In today’s financial architecture, a dedicated, pooled guarantee and risk-sharing facility for industrial decarbonization does not exist. There are guarantee instruments, operated by multilateral ...

Ecuador is once again at the centre of global debates on investor–State dispute settlement (ISDS). In December 2025, President Noboa signed a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with the United Arab ...

This piece was originally published on EJIL: Talk! The 53rd Session of UNCITRAL Working Group III (WGIII), held in mid-January 2026 in New York, marked another modest but revealing step in the long ...

Extreme temperatures from climate change are increasing demand for heating and cooling systems across residential, industrial, and commercial sectors around the world. HVAC companies and policymakers ...

Providing practical tools in English and French, that can be used during investment assessment processes so that meaningful participation by women can strengthen strategies around land use, food ...

Governments are increasingly being asked to develop integrated strategies for food systems, energy transitions, climate resilience, and land use. However, these strategies depend on participatory ...

The Working Group III (WGIII) process at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) to reform investor–State dispute settlement (ISDS) is about more than drafting legal text ...

Coffee production faces a growing crisis. Across major coffee-growing regions, millions of farmers and rural communities are caught in cycles of poverty, rising vulnerability from climate change, ...

When people think of climate solutions, images of solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicles usually come to mind – and for good reason. In 2022 alone, global investments in clean energy ...

ASEAN stands at the precipice of a watershed moment. The region has the opportunity to show the world how to effectively coordinate as a regional community in support of the competing priorities of ...

Southeast Asia stands at a pivotal juncture, with rapid economic growth driving soaring energy demand even as the region faces escalating climate risks. ASEAN’s net-zero commitments mark an ambitious ...