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Pension funds, managing over USD 73 trillion globally, face systemic risks from climate change that could reduce returns by 33% by 2050. While 200 major funds have begun divesting from fossil fuels to fulfill fiduciary duties, third-party asset managers often maintain carbon-intensive investments. This misalignment has led pension funds to withdraw over USD 100 billion from managers including BlackRock and State Street.

The document analyzes the strategies used by agribusiness to delay climate action, focusing on the 24th World Meat Congress and COP30. It identifies key industry narratives—such as the claim that meat is sustainable, essential for health, and that the industry is simply meeting inevitable demand—as tools to distract from the need for dietary shifts and methane reductions. The report highlights the role of industry-funded media, like the film 'World Without Cows', and the influence of agribusiness on the FAO and US dietary guidelines to maintain 'meat primacy' and avoid systemic reform.

Climate Strategies' 2026-2029 strategy focuses on accelerating the science-policy nexus to deliver inclusive and effective climate action. The organisation operates as a neutral knowledge broker, connecting a network of over 120 members with policymakers to address systemic gaps in climate finance, adaptation, and fossil fuel phase-out. Its strategic framework is built around five impact areas: Prosperity Post Fossil Fuels, Nature and Resilient Food Systems, Global Majority-Powered Change, Equitable Carbon & Climate Innovation, and Building Evidence-Based Climate Narratives. The strategy emphasises the need for Just Transitions, the inclusion of Global Majority perspectives in policy recommendations, and the use of evidence-based narratives to counter climate obstruction and misinformation.

The report finds that textual GenAI misinformation is increasingly perceived as credible over time, while visual GenAI misinformation, such as deepfakes, shows a decline in perceived credibility. Preventive corrective information and content labeling are identified as effective countermeasures, though their impact varies by context.

The report finds that text-based generative AI misinformation currently poses a greater persuasive risk than visual misinformation. It identifies preventive corrective information as the most consistently effective intervention to reduce the perceived credibility of such content, while noting that content labeling is promising but highly dependent on consistent design and implementation. The authors highlight a critical evidence gap, as current research is heavily concentrated in English-language and high-income countries.

The document analyzes the impact of generative AI misinformation, finding that textual misinformation currently poses a higher persuasion risk than visual misinformation. It highlights a significant global data gap, as research is heavily concentrated in high-income, English-speaking countries. Among countermeasures, preventive corrective information is identified as the most consistent intervention for reducing perceived credibility, while content labeling is effective only when applied consistently and with rigorous design.

The report finds that generative AI-produced textual misinformation currently poses a higher persuasion risk than visual misinformation. It identifies preventive corrective information as the most consistently effective intervention for reducing the perceived credibility of such content, while content labeling shows promising but inconsistent results depending on design. The analysis highlights a significant global evidence gap, as most research is concentrated in high-income, English-speaking countries.

The report analyzes 60 effect estimates from 24 peer-reviewed studies (33,801 participants) published between 2018 and 2025 to evaluate generative AI (GenAI) misinformation. It finds that GenAI-generated text currently poses a higher risk of persuasive impact than visual misinformation. The most consistently effective countermeasure is the preemptive provision of corrective information, while content labeling shows variable effectiveness depending on design and application. The authors highlight a significant global knowledge gap, as research is heavily concentrated in English-speaking, high-income countries.

The report finds that text-based generative AI misinformation poses a higher persuasive risk than visual misinformation. It identifies a significant knowledge gap due to research focusing primarily on high-income, English-speaking countries. Among countermeasures, preemptive corrective information is the most consistent and effective intervention, while content labeling shows promising but inconsistent results depending on design and application.

The report assesses Algeria's development trajectory to 2040, identifying governance and the resulting economic policy framework as the primary drivers of the country's challenges. It utilizes the International Futures modelling platform to contrast a 'Current Path' forecast with a prospective 'Algerian Dream' scenario characterized by a democratic government and equitable prosperity. For comparative analysis, the report benchmarks Algeria against other lower middle-income economies in Africa and global upper middle-income groups.

The GreenLeft-Labour alliance saw a decline in support in the October 2025 Dutch elections, falling to the fourth largest political force after losing 3 per cent of the vote and five seats compared to 2023. The analysis attributes this failure to a poorly managed campaign and the surge of the social-liberal D66, which successfully appealed to university-educated voters. Despite the loss, the alliance consolidated support among left-wing progressives, though it failed to recover the Labour Party's traditional working-class base. The two parties are now preparing for a full merger in 2026.

