Climate Change The New Economy
Climate Change, Environment
Around two dozen new signatories, from a variety of sectors including energy, finance, education, architecture, events and technology, have recently joined the Climate Neutral Now initiative of UN Climate Change, eager to play their part in decarbonizing the economy and helping the world to reach zero net greenhouse emissions. Climate Neutral Now participants
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The tell-tale physical signs of climate change such as increasing land and ocean heat, accelerating sea level rise and melting ice are highlighted in a new report compiled by the World Meteorological Organization and an extensive network of partners. It documents impacts of weather and climate events on socio-economic development,
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In an address to the mainly young audience at the College of Europe, Warsaw Campus, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, Patricia Espinosa, called for a truly collective response to climate change, which she described as the main struggle of the present generation, and a struggle that affects all future generations. Ms. Espinosa said the optimism
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The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has announced that it has officially reached more than 1,000 supporters globally for its recommendations, signifying a major shift among market participants in acknowledging that climate change presents a financial risk. Together, the private sector organizations that are supporters have a market
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One hundred and five cities around the world including Mexico City, Cape Town, Los Angeles, Iskandar and Leicester have been named on CDP’s Cities A List for their transparency and action on climate change. Designed to push cities to ramp up their climate action and ambition, CDP’s scoring and A List is based
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As heads of states and governments, business leaders and civil society from across the world gathered in Davos for the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting at the end of January, sustainability - including climate emergency - topped the agenda like never before. An urgent wake-up call, climate activist Greta Thunberg’s
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The UN Human Rights Committee has issued its first ruling on a request for asylum from the effects of climate change. The request came from a Kiribati citizen who had taken refuge in New Zealand, but in 2015 his asylum application was denied and he was deported to Kiribati. The Human Rights
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The Church of England’s three National Investing Bodies (NIBS) representing over £12 billion in assets under management, have joined the United Nations-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance. Now 18-strong, the new membership has collective assets under management of over US$4.3 trillion. The Alliance has finalized its objectives for 2020. It will focus
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Nigel Topping has been appointed by the UK Government as its High Level Climate Action Champion ahead of UN climate talks, COP26. Mr Topping will help drive action from businesses, investors, organisations, cities, and regions on climate change and coordinate this work with governments and parties to the United Nations Framework
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The European Union is committed to becoming the first climate-neutral bloc in the world by 2050. This requires significant investment from both the EU and the national public sector, as well as the private sector. The European Green Deal's Investment Plan - the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan - presented today
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