French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to abandon gas, oil and coal, and reinvest in nuclear power, but getting to net zero will require him to reverse France’s lackluster record on renewable energy too.

Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched SPHERE, the packaging sustainability framework. Developed in collaboration with 12 companies including several WBCSD members, across the packaging value chain, the new framework helps businesses choose the most sustainable option for their specific packaging need and delivery system by providing an overview of all environmental impacts and the trade-offs between them.

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today that Sir David Attenborough is the recipient of the Champions of the Earth Lifetime Achievement Award for his dedication to research, documentation, and advocacy for the protection of nature and its restoration.

Global construction and buildings materials company CEMEX, Sasol’s sustainable fuels and chemicals unit Sasol ecoFT, and renewable energy company ENERTRAG announced today they are teaming up for a project that will use captured CO2 from cement production to generate sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Governor Newsom and China’s Minister of Ecology and Environment sign Memorandum of Understanding on climate change and the environment in virtual meeting. MOU includes new focus on collaboration and strategies to achieve carbon neutrality, promote nature-based solutions, and advance climate-resilient infrastructure.

Apple today announced a first-of-its-kind carbon removal initiative — called the Restore Fund — that will make investments in forestry projects to remove carbon from the atmosphere while generating a financial return for investors.

With spiking global food and fuel prices, UN fears conflict in Ukraine dramatically worsens the economic outlook and the risk of widespread debt crises.

Canada will require banks and insurance companies to provide disclosures on their climate-related risks and exposures beginning in 2024, according to the federal government’s newly released Budget 2022. The budget also outlines over $9 billion in proposed funding to address climate change, and plans for a new green bond offering in the upcoming year.

Are we able to reimagine a world where clean air, water and food are available to all? Where economies are focused on health and well-being? Where cities are livable and people have control over their health and the health of the planet?

On April 3, BYD officially announced: “According to the company’s strategic development needs, the production of fuel vehicles will be stopped from March 2022.”