Pressure growing for shipping and aviation to take stronger steps to curb pollution

This is not the first time that both shipping and aviation have been criticised for not playing a more effective role in address environmental concerns, mainly with respect to climate change. Henry Fountain writes in the New York Times about the pressure on those two industries to play a greater role. Well, do we blame … Continue reading Pressure growing for shipping and aviation to take stronger steps to curb pollution →

Okay, what next?

While most countries came to a global agreement on climate change at the December conference in Paris, the hard part starts now. Chris Mooney writes a good article in the Washington Post about the difficulties in knowing how to reach those targets. This is an important read for EiD followers. Those ambitious global warming … Continue reading Okay, what next? →

Women to lead way for integrating climate change in corporate decision-making

We know that the corporate world has to play an increasingly important role in ensuring the goals from the Paris climate change conference in 2015 are met or bettered. Fiona Harvey writes in The Guardian about a new initiative of the UN to encourage female executives to demand action from their companies to stave off … Continue reading Women to lead way for integrating climate change in corporate decision-making →

Latest update on climate finance

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the March update on global developments in climate finance. March 2016 Climate Finance Update: Fund Boards Meet, Carbon Markets Under the Spotlight In the Paris Agreement, agreed upon by 195 UN Member States in December 2015, countries agreed to make “finance flows consistent with a pathway … Continue reading Latest update on climate finance →

World Bank refocusing financing efforts towards the low carbon transition

International financial institutions play a key role in providing important financing to drive economic and social objectives. The funding decisions provide valuable signals to governments and other funders. Fiona Harvey writes in The Guardian about the refocus of the World Bank in its financing efforts towards tackling climate change. World Bank to spend 28% … Continue reading World Bank refocusing financing efforts towards the low carbon transition →

Addressing climate change does not lead to economic decline

There is a lot of misunderstanding of the economic effects of shifting to a low carbon economy. Coral Davenport writes in the New York Times about a recent study by the World Resources Institute that shows there is increasing evidence of the decoupling of economic growth and carbon emissions. Can Economies Rise as Emissions … Continue reading Addressing climate change does not lead to economic decline →

Companies should have to incorporate climate change risks in their financial reports

Megan Darby writes in The Guardian about a recommendation from a lead analyst that companies should be required to disclose their climate risk exposure to avoid major legal issues – and probably much more. Bloomberg climate taskforce targets financial filings Climate risk information should form part of companies’ routine financial filings, a taskforce led … Continue reading Companies should have to incorporate climate change risks in their financial reports →

The impact of climate change on our weather conditions

Every day we are discussing the relationship between our increasingly strange weather patterns and the role of climate change. Nick Butler provides a thoughtful blog in the Financial Times, reviewing a recent study from the National Academy of Sciences. Climate, weather and the politics of energy Is climate change the cause of extreme weather … Continue reading The impact of climate change on our weather conditions →

There is a way to avoid stranded assets

The low carbon energy transition is on and a recent study by Oxford academics shows that very soon any new thermal power plants will end up with a very short lifetime if we are to meet our greenhouse gas emissions targets. Pilita Clark writes in the Financial Times about the recent study. Energy companies … Continue reading There is a way to avoid stranded assets →

More arguments why improved energy efficiency needs to be seen as an infrastructure issue

Last week EiD reported on a new briefing note by E3G on energy efficiency as infrastructure. Now we have a good post by Dr. Sam Gardner of WWF Scotland in the Herald Scotland arguing that improved energy efficiency must be seen as a national infrastructure project. This is an important argument that we hope gains … Continue reading More arguments why improved energy efficiency needs to be seen as an infrastructure issue →