Call comes as G7 finance minsters reportedly prepare to announce commitments to beef-up climate risk disclosures
Cement, steel, chemicals, capital goods, tech, and consumer sectors are all set to face fresh scrutiny from a new think tank launched by leading figures from CDP, Carbon Tracker, and Planet Tracker
Executive order also directs White House to identify public and private financing needed to reach net zero in the US by 2050
Up to 400 million people could be living in cities with no plan to combat growing threat from floods, storms and heatwaves by 2030, CDP finds
First ever analysis of financed emissions of global asset managers, owners, insurers and banks from CDP reveals financial players are systematically underestimating their exposure to climate risk
Insurance giant's stress test of 48 major economies finds climate impacts are on course to make world trillions of dollars poorer
All the top green business news from around the world this week, including China coal fleet concerns, ultra-white paint and Brazil's rainforest funding demands
UK workplace pension schemes watchdog plans to issue guidance to help industry meet stricter climate risk disclosure rules coming into force later this year
Despite growing focus on risk disclosure and green investing, few central banks have taken concrete actions to cut off support for fossil fuels, Positive Money claims
Government sets out proposals to make TCFD disclosures mandatory for large publicly quoted companies, large private companies, and LLPs