Opinion

The choice is clear: businesses can either continue expanding AI with unchecked environmental consequences, or develop responsible AI frameworks that balance innovation with climate-conscious decision-making, writes Gartner's Sarah Watt

Businesses can integrate gender equity into climate strategies to uncover hidden market opportunities and deepen climate impact by ensuring women's voices shape decisions at every stage of the value chain, writes Sana Kapadia from Heading for Change

The EU's green finance and sustainability disclosure regulations can be a key driver of long-term growth and competitiveness - their integrity must be preserved, writes Andrew Prag from the We Mean Business Coalition

The proposed two-year CBAM delay underscores the urgent need for a bridging policy instrument, writes Misato Sato from LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

Political posturing aside, it remains unlikely that efforts to embed operational, regulatory, and legal infrastructure to spur sustainable investments will be reversed, writes ION Asset Management's Steven Strange

As President Trump’s return to the White House leaves businesses navigating rapidly shifting sands, Forum for the Future's new CEO Hannah Pathak explores how foresight can help sustainability leaders address looming uncertainties

The Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary is still fighting to advance the UK's clean energy plans, writes Roger Harrabin, but he would be wise to find more space for energy storage in his vision for the grid

Last year's UN Climate Summit finalised several key elements of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement governing carbon markets, and businesses would do well to familiarise themselves with the rules, writes AECOM's Robert Spencer

The government's current approach to planning reform risks haemorrhaging public support for clean energy and net zero, writes University of Sussex energy policy professor Marie Claire Brisbois

Geopolitical headwinds, challenges, and misinformation abound, but the transition to cleaner energy and technologies worldwide will not decelerate, writes BloombergNEF's Albert Cheung