What the Blog? is an Essentials video series discussing what’s next for Sustainability, and how sustainable energy and green cities could help fight climate change. Editors Isabella Moulton and Martin Jacobsz bring you a snappy summary of articles directly from our expertly curated Sustainability Essentials Newsletters.

Our first article covering the latest sustainability news, outlines that as more governments implement climate change regulations, trillions of dollars are going towards clean energy and climate-friendly research and technologies, affecting significant portions of the global financial industry. Governments and the private sector are thus increasingly crafting policies to force the financial sector to disclose how their practices are contributing towards the climate crisis. Read our blog here.

The second article explains how the transport sector already accounts for more than a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions-- a number that will likely double by 2050 if nothing is done. To avoid this scenario, governments are thinking of ways to lower transport emissions and help achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. So what’s next in climate change news? While high-income countries have been promoting electric vehicles as the solution, how will this model apply to developing countries when as many as 50% of the population lack basic electricity for cooking or lighting? Read the article here.