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 protect its ecosystems in the decade ahead. In a hall filled with government officials, private-sector leaders, development partners and UNDP
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 multilateral cooperation, President Donald Trump announced that South Africa, the outgoing G20 president, will not be invited to next year’s
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 shopfronts gutted by water that only days ago reached first-floor windows. Behind those images is a stark human cost: at
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 world from pilots to action. The International Solar Alliance (ISA) was born at a COP ten years ago in Paris,
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 the next year. Outside, protesters had drifted home. Inside, negotiators from nearly 200 countries had inched toward agreement without the
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 the Review Committee on the Implementation of the Convention. When CRIC23 opens on 1 December, Panama will step onto the
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 to shore up global climate action, the U.S. — notably absent from this year’s summit — has moved to weaken
Belém — November 2025 Rain hung over Belém’s waterfront as negotiators pushed through the final hours of COP30, closing two intense weeks with a package of decisions that will influence climate policy, cross-border trade and corporate strategy for the next decade. The outcomes delivered sweeping commitments on finance, adaptation and
COP30 concluded in Belem with a sense of deflation that spread quickly from negotiation rooms to civil society halls. What was expected to be a pivotal moment for global climate cooperation became a stark reminder of how deeply fractured the landscape has become. Below is a deeper look at the
Belém, Brazil — A fire broke out inside a pavilion at the COP30 climate negotiations on Thursday, prompting an emergency evacuation of delegates and temporarily halting negotiations in Belém. Witnesses reported smoke rising from the structure as alarms sounded across the conference venue and thousands of attendees were directed outside
