Environmental Issues

Whoever wins the upcoming vote will be tasked with mitigating widespread calls for systemic change, including transitioning to clean energy and enacting complex tax reforms.

The conflict and resulting oil crisis may hasten the adoption of renewables, but the strain on Western nations' budgets and ties with China will ultimately harm the greater fight against climate change.

The economic fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war is leaving more people hungry in a region already facing major droughts, political unrest and armed insurgencies.

Nuclear power could quickly boost generation capacity and lower emissions. Restarting the country's reactors, however, won't be easy.

If he wins, Macron will focus his second term on increasing state intervention in the French economy and making the EU more self-reliant.

President Tshisekedi's push to renegotiate the contracts inked by his predecessor is unlikely to make the Central African country's mining sector any less volatile.

The outgoing president's left-wing successor and the delegates drafting Chile's new constitution will likely seek to strengthen state control over mining projects.

Pushback from national governments and EU lawmakers over what energy sources and activities should be considered “sustainable” could delay the list’s ratification.

The pact could be the first of many that help Arab states prepare for a hotter and drier future by fusing Isreal’s technological expertise with the UAE’s wealth.