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Resilience Under Fire: How Conflict, Climate Extremes, and Capital Are Rewriting Conservation and Clean Energy

Conflict, climate extremes, and capital costs are forcing conservation and clean energy to reinvent themselves around resilience. From Panama’s $20B investor–state lawsuit and a collapsed £100m Scottish restoration deal to marine heatwaves that nearly double cyclone damages and Mexico’s move to integrate storage into distributed generation, systems that expect disruption—and rebound—will define sustainable progress.

8 min read Apr 14, 2026
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Climate policy under pressure: how geopolitics, trade and infrastructure—not technology—are reshaping the transition

Across Africa, Europe and South Asia, clean‑energy progress is being reshaped less by technology and more by geopolitics, trade policy and infrastructure. China’s export rebate cuts ripple through African solar markets, Italy pauses its coal exit over gas price fears, Bangladesh’s EVs hit charging and finance walls, and global climate finance tightens—redefining what it takes to keep the transition on track.

9 min read Apr 11, 2026
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From climate shocks to clean‑energy resilience

Across Nepal, the UK and the US, electrification and distributed renewables are proving to be more than climate policy — they’re a hedge against oil and gas volatility. Record UK wind and solar avoided £1bn of gas imports in March 2026, Nepal’s EVs now make up roughly three‑quarters of new car sales, and US renewables dominated 2025 additions. Resilience is becoming the new centre of gravity for the energy transition.

8 min read Apr 3, 2026