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- Climate & Nature
Critical Mineral Mining Inflicts Water and Health Costs on Global South Communities
A United Nations University report warns that meeting global climate targets will require a nine-fold increase in lithium demand and a doubling of cobalt and nickel demand by 2040, with extraction con…
- Climate & Nature
Adani Green Plans 15 GWh Annual Battery Storage Deployment From Next Year
Adani Green Energy has announced plans to deploy more than 10 GWh of battery energy storage in the current financial year and approximately 15 GWh or more annually from the following year, sustained f…
- Climate & Nature
Utrecht Researcher Models Bering Strait Dam as Potential AMOC Stabilisation Option
A PhD researcher at Utrecht University has used climate models to test whether closing the Bering Strait with a dam could stabilise the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, finding that in som…
- Climate & Nature
IBM Makes Envizi Emissions API Generally Available for GHG Calculations
IBM has announced the general availability of the IBM Envizi Emissions API, enabling companies to embed GHG Protocol-aligned greenhouse gas emissions calculations directly into their existing software…
- Sustainable Finance
Aviva Investors and Climate Impact Partners Launch Colombian Forest Carbon Project
Aviva Investors and Climate Impact Partners have launched the Llanos Vivos project, a large-scale afforestation and restoration initiative covering up to 13,600 hectares in Colombia's Vichada region. …
- Climate & Nature
PwC Finds 82% of Companies Maintaining or Accelerating Climate Goals
A new PwC report finds that 82% of companies are maintaining or accelerating their climate targets, challenging the narrative that corporate sustainability commitments are retreating under political p…
- Climate & Nature
India Records 256 GW Peak Demand as Heatwave Strains Cities and Workers
India's peak power demand surged to approximately 256 gigawatts on 25 April 2026 as a severe heatwave spanning the entire subcontinent pushed temperatures between 43°C and 47°C across north-central an…
- Climate & Nature
Achmea Expands Transition Plan to Cover Nature and Biodiversity Alongside Climate
Dutch insurance and financial services company Achmea has published its Climate and Nature Transition Plan 2026, setting out goals to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its operations and …
- Climate & Nature
Delaying Coal Phase-Out Could Cost South Africa $38 Billion in Health Losses
A report released on Earth Day, April 22, 2026 by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, Greenpeace Africa and GroundWork estimates that postponing the retirement of coal-fired power plants …
- Climate & Nature
Sustainserv Hosts Boston Climate Week Events on Corporate Sustainability Leadership
Global sustainability management consulting firm Sustainserv is hosting two Boston Climate Week events on May 7 and 8, 2026, focusing on corporate climate solutions and the assessment of nature-based …
- Sustainable Finance
FCA Invites ESG Ratings Providers to Pilot New Reporting Regime
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has launched an invitation for ESG ratings providers to participate in a pilot of its proposed reporting regime, aimed at testing whether planned metrics are clear, …
- Sustainable Finance
Sundarbans Community Mangrove Restoration Offers Alternative to Carbon Market Offsets
ActionAid-supported mangrove restoration in the Sundarbans is generating income for women while strengthening coastal protection against cyclones, tidal surges and erosion, offering a contrast with vo…
- Standards & Frameworks
GHG Protocol Names Tim Mohin First Chief Executive to Lead Standards Expansion
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol has appointed sustainability veteran Tim Mohin to the newly created role of Chief Executive Officer, marking a significant institutional milestone for the world's most wide…
- Climate & Nature
Schneider Electric Launches Platform to Quantify Physical Climate Risk Across 28 Hazards
Schneider Electric's SE Advisory Services has launched Resource Advisor+ for Climate Risk, a new solution designed to help companies assess and manage exposure to physical climate hazards across their…
- Regulations
India's 2020 Draft Water Policy Remains Unadopted Three Years After Submission
India's National Water Resources Council, chaired by the Prime Minister, last met in 2012 and has not convened since, leaving the Mihir Shah Committee's draft National Water Policy submitted in Octobe…
- Climate & Nature
Survey Finds Scope 3 Disclosure Rises but Data Confidence Remains Fragile
A survey of 1,034 sustainability leaders across 15 industries finds that voluntary Scope 3 disclosure has risen to 73%, up from 49% in 2024, yet nearly half of respondents report limited confidence in…
- Sustainable Finance
Amundi to Manage €3 Billion EU-Backed Green Bond Fund Targeting Emerging Markets
European asset manager Amundi will manage the Global Green Bond Initiative Fund, a new EU-launched vehicle targeting up to €3 billion to mobilise private capital through green bonds for climate and en…
- Climate & Nature
Philosopher Muni Narayana Prasad Dies Aged 87 Leaving Ecological Ethics Legacy
Muni Narayana Prasad, a philosopher, author and leader of the Narayana Gurukula in the Nilgiris who produced more than 130 books in Malayalam and English and consistently argued that ecological degrad…
- Disclosure Analytics
France's Loi de Vigilance underpins EU shift to CSDDD and CSRD
France's 2017 Loi de Vigilance has become the blueprint for the EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, now being transposed across memb…
- Climate & Nature
Extreme Weather Has Disrupted 94 Elections in 52 Countries Over Two Decades
A report by International IDEA released on 22 April 2026 documents that at least 94 elections in 52 countries have been disrupted by extreme weather events over the past two decades, with 23 elections…
- Climate & Nature
2026 El Nino Development Threatens Water Security and Food Systems Globally
An El Nino event is developing in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean in 2026, raising the risk of severe droughts across South Asia and southern Africa and destructive flooding in western South America, acc…
- Climate & Nature
India's Steel Sector Imports 90 Percent of Metallurgical Coal Needs
India's steel sector depends on imports for around 90 per cent of its metallurgical coal requirements, even as 64 per cent of upcoming steel capacity expansion — totalling 382 million tonnes per annum…
- Climate & Nature
36% of Land Vertebrate Habitats Face Multiple Extreme Weather Events by 2085
A study led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and published in Nature Ecology and Evolution projects that 36 per cent of existing land vertebrate habitats will be exposed to at leas…
- Standards & Frameworks
ISSB Chooses Practice Statement Path for Nature Disclosure Standards
The IFRS Foundation's International Sustainability Standards Board has decided to develop nature-related disclosure requirements as a non-mandatory IFRS Practice Statement rather than a standalone man…