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How climate risk disclosure became a battleground for the clean economy

Corporate Knights

Also targeted for suppression: the study of climate change the basic physical process of global warming that has been accurately understood and described since the early 19th century. Simply, the fiscal threats posed by climate change and the energy transition are emerging more and more clearly into view.

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

With more than one quarter of the global economy committed to achieving net-zero emissions over the coming decades, it follows that the shipping sector will be under increased pressure from governments and private players to clean up its act. Climate Change. Shipping & Logistics. Corporate Strategy. Sustainable Shipping.

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Don’t despair about climate change, instead put your capital where it counts

Renewable Energy World

Every major economy has an industrial zone like the Port of Rotterdam, a place where smokestacks, pipes, and tanks tell one story of climate change. Having presented the global risks from Arctic climate change to audiences at the World Economic Forum at Davos each year, Gail is worried. C of warming.

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Statement on behalf of We Mean Business Coalition ahead of COP27

We Mean Business Coalition

Amidst the escalating impacts and threats of climate change, heads of state, negotiators, climate scientists, activists and business leaders prepare to meet for COP27, taking place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Every fraction of a degree of global heating matters. C of heating. . The world can no longer wait.

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“Huge Disconnect” Between Financiers and Scientists on Climate Risk  

Chris Hall

Creon Butler, Director, Global Economy and Finance Programme at think tank Chatham House, made a similar warning of a “probable sharp adjustment” this month , saying that “financial markets did not yet reflect climate risk” despite the clear severe economic and financial consequences of climate change.

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Beware the Green Swan

Chris Hall

“The harsh reality is that emissions are continuing to rise,” says Philipponnat, adding that much of the discussion among policymakers has centred around reducing the CO2 intensity of our global economy. As these perilous climate projections unfold, one might expect an inevitable upheaval in the global economy.

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Global emissions from energy are flat. Now what ?

Edouard Stenger

There are still reasons to cheer in our fight against climate change. According to the respected International Energy Agency’s new report, global greenhouse gases emissions from energy remained flat in 2016 while the global economy grew by 3.1 Global emissions from the energy sector stood at 32.1