment: climate change is no longer a distant risk […]
Exclusive to Insiders: Ethiopia Confirmed for COP32 as Australia–Türkiye Deadlock Leaves COP31 Uncertain

As negotiations intensified inside COP30’s vast plenary halls in Belém, the future map of global climate diplomacy came sharply into focus. Ethiopia clinched the hosting rights for COP32 in 2027, marking the continent’s next major climate summit and elevating Addis Ababa as an emerging diplomatic hub. But the decision that should have anchored the 2026 […]
Ethiopia Confirmed for COP32 as Australia–Türkiye Deadlock Leaves COP31 Uncertain



As negotiations intensified inside COP30’s vast plenary halls in Belém, the future map of global climate diplomacy came sharply into focus. Ethiopia clinched the hosting rights for COP32 in 2027, marking the continent’s next major climate summit and elevating Addis Ababa as an emerging diplomatic hub. But the decision that should have anchored the 2026 […]
Belém Health Action Plan Becomes First Global Climate Adaptation Framework for the Health Sector at COP30

Under the intense Amazon sun, where heat, flooding and infectious disease already shape daily life, Brazil used COP30 to launch the first global climate adaptation framework dedicated to the health sector. The Belém Health Action Plan gathered ministers, UN leaders and health authorities around a shared acknowledgment: climate change is no longer a distant risk […]
Statement on Climate Information Integrity in Digital Advertising Launched at COP30


In a packed Brazil Pavilion in the COP30 Green Zone, government officials, UN representatives, advertisers and civil society leaders gathered around a different kind of climate tool. Instead of a new fund or technology, they launched a Statement and Commitment Letter on climate information integrity in digital advertising, treating the quality of information itself as […]