26 August 2020
UN Climate Change Annual Report
UN Climate Change turned 25 in 2019. Thanks to its nearly universal membership of state Parties, it mobilizes governments and non-state actors alike to act on climate change. The climate…
Read More"CMIA helped to explain the potential for project-based mechanisms across a variety of constituencies and is a key voice driving the conversation on results-based finance and sector approaches for scaling-up emission reduction investments. We urgently need input from organisations like CMIA to operationalise Art 6 of the Paris Agreement."
Mr. Franz-Josef Schafhausen, former Director General Climate Change, European and International Affairs, Federal German Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
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24 August 2020
How the twin disasters of climate change and Covid-19 could transform our cities
The existential emergencies we face require a wholesale reimagining of how we live, work and play in urban spaces It’s often been said that we’re living through an unprecedented moment….
Read More21 August 2020
Top Scientists Just Ruled Out Best-Case Global Warming Scenarios
A new research paper narrows a key range for future heating. We ask one of the authors what it means. A major new study of the relationship between carbon dioxide…
Read More19 August 2020
COVID-19 recovery choices will shape the future climate as well as economy
While a pollution-free period hasn’t averted climate change, the recovery offers a chance for health and nature, a study reveals. A post-lockdown economic recovery plan that incorporates and emphasises climate-friendly…
Read More17 August 2020
How Kamala Harris would address climate change
California Sen. Kamala Harris on Wednesday released her plan for addressing climate change. California Sen. Kamala Harris on Wednesday released her plan for addressing climate change, calling for $10 trillion…
Read More14 August 2020
Institutional investors and ESG in incentive plans: Agnostics or believers?
Investors care about ESG, but what about linking environmental metrics to variable pay? An attempt to chart the uncharted in three observations. For some time now, environmental, social and governance…
Read More10 August 2020
KFA launches carbon credit ETF
Krane Funds Advisors has announced the launch of the KFA Global Carbon ETF (KRBN US) on NYSE Arca. The fund is sub-advised by environmental finance boutique Climate Finance Partners (CLIFI) and provides exposure to cap-and-trade carbon…
Read More07 August 2020
Preserving nature is a strategic business imperative
Sustainability is the pathway to recovery and resilience. he global phenomena of the Covid-19 pandemic is tangible evidence of how an imbalanced ecosystem can bring massive economic damage and social inequalities, putting…
Read More05 August 2020
John Kerry Backs New Carbon-Price ETF in Climate Change Fight
John Kerry is betting that Wall Street will succeed where governments failed in the fight against climate change. The former U.S. secretary of state and one-time presidential candidate is throwing…
Read More03 August 2020
The environmental movement is very white. These leaders want to change that.
People of color have long been excluded from environmental policy and conservation—creating blind spots that perpetuate inequality. As a governmental affairs coordinator for the National Audubon Society, Tykee James says he’s…
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