Sentences with phrase «force on climate risk»

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The Financial Stability Board, an international body that monitors and makes recommendations about the global financial system, recently announced the appointment of experts in responsible investment, sustainable finance, risk management and climate change to head its new task force on climate - change - related disclosures.

Major storm periods and climate forcing in the Western Mediterranean during the Late Holocene Big storm events represent a major risk for populations and infrastructures settled on coastal lowlands.

At the Copenhagen conference in December 2009 the Director of the U.S. Navy Task Force on Climate Change, Rear Admiral David Titley gave a somber assessment of the risks presented by climate change, including the likely need for greater humanitarian and disaster relief missions, and the dangers posed by such «wild cards» as ocean acidification and rising sea Climate Change, Rear Admiral David Titley gave a somber assessment of the risks presented by climate change, including the likely need for greater humanitarian and disaster relief missions, and the dangers posed by such «wild cards» as ocean acidification and rising sea climate change, including the likely need for greater humanitarian and disaster relief missions, and the dangers posed by such «wild cards» as ocean acidification and rising sea levels.

The risk we face from climate feedbacks are that if natural balance is not restored, the system may begin to amplify on its own without further inducement from human caused forcing.

The Committee urges the Secretary of Defense to plan infrastructure and other projects using the best available data and science on climate change to mitigate risks to our armed forces serving domestically and abroad.

- Euractiv: Business leaders back G20 task force recommendations on climate - risk disclosure.

IEA welcomes Task Force recommendations to disclose climate change risks with scenario analysis The IEA welcomes the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate - related Financial Disclosures that aim to help businesses disclose the risks and opportunities presented by climate change 15 Decembclimate change risks with scenario analysis The IEA welcomes the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate - related Financial Disclosures that aim to help businesses disclose the risks and opportunities presented by climate change 15 DecembClimate - related Financial Disclosures that aim to help businesses disclose the risks and opportunities presented by climate change 15 Decembclimate change 15 December 2016

In 2010, the Security Exchange Commission (SEC) issued guidance on climate risk disclosure for publicly traded companies and, more recently, the Financial Stability Board (FSB), at the request of the G20, established a task force on climate - related financial disclosures to develop climate risk disclosure guidance for publicly traded companies around the world.

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It briefly presents the Mayor's Task Force on Climate Change, Disaster Risk and the Urban Poor, launched in 2009 with the aim to better understand these issues, and provides recommended actions to build resilience of the urban poor.

The October 2011 report Federal Actions for a Climate Resilient Nation: Progress Report of the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force provides an update on actions in key areas of Federal adaptation, including: building resilience in local communities, safeguarding critical natural resources such as freshwater, and providing accessible climate information and tools to help decision - makers manage climateClimate Resilient Nation: Progress Report of the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force provides an update on actions in key areas of Federal adaptation, including: building resilience in local communities, safeguarding critical natural resources such as freshwater, and providing accessible climate information and tools to help decision - makers manage climateClimate Change Adaptation Task Force provides an update on actions in key areas of Federal adaptation, including: building resilience in local communities, safeguarding critical natural resources such as freshwater, and providing accessible climate information and tools to help decision - makers manage climateclimate information and tools to help decision - makers manage climateclimate risks.

An event attribution framework is used to quantify the influence of anthropogenic forcings on extreme fire risk in the current climate of a western Canada region.

The international Financial Stability Board has set up a task force on climate that has just consulted on how this kind of sensitivity analysis could reduce climate risk.

I find it ludicrous that Australian tax payers are forced to expend huge resources and time on catching a miniscule number of actual terrorists, putting our entire population under surveillance in the hope of catching a handful of terrorist plots and foiling them; contrast that to the political undermining and then active destruction of our attempts at a rational climate change risk management strategy, simply to win short term political gain.

Financial regulators have also endorsed the importance of scenario analysis for assessing climate risk through the Financial Stability Board Task Force on Climate - related Financial Disclclimate risk through the Financial Stability Board Task Force on Climate - related Financial DisclClimate - related Financial Disclosures.

In April 2016, the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate - Related Financial Disclosures published a report on Phase I of their year - long process to «develop voluntary, consistent climate - related financial risk disclosures for use by companies in providing information to investors, lenders, insurers, and other stakehClimate - Related Financial Disclosures published a report on Phase I of their year - long process to «develop voluntary, consistent climate - related financial risk disclosures for use by companies in providing information to investors, lenders, insurers, and other stakehclimate - related financial risk disclosures for use by companies in providing information to investors, lenders, insurers, and other stakeholders.

The FSB's Task Force on climate - related financial disclosures (TCFD) has examined how greater transparency of climate - relate d risks would bring that horizon forward and, in Mr. Carney's words «make the market» in climate - related financial risk.

Just imagine if Enron's Ken Lay had used the time and resources spent on climate alarmism and forced energy transformation on accounting, risk control, and the real things that promote business sustainability.

There is a real risk that negotiators and civil society groups will continue to consider the early entry into force of the Paris Agreement as the pinnacle of necessary action on climate change, when in reality the Parties to the Agreement must increase their ambition to cut carbon emissions and support the massive mitigation and adaptation financing of developing countries who bear a disproportionate burden of climate change impacts.

Mounting mainstream expectations for better corporate climate risk disclosure have been reflected in shareholder resolutions and the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate - Related Financial Disclosure climate risk disclosure have been reflected in shareholder resolutions and the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate - Related Financial Disclosure Climate - Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD).

Carbon Tracker welcomes the Task Force's recognition that meaningful investor engagement with boards and management on climate risks requires more informed discussion about how these risks may impact a business.

Last month, the G20's Task Force on Climate - related Financial Disclosures co-chaired by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney recommended full and standardized disclosure by companies and investors of financial risks and opportunities from climate Climate - related Financial Disclosures co-chaired by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney recommended full and standardized disclosure by companies and investors of financial risks and opportunities from climate climate change.

And our biggest energy companies, utilities and auto companies became dependent on cheap hydrocarbons that spin off climate - changing greenhouse gases, and we clearly have not forced them, through a carbon tax, to price in the true risks and costs to society from these climate - changing fuels.

The International Energy Agency welcomes the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate - related Financial Disclosures that aim to help businesses disclose the risks and opportunities presented by climate Climate - related Financial Disclosures that aim to help businesses disclose the risks and opportunities presented by climate climate change.

The Task Force on Climate - related Financial Disclosures, chaired by Michael Bloomberg, was established last year after the G20 asked for an examination of risks related to climate Climate - related Financial Disclosures, chaired by Michael Bloomberg, was established last year after the G20 asked for an examination of risks related to climate climate change.

'' Cities and businesses recognise the economic benefits that come with fighting climate change, and they're setting a great example by establishing clear goals and measuring the impact of their work,» said Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP, three - term Mayor of New York City, the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, and chair of the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate - related Financial Disclosures, who joined a discussion on climate risk discclimate change, and they're setting a great example by establishing clear goals and measuring the impact of their work,» said Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP, three - term Mayor of New York City, the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, and chair of the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate - related Financial Disclosures, who joined a discussion on climate risk discClimate Change, and chair of the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate - related Financial Disclosures, who joined a discussion on climate risk discClimate - related Financial Disclosures, who joined a discussion on climate risk discclimate risk disclosure.