In this week’s ESG News Week In Review, climate ambition and regulatory recalibration moved in parallel as governments, markets, and investors adjusted to the next phase of the transition.
The EU set a binding 90% emissions-cut target for 2040 while easing parts of its sustainability and pollution reporting regime, and the ISSB softened financed-emissions requirements under IFRS S2, giving banks and asset managers reporting relief. China accelerated overseas clean tech expansion, and Uzbekistan launched its first utility-scale solar and battery project.
Carbon markets advanced on integrity and scale, with ICVCM approving Puro.earth as CCP-eligible, Verra issuing its first CCP-labelled forest credits, and major buyers backing ocean alkalinity, peatland restoration, and nature-based removals. Across energy and finance, large-scale clean power, hydrogen, fusion, and transition funds continued to gain momentum, while Abu Dhabi Finance Week reinforced the region’s growing role in global climate finance and regulation.
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