Canada Pulls Back on EVs as Carney Rewrites the Rules of Climate Power
Announced this week, Canada scrapped its 2026 electric vehicle sales mandate, abandoning one of its most visible climate policies at a moment when global climate ambition is colliding head-on with trade, geopolitics, and economic realism. The decision drops the requirement that 20 percent of new vehicles sold in Canada be zero-emission by 2026. In its […]
Texas Anti ESG Law Is Struck Down after Wall Street Reframes Its Strategic Pullback
A federal judge has struck down Texas’ anti ESG law as unconstitutional, delivering a legal setback to one of the most aggressive state efforts to police sustainable finance. The ruling affirms that governments cannot punish companies for how they assess risk or express investment views. But the decision arrives after the market has already moved […]
Europe Draws the Line on Carbon Removals While the Rest of the World Hesitates
Brussels, February 2026 — The European Union has done something climate markets have argued about for years but never quite resolved. It has written a rulebook for permanent carbon removals. This week, the European Commission adopted the EU’s first certification methodologies for what it defines as permanent carbon removal. The standard is voluntary, but it […]
Brussels Buys Time: EIB Front-Loads €3 Billion to Secure Eastern Support for Carbon Market
The European Commission is deploying its financial heavy artillery early to prevent a political revolt against the next phase of the Green Deal. In a move designed to preempt social unrest and diplomatic friction, the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced it will “front load” €3 billion ($3.5 billion) to national governments, targeting the most politically […]
Trump’s $12B Wake-Up Call in the Global Minerals Race: Project Vault
WASHINGTON – When Donald Trump announced Project Vault, a $12 billion plan to build a national stockpile of critical minerals, the move was framed as an industrial safeguard. In reality, it is something far larger. It is an admission that power in the new world order flows through supply chains, and that the United States […]
The United Nations Warns of Imminent Cash Crisis as Multilateralism Faces a Reckoning
The United Nations has issued its starkest warning in years: without an immediate influx of unpaid member contributions, the organization risks running out of operating cash within months, potentially forcing the shutdown of its New York headquarters by late summer. Senior UN officials confirmed this week that the institution’s finances have reached a critical point. […]
Abu Dhabi Consolidates Sovereign Wealth Architecture to Forge a $300 Billion Investment Powerhouse
On a recent morning in Abu Dhabi, the emirate quietly rewired the architecture of its state capital. A restructuring that brings together vast operating assets, strategic stakes, and long-term investments under a single roof has created a new sovereign force with more than $300 billion in assets and a sharpened mandate to deploy them with […]
Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Architecture of Abu Dhabi’s Next Economic Chapter
As Abu Dhabi launches L’IMAD, its newest sovereign investment platform, the appointment of Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as Chairman places one of the emirate’s most consequential leaders at the center of its next phase of economic strategy. His ascension is less a surprise than a signal: continuity of long-term vision, paired […]
Nature in the Red: Why the Global Economy Is Still Financing Its Own Ecological Decline
For years, governments and financial institutions have pledged to protect nature, halt biodiversity loss, and build resilience in the face of climate change. Yet a new global assessment makes clear that the world’s financial system continues to move in the opposite direction. According to insights from the State of Finance for Nature 2026, the most […]
Microsoft’s Italian Power Play: Enfinity Global Delivers First Electron on 366 MW PPA
The race to secure green electrons for Europe’s digital infrastructure moved from contract to concrete reality in Italy this week. Enfinity Global has commenced commercial operations on the first solar asset within its 366 MW portfolio dedicated to Microsoft, marking a critical transition from development pipeline to active energy supply. For the C-suite, this is […]
