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Corporate Sustainability · Ethical Governance
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The EU wants to buy homegrown clean tech. Manufacturers say it may be too late.
The European Commission plans to rework public procurement to favor clean-tech producers from the bloc, but solar bosses say they need help now — before more factories disappear
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Sustainable Finance · ESG
As climate risks grow, countries face mounting financial risks from fragile infrastructure
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Carbon Capture & Storage · Carbon
Europe’s largest carbon capture project begins, storing 800,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually
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Social Responsibility · Public Governance
Americans without college degrees are having one of the best job markets in years
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AI · Public Governance
UN rights chief warns how AI could pose ‘existential risk to humanity’
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Public Governance · Social Responsibility
Canada braces for prolonged trade war as counter-tariffs on US take effect
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Public Governance · Social Responsibility
Germany’s far-right AfD scores its biggest win
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Climate Change · Effects
June 2026 broke heat records across Europe and oceans, EU climate data reveals
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AI · Public Governance
These teachers fight AI cheating with classes that force students to show they are learning
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Nature · Sustainable Finance
UN’s landmark nature restoration fund fails to raise almost any money
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Sustainable Investment · Nature
UK commits $541M loan to Brazil Forest Fund
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How ‘solar bonds’ could cut your energy bills without upfront installation costs
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Sustainable Business · Corporate Governance
Singapore host over 700 sustainability leaders to move business from promise to performance
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Corporate Sustainability · Ethical Governance
California confirms series of reliefs to ease first year of climate reporting for companies
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Aviation · Net Zero
How airports are growing without blowing their climate goals
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Climate Change · Effects
France records ‘hottest summer ever’ in 2026
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Sustainable Investment · AI
US investors engage with heavy AI users on climate impacts
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Public Governance · Oil & Gas
Argentine leader threatens to sanction oil firms and reiterates Falklands claim
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Nuclear · Power & Utilities
How climate change threatens Europe’s nuclear renaissance
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Oil & Gas · Energy
US oil giant Chevron confirms it will expand operations in Venezuela
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AI · Public Governance
New York City imposes year-long AI ban for younger students
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Corporate Sustainability · Net Zero
16 States warn Big 4 accounting firms over “pushing climate-related disclosures”
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Climate Change · Effects
World set to breach 1.5C climate limit as UN urges rapid reversal
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Corporate Governance · Ethical Governance
Founder of private-company investment firm charged with defrauding investors
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AI · Corporate Governance
AI boom is testing tech firms’ climate pledges
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Sustainable Finance · Ethical Governance
UNDP to issue guidance for investors on due diligence in conflict zones
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Fashion · Carbon
EU’s green fashion rules face test as global emissions rise 6.3%
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Effects · Climate Change
The world is certain to overshoot a critical climate threshold, U.N. warns
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Electric Vehicles · Mobility Tech
The Range Rover electric has finally arrived
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Carbon Removal · Carbon
U.S. Bank makes carbon removal debut with Minnesota landfill deal
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ESG · Sustainable Finance
SEC moves to rescind US shareholder proposal rules
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Battery · Power Grid
The US built more grid batteries last quarter than ever before
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Carbon Capture & Storage · Carbon
Japan's JFE Engineering to use Nobel-winning material for carbon capture
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Energy Transition · Energy
India’s power demand is surging, but some solar energy is going to waste
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AI · Green Tech
OpenAI is about to release its first AI model with ‘critical’ cyber abilities
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Public Governance · Sustainable Finance
Federal Judge strikes down New York’s climate change Superfund Law
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Sustainable Finance · Public Governance
UN climate fund wants Asia to step up support after US withdrawal
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Water · Climate Change
Scientists attached transmitters to narwhals in the Arctic. The data they brought back was alarming
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Hydropower · Renewables
Nepal floods expose risks to hydropower in a warming Himalayas
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Corporate Governance · Sustainable Finance
A hedge-fund titan’s divorce is utting Wall Street’s Staggering Wealth on Public View
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Climate Change · Water
Scientists attached transmitters to narwhals in the Arctic. The data they brought back was alarming
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Effects · Climate Change
A series of heatwaves leads Britain to record its hottest summer
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Energy
Who are the economic winners and losers of the US-Israel war on Iran?
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Carbon
How measuring impact can unlock investment in industrial clusters
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Energy
EU climate chief warns China dependence will make EU’s green transition more costly
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Energy
Trump announces ‘biggest oil deal in world history’ with Venezuela
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Carbon
US Army aims to capture energy from “the environment”
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Green Tech
Trying to get away from gas turbines, data centers place their hopes on SMRs
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Sustainable Finance
Solar may remain king, but India’s next renewable boom could be in batteries and transmission
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