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US DoE muddies the ClimateCrisis waters with report downplaying the emissions problem

Ben Aris in Berlin August 2, 2025

As part of the Trump administration’s attempts to take the Climate Crisis off the agenda, the US Department of Energy has released a report downplaying the impact of fossil fuels on global warming.

South Africa reduces policy rate to 7% from 7.25%

bna Johannesburg bureau August 1, 2025

South Africa's central bank has cut the country's key interest rate by 25 basis points to 7%.

IMF corrects growth forecast upwards – Statista

Katharina Buchholz for Statista July 31, 2025

Despite uncertain market conditions amid the Trump administration's tariff regime and major global conflicts, the International Monetary Fund has upped its global economic growth forecasts for 2025 and 2026 slightly, Statista reported on July 30.

Trump to kill US Climate Crisis commitment by gutting the EPA of its powers

Ben Aris in Berlin July 29, 2025

The Trump administration will end any pretence of trying to fight the accelerating Climate Crisis with a plan to gut the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of its authority and end its core programmes to reduce emissions.

IPCC releases dire sixth climate update in run-up to COP30

Ben Aris in Berlin July 25, 2025

“Any further delay in global action to slow climate change and adapt to its impacts will miss a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all”.

USAID funding cuts have disrupted crucial Demographic and Health Surveys in 23 countries, says OWID

bne IntelliNews July 25, 2025

Demographic and Health Surveys that provided crucial data on health, mortality and development in many lower- and middle-income countries were funded by USAID, but are no more.

ICJ declares healthy environment is a human right in landmark climate ruling

Ben Aris in Berlin July 24, 2025

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued a historic advisory opinion recognising a clean and sustainable environment as a human right, declaring that states which fail to curb emissions may be in violation of international law.

Earth overshoot day is already long past – Statista

Felix Richter of Statistia July 24, 2025

July 24 marks this year's Earth Overshoot Day, the day that humanity’s demand for ecological resources exceeds the resources Earth can regenerate within that year, Statista reports. That day has already long passed.

Brazil to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at ICJ

bne IntelliNews July 23, 2025

Brazil is set to formally join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, in a move likely to ratchet up international legal pressure on Tel Aviv over the Gaza conflict.

World has less than three years to avert worst climate impacts, scientists warn

bne IntelliNews July 22, 2025

A new global climate report warns that the world is on the brink of irreversible damage. The findings come amid sluggish international action ahead of COP30.

COMMENT: Can BRICS deliver beyond the rhetoric? experts weigh in

Ricardo Martins in Utrecht July 22, 2025

BRICS has evolved from an emerging economies club into a coalition Trump sees as threatening enough to warrant tariffs. Experts reveal tensions between China's dominance and multipolar goals, with institutional gaps but growing Global South support.

Fitch upgrades Trump’s effective tariff rate to 19.4%

bne IntelliNews July 18, 2025

President Donald Trump’s evolving trade policy is set to sharply increase the United States’ effective tariff rate (ETR), with Fitch Ratings warning of substantial rises as new duties take effect on August 1.

Geopolitics is weighing on FDI, capital chasing certainty over scale – study

bne IntelliNews July 18, 2025

The world is living through turbulent times, but investors are still chasing returns which has affected the flows of international foreign direct investment.

IMF: The debate over falling fertility

Michael Kuhn is director of the Economic Frontiers Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Klaus Prettner is a professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business., David E Bloom is a professor of economics and demography at Harvard University’s TH Chan School of Public Health., Ravi Sadhu is a research assistant at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health July 16, 2025

A decline in global population later this century may threaten human progress, or it may lead to better lives.

COMMENT: Bogotá summit marks Global South’s legal break with the West over Gaza

Marco Cacciati July 15, 2025

At the Bogotá summit, the Global South takes charge – no longer waiting for Western permission to enforce international law. From South Africa’s ICJ case to Colombia cutting ties with Israel, countries are defying US pressure over Gaza.

UNFPA survey reveals why millions can’t have the families they dream of

bne IntelliNews July 15, 2025

A growing global crisis in reproductive agency – not overpopulation or declining birth rates – is one of the most urgent demographic challenges of our time, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said.

Melting icecaps will cause more and bigger volcanic eruptions, study shows

bne IntelliNews July 13, 2025

As the weight of melting ice is lifted off volcanos, eruptions will become more common and more violent, according to a new study of volcanos in Chile’s Patagonia region.

Tipping Point: when populations peak – Statista

Felix Richter of Statistia July 13, 2025

As July 11 marks World Population Day, celebrating the approximate date that the world's population reached 5bn in 1987, we're taking a closer at one of the population trends that will affect many countries sooner or later in the 21st Century.

Global warming may create a "permanent El Nino", changing the world's weather patterns

Ben Aris in Berlin July 11, 2025

Scientists are warning that global warming is disrupting the natural rhythm of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), potentially creating the conditions for a “permanent El Niño”-like climate state, with significant weather consequences.

Global sea temperatures reach 21°C to set new all-time record high in June

bne IntelliNews July 9, 2025

According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, the global average sea surface temperature reached 20.96°C in June, the highest for the month since records began.

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