TotalEnergies and Masdar have agreed to form a $2.2 billion joint venture for onshore renewables in Asia.
New research has put the economic damage linked to US emissions since 1990 at more than $10 trillion.
Green bonds are entering a more demanding phase as investors, regulators, and issuers push harder on credibility, reporting and measurable impact.
Central banks have begun using AI to process climate data more quickly and more consistently. That matters because climate shocks are becoming more immediate, while supervisors still face fragmented disclosures and uneven risk reporting.
The African Development Bank has backed an $11.3 million facility to finance off-grid renewable energy in fragile African states.
Zimbabwe is advancing a 500MW floating solar project at Kariba Dam, as part of a broader 1GW plan now moving through feasibility work and project-preparation financing.
Kenya has launched a National Electric Mobility Policy to steer transport toward electric vehicles, lower fuel dependence and widen clean-transport investment.
The Green Climate Fund has approved $960.3 million for 18 new climate projects, increasing its portfolio to over $20 billion across 354 investments.
Based on Bismarck Rewane’s April 1, 2026, LBS Breakfast Session presentation, the message was blunt: Nigeria may be partly insulated from global conflict, but its households, traders and manufacturers remain dangerously exposed to imported inflation and domestic fragility.
South Africa’s market watchdog is moving sustainable finance from principle to practice, testing the use of taxonomy, tightening climate disclosure pathways and probing weak points in carbon markets and ESG data.
Sustainability acronyms once looked like specialist shorthand. In 2026, they have become the operating language for boards, exporters and regulators.
Chika Onyekwere’s ESG for Manufacturers: A Beginner’s Guide: Part 2 argues that African factories can no longer treat carbon accounting as a side exercise.
Lead poisoning is again forcing Nigeria to confront a hazard that kills quietly, damages children permanently and drains billions from the economy. Policy action is growing, but the scale of exposure remains alarming.
Nigeria’s banking sector is being pushed to treat sustainability reporting less as branding and more as an operating discipline. The Central Bank of Nigeria’s Sustainable Banking Principles now sit at the centre of that shift.
Nigeria’s 2025 Tax Act is forcing the oil and gas industry to rethink. Signed in June 2025 and took effect on January 1, 2026, the reform changes deal with economics, tax planning and investment incentives across the sector.
Maternal deaths fell globally to about 240,000 in 2023, but progress has slowed sharply since 2015, and Africa remains the epicentre of the crisis.
Industrial AI is no longer a future concept for heavy industry. An IFS-PwC report argues that it is already cutting emissions, trimming costs and turning sustainability from aspiration into an operating discipline.
Chika Onyekwere’s ESG for Manufacturers: A Beginner’s Guide: Part 3 argues that the hardest part of ESG is no longer measurement.
Drawn from Chika Onyekwere’s January 2025 guide, this first part shows why ESG is no longer a side conversation for African manufacturers, but a core operating discipline.
The UN-Water and UNESCO report reframes the global water crisis as a failure of governance and equity, rather than merely a resource shortage. Financing gaps, gender inequalities, and weak institutions continue to undermine access.
Indonesia’s Just Transition policy is ambitious, linking decarbonisation with jobs, equity, and growth, but its implementation reveals structural cracks. Governance instability, weak social financing, and fragmented policy execution threaten delivery.
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.
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.
