The United Arab Emirates moved to deepen its global water diplomacy agenda during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2026, convening government, finance, agrifood and civil society leaders to accelerate cooperation ahead...
New analysis finds rising competition for wood fibre, tightening regulation, and climate disruption are increasing cost and supply risks for paper, packaging, and textile industries Canopy and Finance Earth outline...
The Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry honoured private sector companies awarded its Sustainability Label during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2026, reinforcing the emirate’s effort to anchor ESG performance...
Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week opened its 2026 edition with a call for energy security, AI enabled industrial strategy and long term investment as computational demand grows and climate goals tighten....
Karl Naïm, Chief Commercial Officer at XBTO at ADFW - Panel Session: “Mapping Asset Allocation: Making Sense of Modern Portfolios”
• Abu Dhabi Finance Week confirms Bill Gates as speaker for day one humanitarian finance session.• Event will include a pledging moment to raise new commitments for the Global Polio...
• COP30 ended without a roadmap to phase out coal, oil and gas, despite support from more than 80 countries.• Governments backed climate finance ambitions of $1.3 trillion annually for...
• Countries agreed to mobilise at least $1.3 trillion annually by 2035 for global climate action, with adaptation finance set to triple.• The loss and damage fund moves into a...
Joseph Pallant, CEO of Great Bear Carbon Credit Corporation sat down with ESG News CEO & Editor-in-Chief Matt Bird, to explore one of the world’s most significant Indigenous- led conservation finance...
Coverage of the “On the Ground at COP30: Insights from Gayle Schueller, Chief Sustainability Officer at 3M” was produced by UN Global Compact Network USA. Belém, Brazil — COP30 –...
• Seventeen governments joined the Blue NDC Challenge, expanding the integration of ocean action directly into national climate plans.• A global network of regenerative seascapes launched with a target to...
• Countries operationalized the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, the largest forest-finance mechanism ever established, and advanced land-tenure commitments covering 160 million hectares.• New coalitions on bioeconomy development, jurisdictional REDD+ and...
Week 2 Opens with Forests, Rights, and Finance COP30 enters its political phase with a decisive turn toward nature as the foundation of climate action. After a first week packed...
• Brazil’s major cities are adopting AI-based traffic and mobility tools that cut fuel use, emissions, and travel time.• Rio de Janeiro’s deployment of Green Light is reducing unnecessary vehicle...
Kinshasa / Singapore / Belém, November 2025 The Ministry of Environment, Sustainable Development and the New Climate Economy of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in collaboration with the Ministry...
• New global Principles for Taxonomy Interoperability aim to strengthen comparability across sustainable finance systems as countries work to mobilize the $1.3 trillion annually outlined in the Baku to Belém...
• Countries endorsed the Belém Health Action Plan, backed by USD 300 million in philanthropic funding to build climate-resilient health systems.• New education, justice and early-warning initiatives expanded COP30’s adaptation...
• Negotiators enter the midpoint of COP30 with core issues split into separate tracks, raising questions over whether a unified deal can still emerge.• Indigenous leaders intensify pressure on Brazil’s...
A Day Shaped by People, Skills and Cultural Power Delegates closed day three of COP30 with a message that cut through the noise: the human dimension of climate action is...