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World leaders place women’s empowerment and gender equality at the heart of multilateralism as UNGA80 High-level Week opens

Stuart Mitchell

2025 marks a once-in-a-generation milestone for women’s rights and gender equality: 30 years since the world committed to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 15 since the creation of UN Women, and 80 since the founding of the United Nations. Yet these milestones arrive at a time of unprecedented backlash – when hard-won gains for women and girls are under attack, at a cost measured in lives, rights and opportunities. Image President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of Namibia delivers her address at the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Thirtieth…

UNESCO welcomes major step forward for the ocean with the entry into force of the BBNJ agreement

Stuart Mitchell

Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, welcomed the recent entry into force of the BBNJ agreement, reinforcing effective ocean protection. Adopted in 2023 after almost two decades of negotiation, and now surpassing the crucial threshold of 60 ratifications, this treaty offers new hope for the high seas—vast ocean territories that cover nearly half the Earth and have long lacked enforceable safeguards. This agreement marks a historic moment in global ocean governance, paving the way for the protection and sustainable management of our planet’s largest ecosystem. UNESCO will continue to work alongside…

Tesco branches out: Broccoli from low carbon concept farm hits shelves this week

Stuart Mitchell

Broccoli from Tesco’s low carbon concept farm in Lincolnshire has hit the shelves this week, giving customers a first taste of veg grown using a variety of low carbon techniques. The farm, developed in partnership with some of Tesco’s long-standing vegetable suppliers, is exploring innovations such as low carbon fertilisers, alternative fuels, state-of-the-art cold storage, and carbon removal techniques.   Broccoli and purple sprouting broccoli have been grown using a number of different sustainable agriculture methods including cover cropping, which locks nutrients into the soil and improves drainage. The crop has…

Lovejoy Prize Awarded at Climate Week NYC

Stuart Mitchell

The second Thomas E. Lovejoy Prize was awarded last night to an exceptional leader who has led innovative approaches to advance the conservation of the Amazon rainforest. The recipient of this year’s prize is Martín von Hildebrand, an ethnologist and anthropologist with 50 years of experience defending Indigenous peoples’ rights and advancing the conservation of the rainforest. He was celebrated during a ceremony held at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Central Park Zoo during New York City’s annual Climate Week. The Thomas E. Lovejoy Prize was created to honor the legacy…

Leading Power Sector Companies Reveal Blueprint for Infrastructure Upgrade

Stuart Mitchell

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) forecasts 91% of global electricity to come from renewables by 2050, primarily from solar photovoltaics and wind energy, making large-scale renewables projects and the connection of large consumer loads a priority for the energy transition. Despite the record addition of around 582 GW of new renewable power capacity in 2024, achieving the global target of 11.2 terawatts of renewables capacity by 2030 still requires addressing major gaps. Currently, lagging infrastructure development and inefficiencies in power grids represent some of the barriers to meet electricity…