Global Scans · Partnerships for the Goals · Weekly Summary

In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

• [New] The Manitoba Metis Federation plans to build 30 to 35 windmills just north of Neepawa as part of the Fleury Winds project, in partnership with U.K.-based Renewable Energy Systems Limited. National Wind Watch
• [New] Cure Blindness Project and The Fred Hollows Foundation announced a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the elimination of avoidable blindness in Rwanda and Laos by 2035, while addressing cataract backlogs in additional countries. PentaVision
• [New] The U.S. government has acknowledged that utilities are not willing to take on the financial risk themselves, and a public-private partnership model is needed to kick-start the next building cycle. / USA Sprott ETFs
• [New] Anthropic emerged as one of the week's most aggressive AI infrastructure spenders, announcing a major compute partnership with SpaceX that will provide access to hundreds of megawatts of data-center capacity and massive GPU clusters. Dwealth.news
• [New] Russia and the Southern African Development Community have extended their military and technical cooperation deal until 2028, moving a long-running partnership into a new phase of implementation. OkayAfrica
• [New] A University of Texas at Austin research team funded by the National Institutes of Health and in a partnership with Bay Area biotech company Metagenomi Thereaputics has developed a smaller pair of molecular scissors for gene editing that could make site-specific delivery within the body possible. EurekAlert!
• [New] Insilico's $120 million partnership with Qilu Pharmaceutical will result in the development of cardiometabolic therapies. Deepgram
• [New] The military partnership between Mogadishu and Washington is expected to deepen as the federal government attempts to fill the security vacuum left by the phased withdrawal of traditional African Union peacekeeping forces. Essydo Politics
• [New] Namibia's plans to build a green hydrogen industry are gaining momentum, with new partnerships aimed at turning strategy into jobs and business opportunities. New Era
• [New] A partnership with the City of San Antonio and Centro San Antonio is expected to deliver 1,000 trees downtown by 2035 as part of a Trees Everywhere initiative. Deceleration
• [New] Google has signed a strategic partnership with company Commonwealth Fusion Systems, which is racing to build a donut-shaped machine called a tokamak that could eventually generate 10 million times the energy of coal or natural gas, all without greenhouse gas emissions. CNN
• [New] The Swiss confectionery giant will stage a high-energy showcase featuring the debut of KitKat Japan, its high-octane Formula 1 partnership, and an immersive, digital-first strategy designed to convert modern travelers into loyal shoppers. DFNI
• [New] The close partnership between U.S. and Japanese intelligence will only grow closer in the coming years. Washington Examiner
• [New] Fraud has become the defining threat of the digital age, and the UK Government has rightly recognised that meaningful progress in the fight against fraud requires effective partnership between states, law enforcement, regulators and the private sector. Mishcon de Reya LLP
• [New] Nvidia announced in September that it was investing $5 billion in a partnership where Intel is expected to make custom chips for Nvidia. Gizmodo
• [New] SWIFT's tokenized asset settlement experiments, conducted in partnership with more than a dozen major global banks including Citi, BNP Paribas, and Deutsche Bank, demonstrated that existing SWIFT messaging infrastructure could be used to instruct settlement across multiple blockchain networks. yellow.com
• [New] By maintaining structured channels for legitimate engagement, Arctic middle powers could reduce incentives for China to rely exclusively on Russian partnership for access to northern resources, infrastructure, and shipping routes. ArcticToday
• [New] The 20-year partnership with RAW Charging will include the development of the UK's largest destination EV charging hub at Kent's Bluewater shopping center. Property Week
• [New] Japan Airlines has announced (1) a partnership with a Japanese robotics company which it hopes will result in humanoid robots handling luggage and cargo. Yahoo Finance
• [New] New trade alliances, logistics and transport strategies, and business partnerships are rapidly developing to mitigate risks and seize new opportunities in the shifting global environment. TRC Companies
• [New] Permitted milling capacity in Utah creates a domestic US uranium processing hub that reduces dependence on conversion routes intersecting Russian and Central Asian midstream capacity, directly addressing one of the supply chain vulnerabilities that the US-EU partnership is designed to mitigate. Discovery Alert
• [New] Although the so-called no-limits partnership professed by the two has been revealed to be increasingly hollow over the past year, it remains worthwhile for policymakers to question whether closer Russia-China coordination might be able to challenge U.S. security interests in LAC. Center for Strategic and International Studies

Last updated: 18 May 2026