Archive

  • Climate adaptation: we must catch up decades in a few years

    01 March 2022

    The IPCC report has highlighted the urgent need for adaptation finance, says Urs Dieterich

  • Is it right to spin-off brown companies?

    25 February 2022

    Rather than spinning off brown companies, a socially responsible shareholder should instead support an in-house transition, argue Martin Fleischer and Maurizio Parenti

  • It's possible to make progress on an uncertain path to net zero

    14 February 2022

    As the number of net zero pledges grows, carbon finance can help companies show impact on a challenging road ahead, says Saskia Feast

  • 'The transition will not be smooth, or socially just'

    13 January 2022

    The shift to a net-zero economy will bring upheaval and job losses, warns Zurich's Peter Giger. Madeleine Jenkins reports

  • Sustainability disclosure requirements won't be enough

    12 January 2022

    Regulations and disclosure requirements are too easy to skirt. We need concrete plans of action which reflect the irreversible nature of the ongoing climate crisis, argue David Ko and Richard Busellato

  • Underestimating exponential growth as it relates to climate change

    03 January 2022

    Adél Drew explores whether climate risk scenarios truly reflect the trends we are seeing - and the consequences of getting it wrong

  • Coal: the beginning of the end

    14 December 2021

    The era of coal is ending - and finance can end it, argues Jacqueline Tao

  • Banking on net zero ... by 2050

    08 December 2021

    The Net Zero Banking Alliance has attracted some of the world's biggest lenders. What has been achieved so far, asks Thomas Cox

  • What is driving companies to go net zero?

    25 November 2021

    The answer is not government regulation, argues Renat Heuberger

  • Climate risk: adapt or die

    22 November 2021

    Wendy Cromwell outlines five actionable steps investors can take to mitigate risk