For nearly three decades, Dr Sam Faleye healed patients in Memphis exam rooms. Then Nigeria's fuel subsidy collapsed, and the physician who once diagnosed illness turned his attention to a different ailment: a continent's dependence on combustion engines.
Informational interviews can help professionals explore new fields, countries, collaborations and job pathways without turning an initial conversation into a job request.
Airlines are testing flight-planning changes that avoid the small share of atmospheric conditions responsible for most persistent warming contrails.
The World Bank has priced a $4 billion seven-year Sustainable Development Bond after receiving more than $11 billion in orders.
Companies are reporting sharper forecasts and more productive teams from artificial intelligence, yet many are not becoming more resilient.
The Science Based Targets initiative has issued the first major update to its corporate Net-Zero Standard in five years. Supporters say version 2.0 reflects operational reality; critics fear optional requirements and broad flexibility could blur the difference between ambition and delivery.
Institutional investors are being urged to redirect more of their climate engagement towards policies that reshape energy, transport and infrastructure.
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.
KenGen has expanded its long-term development pipeline from 1,500MW to 5,500MW, combining geothermal, hydropower and a proposed 2,000MW nuclear programme.
South Africa’s draft Natural Scientific Professions Bill would bar unregistered people from practising in prescribed fields and allow fines or up to 12 months’ imprisonment for violations.
Industry estimates suggest that beans grown by more than half of Nigeria’s cocoa farmers may fail the EU’s new deforestation requirements when enforcement begins at the end of December.
The IFRS Foundation has approved a five-year operating and financing plan and will establish Geneva as the ISSB’s seat in 2027. Funding arrangements provide a path through 2031 as adoption spreads across more than 45 jurisdictions.
Only 36% of assessable SDG targets are on track or making moderate progress, while 15% have fallen below 2015 baselines.
Liberia's proposed 2026 satellite communications guidelines would place landing rights, space-segment filings and earth-segment services inside one national licensing system.
Land degradation and drought are growing faster than the finance designed to prevent them. A new implementation playbook argues that the problem is no longer a shortage of workable models.
Permanent removals can help Europe reach net zero. However, admitting them into a compliance market could also let emitters delay harder cuts.
Europe's next carbon market reset will decide whether scarcity accelerates real decarbonisation or opens new compliance routes.
IRENA's six power-system case studies show digital tools are increasing solar output, preventing grid failures and unlocking transmission capacity without waiting years for new lines.
The 2026 Energy Progress Report shows a world adding renewables while universal access slips further away: 655 million people lacked electricity in 2024, and 2 billion still depend on polluting cooking fuels.
IRENA says Francophone West Africa must move beyond counting electricity connections and start measuring whether decentralised renewable systems can keep health, water, food and warning services operating during climate stress.
The Basel Committee's current credit-risk principles preserve a 25-year-old framework; however, it sharpens its links to modern governance, expected losses, concentration controls, counterparty risk, stress testing and supervisory reporting.
Biodiversity loss may not stay inside forests, fisheries or farms. New modelling shows it can weaken GDP, lower sovereign ratings and raise the cost of public borrowing.
Cotton supports more than two million livelihoods in Burkina Faso, yet smallholders remain exposed to volatile prices, subsidised competitors and limited influence over domestic decisions.
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.
Denmark and its Nordic peers have built a credible record in African development finance, climate investment, humanitarian support and institution-building. Their next test is not whether more money reaches the continent, but whether African communities shape what that money builds.
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.
