Climate change stories

Acronis' 2025 ESG report touts responsible AI rollout, a 40% emissions cut across Scopes 1-3, and expanded partner and community programmes.

As data demand soars, data centres race to cut carbon, water use and waste, redefining digital growth through sustainability by design.

From fire-ravaged British Columbia to NATO defence, FireSwarm is betting ultra-heavy drone swarms can transform fires and frontline rescues.

AI's insatiable power demands risk a global energy crunch, forcing business and governments to reinvent how data centres go green.

Schneider Electric ends its 2021-2025 Sustainability Impact plan with an 8.86 score after beating targets on emissions and energy access.

GSMA launches global Green Transition fund, offering GBP £100,000-£200,000 grants for mobile-led clean energy and circular device projects.

TELUS lights up a 125km subsea fibre cable under the St Lawrence, boosting North Shore resilience with a CAD $20m backup link.

Ontario announces applications for commercial CO₂ storage, targeting cuts of up to seven million tonnes a year and saving industry $1 billion.

Canada marks International Development Week 2026 by spotlighting how trusted identity and high-quality data can unlock truly global partnerships.

Cloudflare reports government-ordered internet shutdowns plunged in late 2025, even as cable damage, storms and war kept outages high.

Schneider Electric tops 2025 global ESG rankings with best-in-class scores from World Benchmarking Alliance, EcoVadis, CDP and MSCI.

Canon retains EcoVadis Platinum status with an improved score of 89/100, keeping it among the top 1% of sustainability-rated firms.

Canada must treat data centres as core infrastructure in 2026 to turn AI strategy into secure, low‑carbon growth for communities.

Canada opens intake for sovereign AI data centres over 100MW, aiming to boost compute capacity, Indigenous equity and green power use.

AFRY's 'GPS for net-zero' power model BID3 grows users by 25% and wins a major ESG award as energy planners seek cleaner grids.

Microsoft tops rivals for weaving nature restoration into European data centres, but report warns sector lags as AI power demand surges.

Cloudflare says it now blocks nearly 10 billion cyber attacks a month on elections, media and NGOs, amid rising AI and security threats.

Energy efficiency in buildings has surged to the top of global infrastructure agendas as organisations chase decarbonisation and lower costs.

In 2026, AI and automation face a shakeout as pilots give way to hard ROI demands, exposing skills gaps and flawed processes at scale.

Solera launches a global circularity consortium to unite insurers and mobility players on shared decarbonisation and circular economy goals.