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Q&A with experts on forest finance, JREDD+ and Brazil’s climate strategies

We Mean Business Coalition

Joanna Macrae from the UK Government, Roselyn Fosuah ADJEI from the Forest Commission of Ghana, Keith Tuffley and Carolina Gueiros from Race to Belém, Abyd Karmali from Bank of America, Jason Funk from Conservation International, Frances Seymour from Woodwell Climate Research Center, and Lorna Ritchie from The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon (..)

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The oil and gas lobby is spending big to help Trump's campaign

Corporate Knights

If a Trump victory provides the opportunity, the industry will be ready, The Washington Post reports , citing internal documents produced by the 30-member American Production and Exploration Council (APXC) and obtained by climate researchers at Fieldnotes. Why such a fuss?

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Benioff-backed software startup helps companies get smarter about climate risk

GreenBiz

"But solutions come from understanding the problem — climate intelligence is a new $40 billion market category, which seeks to provide us with answers." . And the idea is to open up the platform to banks, regulators, investors and others involved in financing projects or approving new infrastructure.

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Scotiabank's Net-Zero Research Fund Now Accepting Applications in Celebration of World Environment Day

3BL Media

Launched last year, the $10 million fund is an initiative that will advance research and leadership in support of global decarbonization as part of the Bank's Climate Commitments. Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Caribbean and Latin American academic and not-for-profit communities. Learn more here: [link].

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AB: As Climate Change Gets Hyperphysical, Investors Should Too

3BL Media

In many cases, more intel can be gained from dialogue than from data, especially when physical climate-risk reporting is still relatively new for many companies. This was the case with a large South American bank, whose most significant financial threat comes from—of all things—farming.

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S&P Acquires Largest Sustainable Bond Rating Provider Shades of Green

ESG Today

Leading credit ratings, benchmarks and analytics provider S&P Global announced today the acquisition of the largest external reviewer of sustainable bond and green financing frameworks Shades of Green from Norway-based Center for International Climate Research (CICERO).

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S&P Global Launches Climate Center of Excellence Focused on Climate, Environmental, and Nature Research

ESG Today

Key research focus areas for the new center include physical climate hazards, Earth systems tipping points, nonlinear climate impacts, probabilistic risk modeling, coupled climate and macroeconomic modeling, supply chain exposure, Scope 3 emissions, and financial impact quantification. ”