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Guest Post: Climate Risks To Financial Performance Are Hugely Under-estimated

ESG Today

By: Emma Cutler, Senior Analyst, Verdantix News of climate change- and El Nino-driven drought slowing traffic in the Panama Canal hit headlines last week. Where the news will likely never appear, however, is firms’ own reporting, even for those that experience significant losses, at least not as a climate-related loss.

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COP27: A Breakthrough for People and Planet

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: The 27th United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties (COP), which took place this November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, marked a significant milestone in developing action against climate change. Climate change inequality, contributors and sufferers, has been a key agenda item at COP for many years.

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CDP to Integrate IFRS’ Climate Disclosure Standard

ESG Today

Climate research provider and environmental disclosure platform CDP and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) of the IFRS Foundation announced today that CDP will incorporate the IFRS’ new climate-related disclosure standard into its environmental disclosure platform.

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Janet Yellen on financing a sustainable future

GreenBiz

I first started working on climate change in the 1990s, advising President Clinton as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in the run-up to the 1997 Kyoto Conference of Parties. We understood that the potential cost of climate change was significant. . Yellen’s to the Institute of International Finance.

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CDP Adds Reporting on Plastic-Related Impact and Risks to Disclosure System

ESG Today

Climate research provider and environmental disclosure platform CDP announced the launch of the ability for companies to report on plastic-related impacts, following demand from investors for more information on companies’ plastic-related risk and exposure.

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