Sentences with phrase «on climate risk»

To those of us focused on climate risks and solutions, and science - based issues more generally, sure.
He writes and speaks widely on climate risk and the financial sector.
The regulations will emerge after years of activism and scientific studies on the climate risk posed by methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that's dozens of times more potent that carbon dioxide.
Investor Network on Climate Risk is a $ 5 trillion network of investors that promotes better understanding of the financial risks and opportunities posed by climate change.
The vote foreshadows what is likely to materialise as recommendations on climate risk disclosure by the TCFD chaired by Michael Bloomberg and Bank of England governor Mark Carney.
The IPCC's Working Group II report on climate risks and impacts acknowledged the limitations of biofuels (ClimateWire, March 31).
A communications kit found on the group's website disputes the science on the climate risks of burning coal for energy, and proclaims that «CO2 is plant food.»
The UN and 16 leading banks have teamed up to produce a major guide on how to follow the TCFD's recommendations on climate risk reporting
Fossil Fuel companies need to come clean on climate risks post Paris Proposals launched to ensure...
Fossil Fuel companies need to come clean on climate risks post Paris Proposals launched to ensure transparency, support climate...
found on the group's website disputes the science on the climate risks of burning coal for energy, and proclaims that «CO2 is plant food.»
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said the agreement reached with coal giant Peabody Energy over its misleading conduct on climate risk disclosure «represents an unprecedented first step in the absolutely critical work of forcing coal and other fossil fuel companies to start being honest about the damage they are doing to our planet.»
Cities consume 78 % of energy globally, according to CDP, the major organization collecting data on climate risk, and without intervention the power generation market would be on track to double its carbon emissions by 2040.
It is a trend that is only set to accelerate as policy measures such as the recommendations from the Taskforce for Climate - related Financial Discosures and new green finance rules from the UK and EU start to take effect and require firms to disclose more information on the climate risks they face.
At 9 a.m., state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli attends the 2018 Investor Summit on Climate Risk: Capturing the Global Investment Opportunity in the Paris climate agreement, Millennium Hilton, Manhattan Room, 1 United Nations Plaza, Manhattan.
«The primary risk that climate change may pose would be any potential increase in the frequency or intensity of strong thunderstorms, hurricanes or brushfires,» the company said on a climate risk disclosure form that California began requiring insurers to file this year.
This is one of the first, if not the first, academic papers to confirm the low concern farmers place on climate risks over regulatory ones, said lead author Meredith Niles, a doctoral student in UC Davis» ecology graduate group.
Visibly exasperated at the forum about scant leadership working to draw down heat - trapping emissions, Sterman said educating citizens and policymakers on climate risks is not enough.
Climate debate aside, there appeared to be no skepticism at all about the need for an ambitious energy quest and burst of technological innovation — basically in line with the «second industrial revolution» called for by Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who was a target at other sessions for recent statements on climate risks.
Stephen H. Schneider of Stanford, one of the authors of the new «burning embers» paper on climate risk and an author on I.P.C.C. reports from the beginning, told me that we one can only hope that the sensitivity of the climate system to greenhouse gases is on the low end.
The issue of inter-generational empathy on climate risk butts up against even tougher barriers, the ones that make this a truly «super wicked» problem.
«The extraordinary shareholder result on climate risk at Exxon and the recent successful resolution asking Occidental to assess the risk of climate and energy transition to its business model shows that shareholders understand the need to ensure the companies they own are managing transition risk.»
The letter is a response to criticism by Republicans of a speech on climate risk by John Kerry; see also below.
«Lack of disclosure on climate risk remains an element of concern that will have to be addressed by the upcoming G - 20 Summit.»
A successful resolution simply reinforces the FSB Task Force on climate risk and the important role that regulators can play in ensuring a sufficient level of standardization and comparability of such disclosures.»
The main determining factor on climate risk perception is cultural, corroborating CCT.
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.
Prior to joining NIDIS, she served as a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow at adelphi, a Berlin - based international think tank, conducting research on climate risk insurance, environmental conflict and state fragility, and the water - food - energy nexus.
«He has been recognised as a global authority on climate risk particularly by the Taskforce on Climate Related Financial Disclosures.
Investor demands for greater transparency on climate risks will continue to test the sector where scenario planning is in its infancy and requires more standardized reporting against climate constrained pathways.
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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.
Over the next two years, they are sending energy audit teams to 20 State Capitol complexes to help save taxpayers money and help the environment... while the Federal Government equivocates on climate risk.
Yet, much like teenagers drawing up detailed, color - coded GCSE revision timetables ahead of crucial exams, there remains a significant gap between intent and concerted action on climate risk among corporates.
She is active in numerous outside groups and shareholder coalitions focusing on responsible investment practices including the Investor Network on Climate Risk and the United Nations backed Principles for Responsible Investment, for which she served as the Co-Chair of the Small Funds Initiative Work Stream.
Retail and oil and gas companies performed particularly strongly, with 67 percent and 65 percent of the largest companies in each sector reporting on climate risks.
A deep cut would be both dangerous and unjustified, given the basics of both climate science and economics, said Gernot Wagner, a Harvard economist focused on climate risk and policy.
The joint statement by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, the Investor Network on Climate Risk, and the Investors Group on Climate Change also encourages intensive gas users and governments in oil and gas importing regions to consider playing a role in encouraging control of methane emissions.
Mindy Lubber, president and director of the Investor Network on Climate Risk, called the upper end of the U.S. target «credible, comprehensive and highly achievable.»
I also don't share former Scientific American editor John Rennie's confidence that politicians, led by public conern, will someday set their agendas based on the «objective facts» on climate risk.
One piece that really conveys the state of the issue right now is Kate Sheppard's Mother Jones interview with Senator Lindsey Graham, the Republican of South Carolina, on climate risks and responses.
Pension funds are increasingly pushing for disclosure on climate risk (Forbes).
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