Nigeria has unveiled a comprehensive Marine Litter Policy and a 2025 – 2040 Roadmap, marking its most coordinated attempt yet to confront plastic pollution that threatens coastlines, fisheries and economic resilience.
A new global ESG standard targeting mining operations has ignited intense debate across Africa, raising concerns over fairness, sovereignty and access to capital.
Africa’s energy transition has entered a decisive acceleration phase, enabled by innovative climate finance mechanisms that are reshaping capital flows, infrastructure deployment and economic transformation.
Africa stands at a decisive geopolitical and economic turning point. Declining foreign aid, rising global competition, and shifting power dynamics are forcing the continent to redefine its development model, moving from dependency toward self-determined growth.
Africa’s next economic transformation will not be driven entirely by aid or external financing, but by integration, digital innovation and new financing architectures such as tokenisation.
Africa stands at the centre of the global renewable energy transformation; however, it remains far behind in deployment relative to its potential.
The global economy is undergoing a quiet but profound shift. Long-term growth, the engine of jobs, prosperity, and development, is slowing across regions, threatening the ability of emerging economies, especially in Africa, to close income gaps and finance climate and infrastructure transitions.
Africa’s development future is increasingly tied to its ability to mobilise its own resources rather than rely on shrinking foreign aid.
Smaller artificial intelligence models are emerging as a practical pathway for developing countries to accelerate economic growth, improve public services, and strengthen digital sovereignty.
Africa’s economic future will be shaped less by natural resources and more by how effectively it builds, measures and deploys its human capital.
Private equity, infrastructure capital and alternative assets are rapidly reshaping global finance as traditional portfolio models falter under inflation, geopolitical volatility and rising interest rates.
Global growth remains resilient, but underlying risks—from slowing trade to volatile commodity markets—are reshaping the outlook for emerging economies. The World Bank warns that rising long-term yields, moderating trade volumes, and fragile financial sentiment could increase debt burdens and weaken investment momentum.
Global progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is entering a decisive phase. With only five years remaining to 2030, deepening debt distress, climate shocks and widening inequality are slowing momentum.
The electricity access crisis across Africa is not driven by limitations in technology, but by access to critical capital. Nearly 600 million people remain without power, despite growing investment momentum and proven decentralised energy solutions.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly redefining how ESG credibility is measured, verified and trusted. What began as a reporting exercise is evolving into a data-driven accountability system now reshaping investment flows, risk management and corporate governance worldwide.
Africa’s development future increasingly depends not on aid flows or commodity cycles, but on governance credibility, institutional integrity, and financial transparency.
Farmers sit at the fault line of a global methane problem that could make or break both food security and climate goals.
Payment failures, fraud risks, and clunky authentication flows are quietly draining revenue from digital finance just as SME lending and supply chain financing become core to growth strategies.
Green finance has shifted from a niche buzzword to a central organising logic for how capital, climate and development now intersect; however, the research story behind that shift is only just coming into focus.
Africa’s energy transition has entered a decisive acceleration phase, enabled by innovative climate finance mechanisms that are reshaping capital flows, infrastructure deployment and economic transformation.
Africa stands at a decisive geopolitical and economic turning point. Declining foreign aid, rising global competition, and shifting power dynamics are forcing the continent to redefine its development model, moving from dependency toward self-determined growth.
Africa’s next economic transformation will not be driven entirely by aid or external financing, but by integration, digital innovation and new financing architectures such as tokenisation.
Africa stands at the centre of the global renewable energy transformation; however, it remains far behind in deployment relative to its potential.
The global economy is undergoing a quiet but profound shift. Long-term growth, the engine of jobs, prosperity, and development, is slowing across regions, threatening the ability of emerging economies, especially in Africa, to close income gaps and finance climate and infrastructure transitions.
Africa’s development future is increasingly tied to its ability to mobilise its own resources rather than rely on shrinking foreign aid.
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.
