Global Research Intelligence
Five interconnected systems. Hundreds of primary sources. One purpose — turning sustainability research into intelligence that can be acted on.
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Water & Energy Security
The nexus that powers civilisation
2.2bn
People without safe water. Solar −90% since 2010 yet 685M lack electricity.
02
Food Security
Feeding 10 billion on a warming planet
733M
Face hunger today. Climate threatens 25% yield loss by 2050.
03
Circular Economy
Designing out waste from a 100bn tonne economy
7.2%
Global circularity — falling. 100bn tonnes extracted annually.
04
Culture & Sustainability
The values that determine what we build
476M
Indigenous peoples hold millennia of ecological intelligence.
05
Sustainable Finance
Redirecting capital from what destroys to what builds
$7tn
Annual fossil fuel subsidies vs $1.8tn clean investment.
Water & Energy Security
2.2bn
Without safe drinking water
Solar fell 90% in cost since 2010. Yet 685M still lack electricity. The water-energy nexus is the defining infrastructure challenge of the century.
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Sustainable Finance
$7tn
Annual fossil fuel subsidies
Against $1.8tn in clean investment. IFRS S1 & S2 now mandatory in 40+ jurisdictions — the biggest shift in corporate reporting in a generation.
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Food Security
733M
Facing hunger in 2023
Climate change already cutting tropical yields 5–10%. The food system drives 30% of global emissions while feeding 8 billion people.
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Circular Economy
7.2%
Global circularity rate — falling
Down from 9.1% in 2018. 100 billion tonnes extracted every year. Critical minerals demand of the energy transition is adding new pressure faster than secondary supply can develop.
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Culture & Sustainability
476M
Indigenous peoples worldwide
59% of young people report high climate anxiety. Traditional knowledge holds millennia of adaptation intelligence now being integrated into IPCC assessments.
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Five Key Signals · 2025
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30%
Renewable electricity share
Solar PV additions exceeded every IEA forecast for the fifth consecutive year
The challenge shifted from cost to integration. Grid infrastructure and storage now constrain deployment more than technology or finance. China alone installed 230 GW in 2024.
02
−10%
Maize yield decline since 1980
Climate change is already reducing crop yields in tropical regions — not a future threat
Rice yields in South and Southeast Asia face collapse above a 3°C threshold. The green revolution’s varieties are not adapted to the climate they now face.
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↓7.2%
From 9.1% in 2018
Global circularity has declined — we are moving in the wrong direction
Critical minerals demand of the energy transition is adding new extractive pressure faster than secondary supply can develop. Circularity is now geopolitics.
04
59%
Young people: high climate anxiety
Climate anxiety and indigenous knowledge both enter mainstream policy — for the first time
IPCC AR6 integrates traditional ecological knowledge. The psychological dimensions of ecological loss are now recognised in mental health frameworks globally.
05
40+
Jurisdictions adopting IFRS S1/S2
Mandatory sustainability disclosure: the biggest shift in corporate reporting since Sarbanes-Oxley
Nature risk is entering balance sheets. Central banks are running biodiversity stress tests. Loss and damage finance is the newest and most contested category.
