Key Impact Points: The News Vice President Kamala Harris is outlining a global climate agenda, emphasizing U.S. leadership in developing nations’ climate resilience efforts. Adviser Brian Deese has proposed a plan to position American technology as a viable alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, which has focused on exporting
Key Impact Points: What to Expect at the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum As the SDG News team heads to Tonga for the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, we join a gathering of leaders who are committed to ensuring a resilient Pacific Region. This forum, chaired by Tonga’s Prime Minister,
Key Impact Points: The News In his VP acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, Tim Walz will highlight his role in Minnesota’s climate leadership, driven by the opportunities unlocked through President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This landmark climate legislation has sparked a “race across states” to tap
Key Impact Points: The News Australia’s Senate has passed a bill mandating climate reporting for large and medium-sized companies, marking a significant milestone in the country’s move towards establishing a comprehensive climate risk disclosure framework. What It Means Starting in 2025, large public and proprietary companies that meet size thresholds—those
Key Impact Points: Why it matters Deloitte’s 2024 Sustainability Action Report outlines the fast-evolving ESG landscape and the necessity for businesses to adapt. With new regulations like the SEC climate disclosure rule and global frameworks such as the ISSB standards, companies can no longer afford to take a “wait and
Key Impact Points: Overview:The next major UN climate conference, COP29, is scheduled for November 11-24, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan’s Ecology Minister Mukhtar Babayev will lead the event, which is expected to attract global heads of state, industry leaders, and climate activists. The previous COP28 in the UAE saw around
Key Impact Points: What’s Happening Climate change is front and center at this year’s Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, where the party’s platform underscores climate change as one of the most pressing issues of our time. Vice President Kamala Harris will be officially recognized as the 2024 presidential nominee,
Key Impact Points: Grenada has become the first country to activate a hurricane clause in a government bond, delaying debt payments after the destruction caused by Hurricane Beryl last month. The decision marks a significant milestone in financial planning for climate-related disasters. Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell estimates the damage at
Key Impact Points: What’s Happening Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman highlighted the critical shortage of developmental finance, noting it is hindering developing economies from achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The financing gap is a staggering $4 trillion annually. The Bigger Picture Addressing the third Voice of Global South Summit virtually, Sitharaman
The second anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law on August 16, 2022, marks a moment of reflection on one of the most ambitious legislative efforts in U.S. history. Designed to address climate change, healthcare costs, and economic inequality, the IRA is celebrated by Democrats and criticized
