Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a powerful tool in fighting climate change and biodiversity loss. From forecasting extreme weather to optimising renewable energy systems and monitoring forests, AI technologies are transforming how societies tackle environmental challenges.
Global renewable infrastructure investor Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has secured €1.3 billion in the first close of its new Energy Transition Credit Fund.
Public attitudes toward economic progress are shifting. Across many countries, citizens are increasingly questioning the long-standing model of growth at any cost.
New financial guarantee facilities are gaining traction as a powerful tool to unlock private investment in infrastructure. By reducing risk for investors, these instruments are helping channel capital into projects that would otherwise struggle to attract financing.
Toymaker The LEGO Group has reached a major sustainability milestone, announcing that half of the materials used in its iconic bricks now come from renewable or recycled sources.
Global institutional investors managing trillions of dollars have tightened their climate playbook. The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance has expanded its framework with updated transition targets designed to accelerate real-economy decarbonisation.
Nigeria’s central bank is sending a clear signal to financial markets: climate risk is financial risk. Speaking on the growing role of green central banking, Olayemi Cardoso, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, emphasised that climate threats now pose systemic risks to the financial sector.
Sahara Group has commissioned MT Asharami Ghana, a 40,000-cubic-metre LPG carrier aimed at strengthening Ghana’s energy supply chain. The vessel arrives as West Africa seeks cleaner cooking fuels and more reliable LPG logistics.
Sustainability risks, from climate regulation to supply-chain disruptions, are widely discussed in corporate reports. However, many organisations still fail to translate these risks into financial terms that shape real investment decisions.
Corporate sustainability commitments have expanded dramatically in recent years; however, many ESG initiatives struggle to gain traction inside organisations.
As sustainability expectations intensify across global markets, companies face a fundamental challenge: determining which ESG issues truly matter for long-term business performance and societal impact.
As climate finance accelerates, carbon credits are emerging as one of the most debated tools in the global net-zero transition. However, the market remains complex, with multiple types of credits linked to different technologies, ecosystems and emissions-reduction pathways.
Across Africa’s rapidly expanding cities, waste is growing faster than the systems designed to manage it. Landfills are expanding, pollution is rising, and valuable materials are being lost to inefficient disposal systems.
Africa’s infrastructure assets have quietly delivered strong returns for investors, often outperforming global benchmarks. However, the continent still faces some of the highest financing costs in global markets.
Sustainable finance is rapidly reshaping global capital markets as investors redirect trillions of dollars toward projects that balance economic growth with environmental and social responsibility.
Traditional financial statements have long been the backbone of corporate reporting; however, they capture only a fraction of what drives modern business value.
Green bonds are rapidly transforming global capital markets, offering governments and companies a structured way to finance climate-friendly infrastructure while attracting ESG-focused investors.
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategies are increasingly determining their financial value, challenging the long-held belief that sustainability initiatives add cost to corporate operations.
Healthcare workers in war zones face ethical decisions that are rarely encountered in peacetime medicine.
Malawi’s reform moment has arrived under pressure, not prosperity. With inflation near 30%, exports shrinking and reserves critically low, the country faces a narrowing window to restore macroeconomic credibility.
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.
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.
