Mauritius has secured $150 million in financing for its largest hybrid solar-and-battery project in over a decade, marking a decisive shift in the island’s clean-energy strategy.
Microsoft has indicated that it has reached 100% renewable electricity coverage for its global operations. The milestone marks a significant checkpoint in the company’s pledge to become carbon negative by 2030.
Malawi’s off-grid solar revolution is transforming energy access for rural areas. However, beneath the rapid rollout lies a mounting environmental and public health risk: the discharge of lead-acid battery waste.
Across Ghana, invisible ground shifts are drawing new scrutiny from scientists and regulators. As climate pressures, mining activity and rapid urbanisation intensify, deformation monitoring technologies are emerging as critical tools for environmental sustainability.
ESG is no longer a corporate side note. Across industries, environmental, social, and governance level metrics are being embedded into capital allocation, risk management and long-term strategy.
A coalition of state attorneys general and environmental groups has sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over efforts to rescind its landmark greenhouse gas endangerment finding.
Amazon’s carbon footprint is rising again. After years of pledges to reach net-zero by 2040, the technology and e-commerce giant now faces a new emissions challenge: artificial intelligence.
Africa’s circular economy ambitions are gaining traction in policy. However, experts warn that without retooling education systems, the continent risks a skills deficit that could stall green industrialisation.
The world has crossed six of nine planetary boundaries. However, prosperity and environmental protection need not remain in conflict.
Urban expansion and global trade are reshaping the environmental footprint of development. From flood-prone cities to carbon-embedded exports, the World Bank’s latest analysis argues that commerce and climate are now inseparable and that the next phase of growth must be designed, not improvised.
South Africa is mobilising climate finance at scale, but not at the speed its net-zero targets demand.
The economics of a livable planet are no longer theoretical; they are measurable. Between degraded land, polluted air, and water stress, 92% of humanity now lives under at least one environmental strain.
Africa’s transition to a circular economy is no longer conceptual policy language; it has been mapped as an industrial strategy.
Forests regulate rainfall. Nitrogen shapes global food systems. Air pollution suppresses productivity. From green water to green jobs, the World Bank’s latest analysis argues that environmental degradation is no longer an ecological issue alone — it is a macroeconomic risk embedded in growth models worldwide.
Nigeria’s pension system has long excluded most of the informal sectors of the Nigerian economy. Now, a newly licensed distribution model seeks to close that gap. If it scales, it could redefine pension inclusion across Africa.
In markets from Lagos to Nairobi, Africa’s waste is quietly becoming a new form of capital. Plastic bottles, discarded electronics, and food waste, once symbols of environmental strain, are increasingly becoming inputs for new industries, opportunities for job creation, and exports.
In rural northern Nigeria, nightfall still means darkness for millions of households. Without reliable electricity, businesses stall, students struggle to study, and clinics rely on costly diesel generators. This energy gap shapes daily life across much of Africa.
In a crowded classroom in northern Ghana, 10-year-old Kwame struggles to read a basic sentence. His teacher worries, not just about his future, but about the country’s economic prospects. Without foundational skills, children like Kwame face limited opportunities in adulthood.
In Addis Ababa’s industrial corridors, textile factories generate tonnes of waste fabric every week. For years, most of it was discarded. Today, Ethiopia sees this waste differently, not as a cost, but as a potential economic asset.
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.
