Risk

Global Briefing: IPCC climate impacts report embroiled in row over 'losses and damage'

Management

Global Briefing: IPCC climate impacts report embroiled in row over 'losses and damage'

clock 25 February 2022 • 9 min read
Climate security is energy security is national security

Politics

Climate security is energy security is national security

As Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine sparks chaos on the global energy markets the need for a clean tech revolution has never been clearer

clock 25 February 2022 • 3 min read
Could surging gas prices help solve the methane leak crisis?

Infrastructure

Could surging gas prices help solve the methane leak crisis?

New IEA analysis reveals methane emissions from the energy sector are 70 per cent higher than official reports, but could high gas prices finally prompt operators to tackle the problem

clock 23 February 2022 • 8 min read
'We are all connected to deforestation': £300bn of UK pensions invested in deforestation-risk firms, study finds

Investment

'We are all connected to deforestation': £300bn of UK pensions invested in deforestation-risk firms, study finds

Make My Money Matter research finds £2 of every £10 of UK savers' money is invested in businesses at high risk of driving forest destruction worldwide

clock 23 February 2022 • 2 min read
'Stranded assets and magical thinking': Could the pursuit of pipelines drain $485bn from the global economy?

Risk

'Stranded assets and magical thinking': Could the pursuit of pipelines drain $485bn from the global economy?

New research exploring the risks associated with new fossil gas infrastructure comes as separate analysis warns North Sea oil and gas extraction is set become a significant burden on UK's public finances

clock 21 February 2022 • 5 min read
'The work of the months and years to come': Johnson signals need to curb reliance on 'Putin's oil and gas'

Politics

'The work of the months and years to come': Johnson signals need to curb reliance on 'Putin's oil and gas'

British Prime Minister tells Munich Security Conference Europe must make 'full use of alternative suppliers and technology' so as to make threat of disruption to Russian gas supplies redundant

clock 21 February 2022 • 4 min read
NatWest tightens fossil fuel financing rules as it ups green lending to £17.5bn

Investment

NatWest tightens fossil fuel financing rules as it ups green lending to £17.5bn

Bank unveils 'most extensive TCFD disclosure to date' backed by plans to restrict financing to UK-based oil and gas firms

clock 21 February 2022 • 3 min read
Is this it? Are we at risk of over-estimating the neo-climate sceptics?

Politics

Is this it? Are we at risk of over-estimating the neo-climate sceptics?

It is important not to overstate the strength of arguments against climate action that have repeatedly falied to gain traction

clock 15 February 2022 • 6 min read
Do major firms 'have blinkers on' when it comes to their suppliers' green efforts?

Supply chain

Do major firms 'have blinkers on' when it comes to their suppliers' green efforts?

CDP research reveals urgent need for smaller firms in supply chains of larger firms to disclose their emissions and set robust climate targets

clock 10 February 2022 • 6 min read
'They are not inevitable': How can businesses trigger clean tech tipping points in the 2020s?

Climate change

'They are not inevitable': How can businesses trigger clean tech tipping points in the 2020s?

A new report warns time is running out to 'keep 1.5C alive' and rapid changes are needed across the economy to accelerate decarbonisation efforts – here are five key lessons for businesses striving to engineer tipping points for green goods and services...

clock 09 February 2022 • 13 min read