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Comment, Daily Briefing

Editor’s note: a grown up debate on financing local climate action

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People watch as waves crash against the sea wall at Porthcawl, south Wales, on February 18, 2022 as Storm Eunice brings high winds across the country.
Comment, EU
April 19, 2024

Why the insurance industry needs to step up and finance the green transition

MEPs can vote next week to make certain that EU insurers use their capital to support businesses in their net zero transition
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Energy, EU, Europe, Policy & Regulation, Singapore, UK
April 19, 2024

In Brief: EU directs funds to sustainable fisheries; ethical tax standards released

The latest ESG policy and regulatory news
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Knowledge Hub, Policy & Regulation
April 18, 2024

Opponents of mandatory Scope 3 reporting are ‘confusing the symptom for the cause’

Regulation making it mandatory to report upstream and downstream emissions will make life easier, not harder, for companies, argues the EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute
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A silhouette is seen in front of flames at a wildfire near Belin-Beliet, southwestern France, overnight on August 11, 2022
Comment, Daily Briefing
April 18, 2024

Editor’s note: the economics of climate inaction

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Comment, Opinion
April 18, 2024

Sustainability-linked bonds: what can we learn from Rwanda?

SLBs are not suitable for debt-laden countries, but for other emerging markets they can help fill significant financing gaps and enable them to achieve their sustainable development goals
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A worker checks a rotor core used for wind turbines at a factory in Nantong, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province
Knowledge Hub, UK
April 18, 2024

Supply chain constraints and skills shortages threaten UK’s renewable energy targets

Developers, network operators and suppliers will need to work together to resolve supply chain constraints
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Food & Farming, Knowledge Hub
April 18, 2024

Agri-food industry needs $500bn a year to reverse environmental impacts, says UBS

UBS suggests that with the right investment, the food and farming industry could be transformed from an environmentally damaging sector into an environmentally positive one
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