By: Oluwaseun M Lawal For many expectant mothers in Hong Kong, summer has become more than just uncomfortable. It has quietly turned into something they never imagined could threaten their pregnancies. The heat arrives early. It stays longer. Nights no longer bring much relief. Yet inside many antenatal clinics across the city, conversations about extreme…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal In the summer of 1976, Europeans complained about the heat. Crops dried up. Rivers shrank. Records were set. It was, at the time, unforgettable. Today, that same heat would barely raise eyebrows. A new scientific analysis says the brutal heatwave now gripping large parts of Europe — smashing records from London…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal London was grey. A bit humid. But inside the packed halls of Climate Innovation Forum, the mood felt charged. Murat Kurum, Turkey’s environment minister and president-designate of COP31, stepped up with a message that was simple, almost blunt: electrify everything. And do it faster. He wasn’t speaking in abstract climate jargon….
By: Abudu Olalekan It’s been a few days since the June climate talks (SB64) wrapped up in Bonn on June 18. And the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group on Climate Change isn’t exactly happy about how it went. Not even close. They’re worried. As climate impacts pile up around the world — from brutal floods…
By: Abudu Olalekan The 64th UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies (SB64) meetings just wrapped up this past Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Bonn, Germany. And honestly? The African Group of Negotiators (AGN) are losing patience. They’re demanding real urgency. Better political commitment. And trust. Because right now, that trust is seriously fading across the multilateral climate space….
By: Abudu Olalekan Transparency isn’t the boring part of climate policy. It’s actually the part that makes everything else work. As countries gear up for their next round of climate transparency reports under the Paris Agreement, the message coming out of the 2026 June Climate Meetings in Bonn was loud and clear — the Enhanced…
