A Regional Forum at a Global Inflection Point Panama City takes center stage tomorrow as leaders from across government, finance, and industry convene for the International Economic Forum Latin America and the Caribbean 2026, a high-level gathering designed to reposition the region amid profound shifts in the global economic order.
Geneva / Brussels / Copenhagen, January 20, 2026 Davos was meant to be a summit about cooperation. Instead, it has become the setting for a reckoning between allies. What began as a dispute over Greenland has transformed the World Economic Forum into an improvised emergency negotiation between President Donald Trump
Miami, USA – The Nobel Sustainability Trust has awarded its 2025 Medal of Recognition for Outstanding Contribution to Sustainability to two global leaders whose influence is shaping the future of environmental governance. The 2025 medals were conferred upon H.E. Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to
Sustainability Becomes the Next Frontier for One of the World’s Most Trusted Legacies Miami set the stage for what may be remembered as a historic evolution in the Nobel tradition. At the 2025 Nobel Sustainability Trust Summit, global leaders, diplomats, scientists, and innovators gathered around a powerful realization: humanity’s greatest
Sustainability moves from voluntary benefit to expected baseline Global hotel and hospitality operators are entering a new era of climate accountability. Following the outcomes and increased expectations after COP30, hotels are now expected to comply with stronger climate governance, emissions reporting, and adaptation requirements. The shift reflects a growing recognition
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
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 protect 1.5°C as a red line. Belém — Away from the closed-door rooms where the COP30 presidency is working through
by Melanie Nakagawa, Chief Sustainability Officer at Microsoft I have attended many COPs over the course of my career — 13 to be exact! I’ve experienced them from three different vantage points: first as part of the NGO community, then as part of a government delegation, and now as part
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
