Trapped at home: Climate stress is more likely to immobilise the poor than to move them

Climate-driven displacement is widely expected to push millions across international borders. Drawing on monthly bilateral flows for 127 developing-country origins, this column finds the reverse:

World Governments Summit highlights AI’s transformative role in government-led climate action

The report comes at a pivotal time, as countries grapple with rising global temperatures and increasingly complex environmental challenges. The World Governments Summit Organisation, in

From words to deeds: Incorporating climate risks into sovereign credit ratings

Climate-related risks are increasingly recognised as an important threat to long-term fiscal sustainability. This column studies the extent to which credit rating agencies integrate these

Hacking the heat: How data innovations can help cities face a rising threat

In Paris, authorities closed more than 1,000 schools — and the summit of the Eiffel Tower — during last month’s heatwave. In Eastern China, the power grid