26 February 2020
49% of world’s GDP covered by net-zero targets
Just under half of the world’s annual GDP is now covered by nations, regions and cities that are legislating for a net-zero emissions target, a new study has revealed. The…
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 February 2020
Climate Change Laws of the World
Search and browse climate laws, policies and litigation cases globally. More than 1,800 climate change laws and policies from 200 countries, plus climate litigation cases from over 30 countries. Access…
Read More21 February 2020
Australia already paying economic price of climate change: RBA
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has warned Australia is already paying the economic price of climate change, while calling for more policy certainty that would allow the nation…
Read More19 February 2020
Call for Contributions to Two Key Climate Finance Reports
The Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) has opened calls for contributions and case studies in order to prepare two key technical reports related to climate finance. The findings of the…
Read More17 February 2020
Big Oil taking up mantle of climate change
Beyond Petroleum is back. That was the slogan of a BP Plc ad campaign launched in 2000 to promote its efforts in renewable energy. BP’s chief Lord John Browne famously…
Read More14 February 2020
Charging Ahead on Electric Vehicles: 2020 EV100 Progress and Insights Report
With transport now accounting for a quarter of global emissions, businesses are increasingly seizing the opportunity to lead on tackling the climate crisis by switching their vehicle fleets to electric….
Read More12 February 2020
Antarctic base records hottest temperature ever
A research base in the Antarctic has recorded the hottest temperature ever for the continent amid rising concern about global warming that has caused an increase in the melting of…
Read More10 February 2020
European Reporting Lab – Project Task Force on Climate-related Reporting
How to improve climate-related reporting: a summary of good practices from Europe and beyond. About the report The report is the output of the first project of the European Lab…
Read More07 February 2020
Space, the next frontier: spatial finance and environmental sustainability
The belief that more information leads to better insights is eroding. Today’s insights come from finding signals amid the “noise” caused by excessive amounts of information. Spatial finance whereby geospatial data…
Read More05 February 2020
The Trillion Dollar Energy Windfall
Growing fears around the threat of man-made climate change combined with the increasing attractiveness of renewable energy have led to a paradigm shift that is driving a steady transition towards…
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