Nigeria's shift to compressed natural gas requires strict safety standards, inspections and enforcement to secure public trust and sustain economic, environmental and energy-security gains.
New study finds 3.79 billion people could face extreme heat by 2050, urging rapid deployment of sustainable cooling and urban adaptation.
New modelling links the 2020 IMO sulphur cap to reduced ship-generated aerosol cooling, increasing solar radiation and marginally raising Great Barrier Reef heat stress.
Africa CDC proposes domestic resource mobilisation, levies and blended finance to offset a 70% ODA decline and rising debt, protecting health gains.
Scientists propose a five-point checklist to ensure nature-based carbon credits are verifiable, additional, and enforced, aiming to protect market credibility.
Business and governance leaders argue global ESG rules must be adapted to African institutional capacity to secure finance, trade access and competitiveness.
Africa secures about 25% of required climate funding, leaving a hundreds‑of‑billions annual shortfall that hinders adaptation, energy transition and resilience.
Emerging markets face rising youth labour supply amid slower growth, automation, and education mismatches, risking higher unemployment and social instability without coordinated reforms.
FSD Africa mobilised $1.7 billion (2021–2025) to deepen local capital markets, create jobs, and finance climate resilience across Africa.
IFRS finds 82% of 3,814 public companies disclosed at least one TCFD item in 2023; only 2–3% reported all 11 recommendations.
Frontier markets host 1.8 billion people but only 5% of global GDP; demographic growth risks unfulfilled potential amid investment, debt, and financial-integration challenges.
Regulators issued 192 warnings over misleading sustainability claims as the climate sector—projected to mobilise $15 trillion—faces rising enforcement that will shape capital allocation.
Analysis finds Asia's development reduced flood and storm mortality by about 40%, while flood deaths rise in Africa and heatwave mortality increases in Europe.
Dr Kola Adesina urges decisive, structured leadership—decide, institutionalise discipline and track performance—to convert decisions into sustained organisational and personal impact.
Dr Kola Adesina urges African institutions to pair board-level accountability with phased ESG implementation to secure investor confidence and sustainable capital access.
IRENA warns power systems face cascading failures from extreme weather, urging infrastructure upgrades, regulatory reform and financing to secure electrification and economic stability.
KPMG finds ESG assurance adoption rising globally but uneven, with gaps in scope, quality and governance prompting calls for stronger standards and verification.
Five communication techniques—listening, clear explanations, positive language, matched tone and three-point summaries—can reduce workplace conflict and improve organisational performance.
South Africa reviews Article 6 reforms to expand its COAS beyond removal credits, enabling avoidance credits, nature-based finance, and international carbon trading.
Nigeria's shift to compressed natural gas requires strict safety standards, inspections and enforcement to secure public trust and sustain economic, environmental and energy-security gains.
New modelling links the 2020 IMO sulphur cap to reduced ship-generated aerosol cooling, increasing solar radiation and marginally raising Great Barrier Reef heat stress.
A $3.5m rigless recompletion at Agbada‑67 doubled OML 17 gas output, stabilising eastern power generation and demonstrating scalable brownfield gains.
University of Lagos aligns research, operations and community programmes with the UN 2030 Agenda, deploying solar EVs, telemedicine and innovation-to-market initiatives advancing SDG integration.
Africa's solar expansion accelerates, raising concerns about land use, biodiversity, water and community impacts without sustainable planning.
African private capital firms report women are 44% of staff and 38% of investment professionals, yet women hold fewer senior decision-making roles.
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.
