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How vulnerable are Asian firms to extreme weather?Wild fires, flooding, droughts, rising sea levels, and typhoons are a growing risk for businesses in Asia Pacific, the world's most climate-vulnerable region. But how well prepared are Asian companies to weather the coming storms? -
With La Niña conditions returning, is it good news for tropical forests?Although the current conditions emerge toward the end of the fire season in the Amazon and Indonesia, experts say these biomes will benefit from wet conditions conducive to forest and peatland growth and recovery.
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‘If you make it, we will buy it’: governments are asking for ‘greener’ steel and concrete to build green citiesGreen Buildings
‘If you make it, we will buy it’: governments are asking for ‘greener’ steel and concrete to build green cities
Buildings were back on the agenda at the recently-concluded COP26 summit. Developed nations say they will use their purchasing power to stoke demand for low-carbon building materials and accelerate the sector’s transition to net-zero. -
The ocean is essential to tackling climate change. So why has it been neglected in global climate talks?Carbon & Climate
The ocean is essential to tackling climate change. So why has it been neglected in global climate talks?
Climate change is commonly discussed as though it’s a uniquely atmospheric phenomena. But the crisis is deeply entwined with the ocean, and this has largely been neglected in international climate talks.
Decarbonisation Opinion
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Finance must combat climate change - or else– Despite the increasing urgency of the climate crisis, many of the world’s most powerful financial actors have continued to invest in the fossil-fuel industry. But a new trend in the law is forcing institutional investors to decarbonise their portfolios – or be held legally accountable. -
Planning the route to net zero– In the run-up to COP26, companies trumpeted their commitment to addressing climate change, often citing pledges to achieve goals decades in the future. But meeting these distant objectives requires near-term action, about which the corporate world has been far less forthcoming. -
Greening the hardest sectors– Unless meaningful action is taken to decarbonise traditional hard-to-abate sectors like steel and commercial aviation, we will have little chance of keeping global temperatures at a safe level.
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New depths: where is the value in mining the deep sea?– There are vast mineral riches lying on the ocean floor that could help to power the energy transition, but is the environmental cost of extracting them worth the risk?
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