The report argues that high electricity prices, often inflated by policy-related levies, make heat pumps less cost-competitive than gas boilers despite their superior efficiency. It analyzes various policy levers—such as removing levies, reducing VAT, or implementing innovative tariffs—to lower the electricity-to-gas price ratio, which the European Heat Pump Association suggests should be no higher than 2 for competitiveness. The analysis highlights that the Netherlands, with the lowest price ratio (1.4), has significantly higher heat pump sales than countries like Germany, Poland, or Hungary, where ratios exceed 3.

The report evaluates the climate transition of 594 OECD pension funds using Net Zero Finance Tracker data. While target-setting is improving, significant exposure to expansionist fossil fuel companies remains. The analysis finds that funds with formal climate targets and transition plans hold higher shares of clean energy and that robust regulatory frameworks in countries like the UK, Denmark, and the Netherlands correlate with stronger climate action.

Ten years after its 2015 adoption, the Paris Agreement has shifted the projected global warming trajectory from 4.8 degrees C to between 2.3 and 2.9 degrees C, though it remains off track for the 1.5 degrees C goal. While clean technology growth has exceeded expectations—with electric vehicles now comprising a fifth of auto sales and solar and wind electricity generation tripling—current nationally determined contributions (NDCs) would deliver less than 14% of the emissions reductions needed by 2035. The author argues that the next decade requires a total economic transformation, a more aggressive approach to phasing out fossil fuels, and a remodeled multilateral process where COP decisions are not subject to a veto by a few nations. Key priorities include supporting the green transitions of large middle-income countries, which account for 60% of global emissions, and integrating climate commitments into national economic policies.

The report identifies Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, and China as the fastest adopters of electric vehicles by sales share. It highlights China's dominance in both total volume (11.3 million sales in 2024) and market share (48%), while noting Norway's lead in share (92%). The analysis emphasizes that rapid uptake is driven by government incentives, investment in charging infrastructure, and the availability of affordable models. It also notes a trend of 'leapfrogging' in developing nations like Ethiopia, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, fueled by affordable Chinese imports.

The COP30 summit in Belém concluded with the "Mutirão global" agreement, which maintained negotiations but postponed key decisions on fossil fuels and adaptation finance. While the summit saw record indigenous participation and significant funding commitments for tropical forests and energy infrastructure, it failed to establish a clear mechanism to limit warming to 1.5°C and lacked a process for reviewing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The document urges reporters to translate these diplomatic results into human-centric stories focusing on vulnerable communities and territorial rights.

The report finds that the EU is not on track to meet its 2030 interconnection targets, with 80% of the power system expected to miss the goal. To reach an optimal grid by 2040, Europe needs to nearly double its interconnection capacity, adding 151 GW. This expansion requires an estimated €150 billion in investment, leaving a €30 billion public funding gap in the proposed 2028-2034 Connecting Europe Facility for Energy (CEF-E) budget.

The paper examines how Green parties in Europe use cultural policy to combat far-right narratives and promote core values. It highlights specific initiatives: Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) to reduce precarity, Luxembourg's Kulturentwécklungsplang (KEP) to strengthen the legal and social status of artists, and Latvia's use of culture as 'social glue' for cohesion amid security threats. The author argues for a future green cultural policy that localises funding, integrates culture into the just transition of post-industrial areas, and establishes a clear stance on copyright and AI to protect creative autonomy.

The report provides an extensive archive of advertisements from ExxonMobil, BP, Shell, and Chevron, organized into appendices that highlight deceptive themes such as overstating greenhouse gas reductions, exaggerating renewable energy commitments, shifting responsibility to consumers, and promoting natural gas, carbon capture, hydrogen, and algae biofuels as viable climate solutions.

The report finds that while OECD pension funds have significantly increased their climate target-setting and risk management since 2020, their portfolios remain heavily exposed to fossil fuel expansion. Pension funds often outperform other financial institutions in areas like policy engagement and emissions disclosure once climate goals are embedded in their governance. The analysis highlights that robust regulatory frameworks in countries like the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK drive higher adoption of targets, and suggests that the relationship between asset owners and asset managers is a critical lever for driving decarbonization.