Best economic future is possible, but faces major headwinds As we approach Earth Day 2025, the conditions for long-term preservation and expansion of Climate Value are far from ideal. Below, we review some of the pressures at work in early 2025, and then po…

Essential future-building opportunities are being missed, because mainstream financial decision-making, trade policy, and industrial activity, are not aligned with reducing the risk of major shocks and building #ClimateValue. @climatevalue.net geodesiq.net/2025/04/15/b...

SB62 brief: Everyday climate rescue is the future A ‘Blue Note’ policy brief from Climate Civics and the Climate Value Exchange for negotiators at the SB62 round of United Nations Climate Change negotiations, in Bonn, Germany. As negot…

Nations that fall behind, or that contribute overwhelmingly to Earth systems degradation & to related costs that fall on others, will see pervasive & accumulating costs in coming decades. Everyday #ClimateRescue & building of #ClimateValue is the future. climatevalue.exchange/2025/06/06/s...

Climate Value: The missing piece Last month, the Climate Value Exchange partners, which support The Navigator, identified key areas of measurable Climate Value that are being under-reported and need urgent attention in 2025.

#ClimateValue is the missing piece of so much economic & financial activity. It is measurable, but under-reported. Subsidies tend to devalue it & favor destructive practices. Communities that need diversified resilience economies are missing out. navigatornews.substack.com/p/climate-va...

It’s a make-or-break moment for housing in California The future of the state depends on how leaders rebuild after the Los Angeles fires.

The infrastructure, incentives & economics of housing are all #ClimateValue issues. More choices, of the right kind, with more affordability & flexibility… these are indicators & drivers of resilience. www.vox.com/housing/3950...

Urgent imperatives & emerging opportunities (Climate Value status update) Climate Value Exchange briefing note, reporting from December 2024 monthly meeting During the December 2024 monthly planning meeting for the Climate Value Exchange, we shared views on the COP29, it…

Our #ClimateValue update highlights calls for reform to international climate cooperation, finance & trade; the need to treat Baku #climatefinance commitments as the floor, not the ceiling; the right to open, factual information; & new climate jurisprudence. climatevalue.exchange/2024/12/20/u...

Non-market approaches as critical drivers of climate ambition Briefing note for negotiators, observers, and relevant institutional arrangements at SB58 and on the way to COP28 The Importance of Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement Article 6, paragraph 8 of the …

Non-market climate cooperation encompasses everything that is not emissions trading. Groups of 2 or more countries can activate the #ClimateValue economy by working together on food, ag, banking, manufacturing, shipping, tech & more. climatevalue.exchange/2023/06/05/n...

About the Climate Value Exchange The Climate Value Exchange is a collaborative multistakeholder endeavor, aimed at coordinated upgrading of climate ambition, through policies and cooperative arrangements designed to provide everyd…

The ingredients of a #ClimateValue economy that protects against climate shocks, welcomes & rewards clean innovation & builds local security & prosperity are waiting to be activated. We are working to bring that better world into being. climatevalue.exchange/about/

Banking on Climate Value Insights & Actions The shift toward a climate-smart banking system will be a learning-by-doing process. It needs to happen everywhere, at every scale, starting now. Climate disruption is advancing around the world, c…

Whether whole-economy #climatefinance reaches beyond the $1.3 trillion committed at #COP29 will depend in part on whether local institutions can manage, track & show progress on climate-smart finance & investment. #ClimateValue banking needs a surge of innovation. climatecivics.org/2024/11/27/b...