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UK government not funding natural flood prevention methods

Despite government support for measures such as planting trees to stop floods, no funds have yet been been allocated

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  • 21 November 2016
Why PepsiCo aims to repair watersheds in Latin American cities

  • Supply chain
  • 18 November 2016
US sustainable investment soars 33 per cent to $8.7tr

Report reveals significant growth in asset managers' engagement with environmental, social, and governance issues

  • Investment
  • 16 November 2016
CDP: Companies not moving fast enough to tackle $14bn bill from rising water risks

New report reveals leading blue chips are failing to adequately address water-related risks despite soaring costs

  • Risk
  • 15 November 2016
The real cost of natural disasters - and how businesses can boost their resilience

A new World Bank report estimates natural disasters cause losses of $520bn in annual consumption - BusinessGreen examines how innovative business models could help reduce disaster impacts

  • Policy
  • 14 November 2016
Lancet launches climate health impact 'countdown'

As WMO warns 2016 very likely to be hottest year on record, influential medical journal launches new initiative to track response to climate 'health crisis'

  • Risk
  • 14 November 2016
Dr Peter Bonfield: We must make flood resilience 'everywhere' business practice

BRE Group's Dr Peter Bonfield explains how businesses and households need to take property level flood resilience seriously

  • Risk
  • 10 November 2016
Water - The next commodity crisis?

EEF's Finella Elliott warns businesses could be sleepwalking into a water security challenge

  • Management
  • 09 November 2016
Are Oil and gas firms failing to disclose EV and renewables risks?

InfluenceMap report estimates fossil fuel companies could be overstating future demand for petrol

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  • 04 November 2016
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Does England need a new floods agency?

EFRA committee argues for whole new approach to flood risk, as MPs warns England's current efforts are 'fragmented, inefficient and ineffective'

  • Policy
  • 02 November 2016
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Decarbonisation is accelerating across the G20 - but is it moving fast enough?

PwC's latest Low Carbon Economy Index shows UK and China stepping up decarbonisation efforts, but ambition still needs increasing to deliver on Paris Agreement goals

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  • 01 November 2016
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Government beefs up guidance to protect businesses that are vulnerable to flood risk

New action plan and website aims to help ensure businesses and households are more resilient to flood risks

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  • 31 October 2016
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22 insurers seriously assess climate risk — does yours?

Ceres analysis reveals growing numbers of insurers are assessing climate risks effectively, but many are still failing to tackle the issue

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  • 28 October 2016
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Why lukewarmism leaves me cold

The idea so-called lukewarmism can be used to justify a slowdown in decarbonisation efforts fails to understand basic principles of risk management

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  • 27 October 2016
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Companies failing to provide investors with adequate environmental information, PwC warns

Although environmental, social and governance reporting is becoming more mainstream in the business world, firms are still failing to provide the information investors are looking for

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  • 26 October 2016
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CDP: Corporate pioneers poised to drive post-Paris climate action

Major new report shows how leading multinationals are looking to seize the opportunities presented by decarbonisation, but a rump of corporate laggards risk missing out on low carbon transition

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  • 25 October 2016
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Why our roads could be the next big victim of climate change

FM Conway's David Smith asks whether enough is being done to mitigate the effects of extreme weather events on the UK's highways

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  • 20 October 2016
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Five ways to lock in the transition to clean, resilient cities

Reports from IRENA and 100 Resilient Cities project outline key mechanisms cities can - and are - embracing to drive clean tech transition

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  • 19 October 2016
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If the government wants Heathrow expansion, why hasn't an aviation climate strategy been cleared for take-off?

The government appears willing to approve a new runway without so much as a fig leaf to cover the embarrassing space where a credible green aviation strategy should be

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  • 18 October 2016
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We need an electric vehicle revolution to cut deaths in our cities

Former Number 10 adviser Stephen Heidari-Robinson argues electric vehicles should be right at the heart of the government's new industrial strategy

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  • 18 October 2016
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Climate risk tool reveals carbon exposure of UK funds

New tool from non-profit As You Sow allows ordinary investors to better assess the climate risk profile of their portfolios

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  • 14 October 2016
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Analysts: World risks 'sleep-walking' into coal-reliant future

Pöyry projection warns drastic increase in the rate of coal plant retirements is urgently needed to meet Paris Agreement goals

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  • 13 October 2016
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Is BP putting stranded assets theory into practice with exit from Great Australian Bight?

Oil major says it is abandoning plans to drill in the remote region to focus on opportunities likely to create value in the 'near to medium term', but it sounds to some like a response to the 'carbon bubble'

  • Investment
  • 11 October 2016
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World Bank says Paris climate goals at risk from new coal schemes

Jim Yong Kim says slowing down growth in coal-fired power stations is essential in order to reduce emissions

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  • 10 October 2016
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