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A heat wave in India has scorched wheat fields, reducing yields and damping expectations for exports needed to alleviate a global shortage. Two new Omicron sub lineages risk triggering a new wave of infections. NATO military exercises have started in Poland, deploying over 18,000 soldiers, seeking to deter Russian aggression. Analysis: NIMBYism in Renewable Energy and Business Risk. Analysis: Ukraine War Update: Mariupol Evacuation, Occupation Coercion, Oil Embargo

Condition Updates

A rundown of important global risk developments in markets, in business, and region by region.

Analysis: NIMBYism in Renewable Energy and Business Risk

Across the country, renewable energy projects are being threatened by NIMBY activism. These community efforts may stymy greater adoption of clean energy technologies and demonstrate the importance of buy-in from local communities.

Analysis: Ukraine War Update: Mariupol Evacuation, Occupation Coercion, Oil Embargo

US and UK intelligence are warning that Russia is advancing efforts to undermine democratically elected government in Ukraine, including dissolving local municipal governments, setting up new leaders in “liberated” territories under Russian control, and holding sham referenda in an attempt to lend a semblance of legitimacy to its campaign of subjugation using puppets and proxies. Civilians in Russia-controlled Kherson are facing new restrictions, including an Internet blackout and a plan to use Russian currency, in possible signs Moscow intends to exert long-lasting influence over the region in southern Ukraine.

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