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US Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve is perhaps the most significant independent economic actor in the US. Yet it has surrendered to Trump – the Fed Board withdrew from a global network that brought together central banks to improve climate risk management.

27 Jan 2025

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The ‘rights of nature’ is an allied approach, but nature needs something with more and broader teeth, that can elicit a moral and political consensus on the need for nature conservation.

Installing_Solar_Corporate_Commitment

Instead of backtracking on net zero, companies are retracting unsubstantiated carbon neutrality claims – a positive development.

Trump_Election_Year_Drill

If policymakers and ESG proponents fail to ensure that the ESG agenda is equitable and credible – directly benefiting working class and rural communities – the credibility of ESG will deteriorate further.

6 September 2024

DP World_Maha AlQattan_CSO

19 August 2024

KL crowded street

10 July 2024

SDGs Showcased on Billboards in Times Square, New York City

14 June 2024

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2 May 2024

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19 March 2024

Indonesia Stock Exchange

11 March 2024

FIFA World Cup 2022

5 February 2024

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2 February 2024

Shanghai interchange

15 January 2024

Climate impacts on energy infrastructure

6 December 2023

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5 December 2023

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29 November 2023

Solar panels in Indonesia

9 October 2023

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20 July 2023

Banten Indonesia

3 May 2023

Singapore skyline at night

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