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Past El Niños offer a warning as unprecedented event looms
Past very strong El Niño events, with record heat, drought, precipitation, floods, and wildfires, have taken a toll in human lives, human health, national and community economies, and ecosystems. Some effects can linger as much as a decade, after these events.
Corporate Responsibility
ESG downgrades hit shares harder when investor expectations are high, study finds
A study of more than 6,700 S&P 500 ESG rating changes finds that downgrades hit share prices harder when investor sentiment is already strongly positive – suggesting that the higher the expectations, the harder companies fall when their sustainability scores slip.
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Carbon & Climate
Indonesia’s captive coal: Financing industrial decarbonisation
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Policy & Finance
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