China’s Climate Pledge at the UN: A Milestone—But Still Short of What’s Needed January 30, 2025 | Tomasz Wnuk At the 2025 UN Climate Summit in New York, China made the biggest announcement of the week—and perhaps the year.President Xi Jinping unveiled the country’s long-awaited absolute emissions reduction target, marking a major shift in global climate dynamics. Beijing will aim to cut […]

When the Future of Clean Energy Depends on the Emerging World January 27, 2026 | Dessy Vautrin How solar, wind and electrification in developing economies are becoming central to global decarbonization — if the money and institutions fall into place. As the world races to cut greenhouse gas emissions, a new truth is becoming unavoidable: […]

Why a New Paradigm Is Emerging December 31, 2025 | Dessy Vautrin The world is no longer asking for better versions of existing systems. It is asking for new ones. Across climate, infrastructure, food, water, and energy, impact efforts still focus on incremental gains—efficiency tweaks, upgraded frameworks, and compliance-led sustainability. These matter, but they are […]

Where the Energy Transition Will Be Won—or Lost  December 10, 2025 | Dessy Vautrin The climate crisis will be won—or lost—on the frontlines of the energy transition. And those frontlines are not in the world’s financial capitals, but across the emerging markets of Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. These are the regions where energy demand is rising fastest, where hundreds of millions still lack reliable power, and where the investment deficit remains the most severe. […]

When Risk Models Meet Reality: Rethinking Value in a Warming World December 8, 2025 | Dessy Vautrin Across the financial sector, a quiet recalibration is underway. The models and assumptions that once defined risk are being tested by a new, physical reality — one that no spreadsheet can fully predict. According to S&P Global, there is now a 50% […]

A Paradigm Shift: Private Capital Takes the Lead in the Climate Transition November 20, 2025 | Tomasz Wnuk How the UNGA–Climate Week divide reveals a new balance of power in the climate economy. This year, New York hosted one of those moments that perfectly captured the state of our global system.On one side of Manhattan, at […]