Risk
'Significant momentum': Support for climate risk reporting surges, but action remains thin
Asset managers continue to provide an incomplete picture to investors about the risk posed to their investments by climate change, TCFD report warns
Why demand for consumer goods continues to drive deforestation
Voluntary industry commitments in consumer goods sector have struggled to make a dent in deforestation rates, CDP research suggests, furthering the case for regulatory action
Investors urge major US polluters to clean up lobbying activities
Climate Action 100+ investors write to 47 major US companies calling on them to ensure advocacy work aligns with the climate goals of the Paris Agreement
Agents of sustainable change: How investors expect companies to be socially aware
Our Global Investor Study 2020 reveals investor and consumer views on company responsibility for tackling climate change, writes Schroders' Vicki Owen
Met Office warns UK to prepare for more weather extremes
New projections point to record breaking heat and rainfall in the coming years posing costly challenges for health and infrastructure
PwC: Less than a third of UK banks have net zero targets in place
Major new study from consultancy giant reveals UK banks are more engaged with climate risks than ever before, but decarbonisation plans remain underpowered
Net Zero Festival: Physical climate risk - how can business make a difference?
VIDEO: McKinsey & Company's Alastair Hamilton shares insights from the management consulting giant's work on physical climate risk, and what companies can do to address these risks
BT Pension Scheme: Safeguarding our portfolios and the planet from climate change
Morten Nilsson explains why the BTPS is aiming to be net zero on carbon emissions by 2035, and how it plans to get there
Report: UK Export Finance could create 42,000 jobs if it dumps fossil fuels for clean energy
Government export finance agency's ongoing support of oil and gas projects overseas is harming the environment, tarnishing the UK’s reputation as a climate leader, and limiting its potential to create jobs, according to a new analysis published today...
'The future isn't something that just happens to us': Why 2021 marks a crucial crossroads for sustainability
Business leaders, investors and policymakers have a narrow 6-18 month window to set a path to net zero or a breakdown of the planet's biosphere, according to Forum to the Future
Adapting to 4C of global warming
Emma Howard Boyd's speech to the Committee on Climate Change's Adapting to 3C+ of global warming conference
'Deeply concerned': Accountants voice escalating environmental fears
Global survey of accountants reveals widespread disquiet at on-going failure to properly track environmental and social impacts
'Covid-19 has made risk everybody's business': Agencies urge world leaders to beef up extreme weather warning systems
UN-backed report calls on policymakers to dramatically increase funding for early warning systems that can boost nations' resilience to extreme weather events in response to rising threat from extreme storms, droughts, floods, and wildfires
Royal Mail, Tesla, Next, and Rio Tinto among hundreds of companies urged by investors to set science-based climate goals
More than 1,800 companies have been asked to set science-based climate targets thanks to a major new push from 137 global investors
ESG considerations mount at fixed income asset managers, industry survey finds
Annual survey of asset managers by Russell Investments points to increasing focus and concern over climate risk
Report: Climate risk increases cost of sovereign borrowing
New research highlights relationship between climate risk and sovereign risk, and outlines steps governments can take to avoid 'ever-worsening' spiral of climate vulnerability and unsustainable debt burdens
Stranded assets: Report warns US oil majors are lagging European rivals in clean energy transition
Latest study from Carbon Tracker shows that while US firms are particularly exposed, all oil and gas firms would face massive stranded asset risk in the event of a successful energy transition
Study: Fertiliser use threatens global climate goals as nitrous oxide emissions soar
Scientists urge reform of global food production system after study shows N2O levels - emitted largely by farming fertiliser - have soared over past two decades
How the economic fallout from climate change could reach $31tr a year
CDP publishes major new report detailing how the economic fallout from the climate crisis is only just starting to build
If the UK wants economic resilience, strong climate disclosure rules are crucial
The UK Financial Conduct Authority's climate risk reporting proposals for companies are not nearly strong enough, argues ClientEarth's Daniel Wiseman
Biodiversity recovery: Boris Johnson pledges to protect 30 per cent of UK land by 2030
Prime Minister sets out fresh nature recovery targets for UK as he joins leaders of Germany, France, Bangladesh, and Mexico in backing Leaders Pledge for Nature, a 10-point plan geared at reversing global nature loss
McDonald's and McCain offer climate resilience funding for potato farmers
Fast food giant working with McCain and Prince's Countryside Trust to help farmers improve soil health and boost resilience to climate change and Brexit
Climate campaigners launch internet tool to 'block out' fossil fuel firms
'Block Fossils Out' aims to block users from accessing websites and social media accounts belonging to firms which produce or fund coal, gas and oil
Majority of UK's biggest firms lack net zero strategies, report finds
Analysis of FTSE 100 companies finds just 16 per cent have realistic decarbonisation strategies in place, yet 45 per cent are targeting net zero emissions
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