climate economics

Carbon Tracker: Financial firms' 'flawed' climate models putting millions of pensions at risk

Investment

Carbon Tracker: Financial firms' 'flawed' climate models putting millions of pensions at risk

Financial institutions relying on economic research that ignores critical scientific evidence about the financial risks from climate change, think tank warns

clock 27 July 2023 • 5 min read
Study warns economic impacts of climate change 'far larger' than previously thought

Climate change

Study warns economic impacts of climate change 'far larger' than previously thought

A new study by the University of California explores how economic projections routinely under-estimate impact of worsening climate impacts

clock 15 August 2022 • 3 min read

Policy

Making markets work for the natural world

'Junglenomics' author Simon Lamb makes a bold pitch for a brand-new form of ecology-inspired, neo-Keynesian macro-economics

clock 07 October 2019 • 5 min read

Risk

Study: Climate change to hit all economies if Paris Agreement crumbles

New study from the University of Cambridge suggests seven per cent of global GDP could be wiped out by 2100 under business-as-usual carbon emissions scenario

clock 21 August 2019 • 2 min read

Management

SDG8: Decent work and economic growth

All our coverage on SDG8 and the target for sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

clock 24 June 2019 • 1 min read

Work

SDG8: Getting to work on a brighter future for people and planet

From office diversity to low-carbon skills, SDG8 suggests a change is coming to the way the world works

clock 13 June 2019 • 19 min read

Policy

Economics Nobel goes to inventor of models used in UN 1.5C report

William Nordhaus originated the idea of a 2C global warming limit but last year cast doubt on our ability to reach it - He shares the prize with Paul Romer

clock 08 October 2018 • 2 min read