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How climate risk disclosure became a battleground for the clean economy

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But the lack of common standards and real accountability has created uncertainty and enabled greenwashing. Mandatory climate-risk disclosure is short on cheerleaders. Opponents see it as red tape and a constraint on competitiveness, while many climate campaigners say its the bare minimum.

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From 'climate quitting' to 'global boiling,' 10 terms that defined 2023

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Then, September broke its previous monthly heat record by half a degree Celsius — a margin so stunning that Zeke Hausfather, a climate scientist, declared it “ absolutely gobsmackingly bananas.” Thanks to El Niño and climate change, it’s easy to make one reliable prediction for 2024: Global temperatures are likely to be even hotter.

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The war of words over climate change

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While outright climate denialism is waning as the direct evidence of global warming mounts around the world, new and more pernicious forms of denial are gaining ground. And yet, climate concerns far from defined those votes, suggesting that the magnitude of the problem still eludes us.