MATCH Act

Paulette Chapman and Jelahn Stewart argue that while Congress has moved to fill Washington DC's judicial vacancies, it has not matched that action with adequate funding for the District's courts. Writing in TheDCLine.org, the two call on lawmakers to back judicial appointments with the resources courts need to function, framing funding as the necessary next step after the vacancies were addressed.

The European Policy Centre argues the EU's Ocean Act will only carry credibility internationally if the bloc delivers on ocean protection within its own waters. The commentary links the EU's ambition to lead global ocean governance to its domestic performance on marine conservation, shipping and blue-economy regulation.

The Climate and Clean Air Coalition has released a report titled 'State of Super Pollutant Abatement Finance', assessing how much funding is going toward cutting short-lived climate pollutants such as methane and black carbon. The publication highlights the gap between current financing and what is needed to curb these fast-acting emissions.