400 investors demand stronger leadership on climate change to help them invest
More than 400 investors, including some of the largest asset managers in the world, have said they can help address climate change, and are calling for stronger policies on the issue.
COP Blog: What investors want from Paris
Leading global investors from Europe, the US and Australasia will turn out in force to attend the climate negotiations starting this week in Paris. Stephanie Pfeifer explains what they will be pressing for.
$500m pledged for developing countries as COP21 begins
Some $500 million has been pledged by European and North American governments to support climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts in developing countries.
Fossil fuels to suffer $34trn revenue cut if warming to be kept to 2°C
The fossil fuel industry will suffer a $34 trillion drop in revenues over the next 25 years if policies are brought in following the Paris climate summit to limit global warming to 2°C above pre-industrial levels, a report has warned.
Climate finance will be 'key to Paris success'
Climate finance will be a key sticking point that could potentially determine whether the Paris climate summit will be a success.
COP Blog: Parlez-vous Californien? Lessons from California's Forest Carbon Programme
If negotiators at the Paris climate summit want to scale up investment in forestry, they could look to the West coast of the US for a positive example, says MaryKate Bullen
Politicians, business leaders propose 10-point action plan on global warming
A group of senior politicians and business leaders has called for action in ten key areas which, it believes, offer opportunities for "economically beneficial" action on climate change.
Leading insurers make progress on climate change action, says PwC
The 30 major insurers that form the ClimateWise initiative have made significant progress in responding to the threats and opportunities arising from climate change in the past year, according to PwC.
COP blog: investors raise their voices on climate change
With so much time and energy focused on COP21, stakeholders might be forgiven for thinking that Paris is the endgame.
Paris 'can provide toolkit to allow carbon markets to link'
The Paris climate summit will not realistically set up a global carbon market, but could provide a toolbox to help link regional trading systems.