By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal New York, September 20, 2026 — The road to COP31 is not only being mapped out by governments. Business leaders are getting involved too. More than 300 senior executives are expected in New York on Tuesday, September 22, as the COP31 Business Forum holds its New York Dialogue, bringing together companies,…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal New York, September 24, 2026 — Climate plans are being made. The harder part is getting them financed and implemented. That was the message from the COP31 Presidency at New York Climate Week on Thursday, as it unveiled two major initiatives aimed at helping countries move from climate commitments to projects…
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…
