Ginci Insights

The snowstorm that swept North America this past weekend definitely gave the cities and towns a system-wide stress test on their climate preparedness. How governments and business respond, recover and improve after such storms will determine the success of climate adaptation in the everyday functioning of critical systems and communities.

Translating climate science into decision grade insight, and insight into action, will be the theme for 2026.

As COP30 concluded in Belém, Brazil, the Amazon’s vast green canopy stood as both a symbol of hope and a warning of fragility. While delegates debated finance and policy frameworks, South and Southeast Asia are already battling catastrophic floods.

Ten years later, what's the progress of Paris Agreement and what we should be doing?

Have you ever wondered: when you’re using the newest AI tools like ChatGPT Atlas or Perplexity’s Comet, what their water footprint might be? Data centres powering generative AI now consume billions of litres of freshwater each year to stay cool — often in regions already facing droughts and rising heat. The real question isn’t how powerful AI will become — it’s whether it can evolve without draining the planet.

The global fashion system, built on creativity and speed, now stands at the intersection of climate exposure and financial scrutiny. Once an abstract ESG talking point, climate change has become a measurable risk on fashion’s balance sheets — one that no investor or insurer can ignore.

Plastic pollution is set to triple by 2060, while IPCC-aligned pathways indicate the world must remove 5 – 10 gigatonnes of CO₂ annually by mid-century to keep 1.5 °C within reach. These innovations target both crises: managing waste and enabling carbon removal. The challenge is scaling up ensuring energy efficiency and avoiding new pollutants. The opportunity is clear: reframing waste as a resource. How should businesses and policymakers accelerate these waste-to-climate sol

AI is reshaping how we understand and respond to climate risks: satellite data is being used to map methane leaks in near-real time, while next-generation models like NVIDIA ’s “Climate in a Bottle” can deliver climate simulations at higher resolution, a scale that makes city-level adaptation planning possible. These advances are powerful, but without transparency on AI’s energy and water use, the environmental footprint could outpace the benefits.

Europe was hit by heatwaves multiple times this summer. However, most cities aren't prepared. If 1.5 degrees C becomes an inevitable reality, how are we, as an individual, city or business, going to adapt to this new norm?

How climate change is squeezing coffee prices and grower livelihoods

A personal reflection on climate, insects, and resilience.

Can we trust a system we don't fully understand - especially when lives, infrastructure, and global stability are on the line?

PFAS are becoming a global environmental crisis. But the challenge is not just chemical — it is also climatological. As droughts, floods, wildfires, and extreme weather events become more frequent, the behavior and spread of PFAS is changing.

Water systems - long treated as engineering assets - are now emerging as one of the most critical stress tests of climate readiness.

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