Climate & Sustainability
Could a Super El Niño Send Cocoa, Coffee and Sugar Prices Higher?
A potentially very strong El Niño is emerging as a major risk for global agricultural markets, threatening to disrupt rainfall, raise temperatures and expose...
Can West Africa’s Cocoa Industry Meet EU Deforestation Rules?
West Africa’s cocoa industry is struggling to comply with new European Union anti-deforestation rules, raising concerns about supply disruptions and higher costs for chocolate...
Could Global Food Supplies Withstand a “Super” El Niño?
Stronger Food System Offers Cushion Against El Niño
Near-record food inventories, advances in agricultural technology and the emergence of major exporters such as Brazil and...
COP31: What the Shamakhi Retreat Reveals About Global Climate Ambition
Amidst scorching temperatures and raging wildfires on the European continent, tropical storms and flash floods in the US, and severe drought in sub-Saharan Africa,...
Energy Shock Forces Europe to Rethink Climate Ambitions
The European Union is once again confronting a severe energy shock as the Iran war disrupts global supply routes and drives prices sharply higher....
Trump Targets Core Climate Rule in Sweeping U.S. Deregulation Push
Background
The Trump administration is preparing to repeal the Obama-era “endangerment finding,” the scientific determination that greenhouse gas emissions threaten human health and welfare. This...
Is Illegal Fishing the Climate Crime We Keep Ignoring?
Authors: Amna Hashmi and Javaria Shaikh*
For centuries, the oceans were treated as commons that can never be exhausted. From early imperial fishing fleets up...
The Commodification of Pollution: Why Carbon Emissions Trading Could Harm Indonesia
Increasing carbon emissions and the global climate crisis have transcended mere environmental concerns to become integrated with the dynamics of international trade, manifesting in...
US Firms Double Down on Climate Action as Washington Pulls Back
Ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, the U.S. federal government cooled its climate commitments but American corporations moved in the opposite direction....
The Ghost Ship of Belem: COP30 and the Unraveling of Global Climate Consensus
The city of Belém, a gateway to the sprawling Amazon, presents a perfect and painful paradox for the thirtieth Conference of the Parties. Here,...