E3G’s Jurei Yada notes that #EU businesses see sustainability as a source of competitiveness.
An E3G–YouGov survey of 2,500 leaders shows strong support for robust sustainability rules, challenging the EU’s Omnibus proposals.
More via ESG Today : www.esgtoday.com/most-eu-busi...
🌍 The #UK has the chance to lead on green finance, but it needs a future-fit regulatory regime.
E3G has responded to 3 key gov consultations on sustainability reporting, assurance & transition plans.
Read our submissions👇
www.e3g.org/publications...
The European Commission has the opportunity to design and advance a climate resilience and risk management initiative that's comprehensive, coherent and ambitious.
📖 E3G contributed to the call for evidence on this initiative. Read more 👇
www.e3g.org/publications...
Can't help but repost this, what a roller coaster of an article
A well argued piece from FT on Warren Buffett and his evolving views on climate risk (sharing link, for those who get there first). www.ft.com/content/71b1...
🚨Some major errors & misleading claims from experienced presenter Nick Robinson on BBC Radio 4 Today, when discussing British Steel with Treasury Minister James Murray
I hope these are corrected on tomorrow's programme, and Robinson sticks to the facts in future.
Here's what he got wrong... 🧵
Amid all the other very terrible things happening this is also terrible.
(FT) - Insurers have warned that mass firings at US science agencies could threaten the critical weather and geospatial data that the industry uses to manage natural disaster risks and potentially raise prices for consumers. 🇺🇸
www.ft.com/content/33a4...
NEW PIECE- with a version in @rollingstone.com . Can the Trump Administration arbitrarily Take money from Anyone's bank account? The Federal Government debiting 80.5 million dollars from New York City government's central bank account suggests yes.
www.crisesnotes.com/can-the-trum...
It's been a long time since Private Eye's satire has made me audibly wince, but this is so to the point if it were a knife people would demand it be banned.
Unexpected. And clear!
Lord Nicholas Stern stands on stage at a lecturn looking at a seated panel which includes Pete Betts' surviving party, UK energy and climate minister Ed Miliband, UK lead climate negotiator Kate Hughes, and UK climate envoy Rachel Kyte
Tonight UK Climate Envoy Rachel Kyte gave the Pete Betts memorial lecture hosted by LSE. Her speech was full of fire and grit, setting out many opportunities for international climate action this year - including lots to do on finance reform.
2024 was another bumper year for private sector climate transition planning, with accelerated market uptake, and some major moves towards international standardisation of approaches. Read more here: itpn.global/the-opportun...
Review 2024 climate/finance reform and look forward to 2025 in a mere 700 words, you say? No problem @e3g.bsky.social Rob Moore and I have this covered😎🤓
www.e3g.org/news/politic...
For those on BlueSky unfamiliar with this modern British tradition:
During times of high winds, we all jump on YouTube and watch planes trying to land at Heathrow, with excited commentary from the UK's premier plane nerd channel.
Currently live here!
www.youtube.com/live/egvoBvc...
To compete for green investment, 🇬🇧 must accelerate its #TransitionPlan agenda.
Despite providing a signal of HMT’s commitment to sustainable finance, #MansionHouse did not drive forwards commitments on transition plans.
More in our blog by @joewithit.bsky.social 👇
www.e3g.org/news/to-comp...
Read @carbonbrief.org’s in-depth summary of all the key outcomes in Baku – including analysis from E3G’s Ana Mulio and Harry Camilleri on Adaptation and the Mitigation Work Programme (MWP) at #COP29:
www.carbonbrief.org/cop29-key-ou...
The final #COP29 outcome has been agreed in Baku.
💵Though several notable concerns were raised by developing countries, the new collective quantified goal has now been set.
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After intense last minute negotiations, a finance deal was gavelled through at #COP29 1.5 days late, well into the small hours of Baku's Sunday morning. The COP did not fail. But coming months and years will show whether it was a success. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Things aren't looking so great at #COP29 Baku - my @e3g.bsky.social colleagues still on the ground are still working hard to support a deal, here is their latest bulletin on state of play
What happened at the G20 Leaders meeting in Rio in relation to climate change and finance reform? @e3g.bsky.social breaks it down here. www.e3g.org/news/g20-lea...
And the the CASI initiative is really interesting - using the internet, partnerships and AI tools, but also a load of face-to-face network building too - for SF capacity building at scale www.casi.net
If not already seen it is worth taking a look at the suite of documents published yesterday by the IPSF where China has been active (scroll down the page...): finance.ec.europa.eu/sustainable-...
Photo of a presentation slide which displays a range of measures under Kazakhstan's sustainable finance framework including measures taken and still in plan. Actions on standards, disclosures and products are the strongest with incentives a growing area.
Blown away by the Kazakh sustainable finance framework - shared at today"s CASI meeting on the side of #COP29.
Delighted to announce the International Transition Plan Network (ITPN) itpn.global today on #COP29 Finance Day. The ITPN will support the development of global norms for private-sector transition plans and their integration into national climate policies.
The UN Secretary-General called today for mandatory requirements for 1.5-aligned private sector transition plans, and for firms to bring these plans to COP30. E3G Associate Director @levick.bsky.social said:
