NEW YORK CITY — On election night the cafés of Astoria pulsed with a kind of civic electricity. Taxi drivers leaned out of windows, students spilled onto Steinway Street, and volunteers who had been knocking on doors for months hugged in disbelief. When the final count came in, Assemblymember Zohran
WASHINGTON — In a fresh reversal of post-Paris financial policy, U.S. banking regulators have withdrawn landmark guidance on climate-related financial risks, erasing a federal framework that had directed the largest banks to account for climate exposure in governance and risk management. The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and
LONDON — The global effort to put a price on maritime emissions has run aground once again. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) voted to delay by one year a decision on a carbon pricing mechanism for shipping, following sustained pressure from the United States and Saudi Arabia and support from
Developers rush to build solar, wind, and battery projects before federal incentives vanish WASHINGTON — Across the United States, a quiet race is unfolding in the deserts of Nevada, the plains of Texas, and the coastlines of New England. Solar panels are rising, wind turbines are spinning, and massive batteries
WASHINGTON — The Trump Administration has canceled a massive solar energy project in Nevada that was expected to power nearly two million homes, a move that underscores the White House’s escalating campaign to slow the expansion of renewable energy across the United States. The project, known as Esmeralda 7, was
BRUSSELS — The European Union is preparing to confront the United States over the future of global development finance. As ministers gather for the World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings this month, a widening divide between Brussels and Washington is emerging over how multilateral banks should respond to the
United Nations HQ, New York — September 30, 2025: As the final echoes of applause faded inside the General Assembly Hall, Annalena Baerbock, President of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, rose to deliver closing remarks that drew together a week of impassioned speeches from nearly every
The United Nations Global Compact concluded its 2025 Leaders Summit last week in New York, convening business leaders, governments, and civil society at a pivotal moment for the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. Taking place during High-Level Week of the 80th UN General Assembly, the gathering marked the Compact’s 25th
By rejecting the Sustainable Development Goals, the U.S. president may have fractured the postwar consensus and set the stage for new global leadership. UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, New York, September 23, 2025 President Donald Trump strode into the United Nations General Assembly today and delivered the kind of speech that will
A Defining Week at the UN World leaders are in New York this week for the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) under the theme “Better Together: 80 Years and More for Peace, Development and Human Rights.” The gathering comes amid heightened tensions, with ongoing wars in
