Risk

CDP: Company nature risk reporting lagging far behind climate data disclosure

Management

CDP: Company nature risk reporting lagging far behind climate data disclosure

CDP calls for more comprehensive environmental risk reporting as hundreds of organisations back ISSB’s sustainability disclosure standards

clock 04 December 2023 • 4 min read
'A regrettable form of unconscious bias': How Mia Mottley wants world leaders to tackle the self-defeating climate finance regime

Investment

'A regrettable form of unconscious bias': How Mia Mottley wants world leaders to tackle the self-defeating climate finance regime

Barbados Prime Minister argues significant reform to global financial architecture is urgently needed if developing economies are to avoid climate disaster

clock 04 December 2023 • 9 min read
'A vital first step': COP28 formally approves Loss and Damage Fund

Climate change

'A vital first step': COP28 formally approves Loss and Damage Fund

Launch of fund as an historic breakthrough in efforts to provide climate vulnerable countries with the funding they need to tackle worsening climate impacts

clock 30 November 2023 • 5 min read
'Profound threat': How the clean energy transition could blow an $8tr hole in petrostates' finances

Risk

'Profound threat': How the clean energy transition could blow an $8tr hole in petrostates' finances

With many forecasts signalling declining oil and gas demand by 2030, Carbon Tracker warns petrostates face an $8tr drop in revenues by 2040

clock 30 November 2023 • 6 min read
'Deep disconnect': Corporates accused of failing to embed climate risk into decision-making

Risk

'Deep disconnect': Corporates accused of failing to embed climate risk into decision-making

EY Climate Risk Barometer finds that while climate-related risks disclosure is improving worldwide, business leaders are failing to adjust strategies in response to worsening risks

clock 28 November 2023 • 4 min read
Study: UK food prices set to remain high as global climate impacts worsen

Risk

Study: UK food prices set to remain high as global climate impacts worsen

Climate impacts have added £361 to annual food shops since beginning of 2022, research shows

clock 27 November 2023 • 3 min read
ShareAction: Green finance targets from Europe's largest banks at risk of greenwashing

Investment

ShareAction: Green finance targets from Europe's largest banks at risk of greenwashing

ShareAction investigation on 'structural lack of transparency' across banking industry finds just one-in-five of Europe's 20 largest banks publish information on green finance target calculations

clock 22 November 2023 • 5 min read
'It's hard to see how this aligns': How the G20 provided $1.3tr of support to fossil fuels last year

Policy

'It's hard to see how this aligns': How the G20 provided $1.3tr of support to fossil fuels last year

Analysis from BNEF reveals huge scale of continued government support for fossil fuels, as calls grow for COP28 to deliver crackdown on fossil fuel production

clock 21 November 2023 • 8 min read
'Insufficient ambition and not enough action': UN warns world is on track for 3C of warming

Climate change

'Insufficient ambition and not enough action': UN warns world is on track for 3C of warming

UN's latest Emissions Gap Report warns that even if governments' decarbonisation goals are met the world is still facing around 2.5C of warming this century

clock 20 November 2023 • 5 min read
'Hot, dry and growing': Flurry of reports bolster calls for UK to ramp up climate resilience efforts

Climate change

'Hot, dry and growing': Flurry of reports bolster calls for UK to ramp up climate resilience efforts

National Trust, LSE, and Anglian Water all issue separate calls for policymakers to get a grip on worsening climate risks

clock 20 November 2023 • 4 min read