Global scientists launched a new programme in 2026 to track soil health using low-cost seismic technology, helping farmers improve crop productivity while protecting ecosystems and climate stability.
India is building its economic growth on cheap solar power and electrification, leapfrogging the fossil-fuel-heavy path taken by China and Western economies.
A US federal court has ruled that a decades-old rule allowing large logging projects to bypass environmental review was unlawful, restoring stronger safeguards for forests and wildlife.
Between 2015 and 2023, economies representing 92% of global GDP grew while cutting or slowing carbon emissions, showing climate progress is increasingly compatible with prosperity.
Colombia cut forest loss by a quarter in 2025, keeping deforestation on track for a fourth consecutive annual decline and signalling that long-term conservation efforts are beginning to hold.
A new generation of grid-scale “CO₂ batteries” is beginning global rollout, offering long-duration energy storage that keeps clean power flowing when the sun sets or winds drop.
Targeted protection of large predatory fish has prevented a major ecological tipping point on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, stopping runaway outbreaks of coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish.
Australia has finished erecting all 1,500 steel towers for its largest-ever transmission project, a major step toward connecting renewable energy across three states and strengthening the national grid.
Global coal exports declined in 2025 for the first time since 2020, marking a significant shift as major Asian economies reduced coal use in power generation.
Chile is set to create a new national park protecting nearly 200,000 hectares of remote coastline and forest, completing a 2,800 km wildlife corridor to the southern tip of the Americas.
