European lawmakers have advanced a redesign of the bloc’s sustainable-finance disclosure regime, replacing widely misunderstood classifications with clearer product labels.
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework commits countries to halt and reverse biodiversity loss through 23 targets for 2030 and four long-term goals for 2050. Its promises cover ecosystem restoration, conservation, pollution, business disclosure, harmful subsidies and finance.
Her Horizon Fund has launched with $15.5 million committed to frontline efforts seeking to end female genital mutilation and cutting. The initiative aims to pool $100 million as donor support for women’s rights and survivor-led work contracts.
Africa recorded 183 polio detections from January to July 2026, a 33% decline compared with 2024, according to the World Health Organisation’s regional office. Five outbreaks were closed, and 142 million children received at least one vaccine dose across 17 countries.
Standard Chartered has launched a free platform that helps suppliers measure emissions, build decarbonisation plans and report progress. The voluntary tool targets a persistent weak point in corporate climate strategies: smaller businesses that lack specialist staff, reliable data or affordable systems.
Eastern Africa recorded 6,227,072 internal displacements across nine countries in 2025, an IGAD–ICPAC assessment says. Conflict caused 76% of movements, while disasters caused 24%; floods accounted for more than two-thirds of disaster displacement.
United Nations member states have endorsed wider use of maps that show continents in more accurate relative sizes. The African-led resolution passed by 164 votes to one, with six abstentions, but does not ban the Mercator projection.
Battery-backed solar mini-grids could provide near-term electricity access to 21 million people in four West African countries, IRENA says. The assessed opportunity covers about 568 MW and 42,700 settlements across Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal.
China is tightening policy around battery manufacturing after years of rapid capacity growth and intense price competition. Export VAT rebates are being withdrawn while approvals for some new energy-storage cell factories have reportedly been paused pending a capacity review.
Corporate buyers are expected to support 73% of South Africa's anticipated 2.3 GW of new solar and wind capacity in 2026. The forecast marks the first time private power-purchase agreements are set to overtake public procurement as the market's main growth engine.
86% of people across 15 consistently tracked markets now believe today's challenges amount to humanity's biggest crisis. GlobeScan says agreement has risen 11 percentage points since 2012 while disagreement fell from 25% to 14%.
Spain has asked Brussels to make climate resilience a binding and permanently funded pillar of European policy. The proposal arrives after extreme-weather losses reached EUR822 billion since 1980 and an assessment placed annual adaptation needs near EUR70 billion through 2050.
The Dangote Refinery can distil crude while its residue fluid catalytic cracking unit is unavailable, but it loses a major route for turning heavy residue into higher-value fuels. That changes output, feedstock choices and margins.
Dangote Refinery's public offer gives Nigerians access to a major industrial asset; however, a 1914 Reader analysis argues that the offer price requires harder scrutiny of recurring earnings, expansion funding and related-party governance.
A new United Nations call to action sets nine methane priorities for fossil fuels, agriculture and waste by 2030. Methane lasts about a decade in the atmosphere but warms far more strongly than carbon dioxide in the near term.
Solar project economics are shaped long before construction crews reach a site. A RatedPower playbook argues that digital modelling can test terrain, equipment, layout and storage choices in minutes rather than weeks.
A UNEP-led assessment says 25 proven climate and clean-air measures could return about $15 in economic benefits for every dollar invested. The package would begin paying through lower health costs and higher productivity within a decade.
A study of 12,228 urban centres in 159 countries finds that the 200 largest dietary emitters account for 45.6% of urban food emissions while representing 39.8% of the studied population.
A new IRENA assessment finds that delivering basic Tier 2 electricity by 2030 across Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal could require 568 MW of mini-grids and about 2.25 GWh of battery storage.
Methane control often turns on ordinary equipment: a valve left open, a degraded gasket, a poorly tuned pressure device or a failed flare.
Renewable additions reached a reported 793 GW in 2025, but the systems needed to absorb that power are struggling to keep pace.
A foreign court victory does not become cash in Nigeria by itself. Registration, jurisdiction, notice and timing determine whether the judgment can be enforced.
Developing countries may need US$310-365 billion a year for climate adaptation by 2035, while international public flows stood at US$26 billion in 2023.
Nigeria’s financial-sector recapitalisation has created a rare abundance of capital across banking, pensions and insurance. However, capital raised is not the same as capital productively deployed.
Africa is advancing on 12 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals; however, only 2 of 46 measurable targets reviewed in the 2025 Africa Sustainable Development Report are on track to meet the 2030 objectives.
By 2050, one in four people globally will be African, and the continent’s working-age population is expected to double.
Most African migrants do not leave the continent. In 2024, 25.1 million lived elsewhere in Africa, compared with 20.7 million outside it; Africa’s newest labour statistics also show a workforce that is young, mobile and concentrated in regional economies.
The Insurance Sector Strengthening Program (ISSP) is a five-year initiative fully endorsed by NAICOM and being developed with the Commission’s team to expand insurance access, strengthen professional capacity and bring women, young people and MSMEs into Nigeria’s risk-protection system
Africa's ESG storytelling crisis isn't a lack of ambition; it's a lack of trained hands to tell the continent's own sustainability story on its own terms.
The Future Action Summit (FAS) Thailand 2025, organized by the global youth-led organization Echo Change, is a four-day international summit distinct from the UN's "Summit of the Future" that convened in September 2024. FAS Thailand is specifically designed as a launchpad for youth-led action, driving tangible progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
New York City hosts the UNGA High-Level Week and Global Goals Week, bringing together world leaders, civil society, business, academia, and youth with a unified focus on accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and fostering a more sustainable future.
ICSD 2025 brings together global experts to align research, policy, and practice around key SDGs. Focused on interdisciplinary solutions, with emphasis on education and capacity and building for sustainable progress by 2030.
The largest global climate convening of the year, aligning with UNGA 80 and Global Goals Week to accelerate climate solutions through over 900 events; with an am of shifting climate discourse from problem awareness to practical implementation, emphasising economic opportunity, innovation, and cross-sector collaboration.
A quadrennial global gathering of conservation leaders, policy‑makers, Indigenous Peoples, and innovators, convening to shape the global nature agenda through bold themes, science, equity, and collective action.
A premier annual gathering in Berlin, bringing together global leaders across politics, science, business, and civil society to shape the future of health under the theme “Taking Responsibility for Health in a Fragmenting World.”
A dynamic one-day festival uniting global innovators and leaders in Vienna to showcase and accelerate climate‑tech solutions—from startups to researchers—culminating in the Climate Launchpad 2025 Global Grand Final.
Bringing together Africa’s sustainability ecosystem. This hybrid gathering is tailored for policymakers, investors, corporate leaders, and NGOs, focusing on ESG frameworks, climate finance, and sustainable innovation to drive Africa’s green transition.
Summary and evidence-based insights into corporate, government, and organisational sustainability disclosures across Africa, highlighting achievements, uncovering gaps, and spotlight opportunities for progress.
