A Brief Introduction to the Critical, Complex World of Climate Finance
It’s About More than the Much Discussed $100 Billion “Promise”
One of the most discussed issues at the UN climate meetings in Glasgow, COP26, will be the vague unfulfilled reference in the 2015 Paris Agreement of $100 billion per…
Facing what many climate scientists warn is a “code red for humanity,” government officials from around the world will gather for two weeks beginning October 31 in Glasgow, Scotland. The Glasgow meeting, formally known as the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP26, attracts thousands of climate activists and…
Every new extreme weather event brings new lessons about climate change, be it to better understand the science behind it or equally important how to respond effectively. …
As President Biden’s Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry has been visiting foreign nations at a furious pace, most recently China. His mission: to save the planet from increasingly imminent climate disaster through coordinated global action on a massive scale. US climate policy to date has been limited and…
The Tokyo Olympic Games were memorable for numerous reasons, many having nothing to do with athletics. In addition to the year-long delay and ban on spectators due to the pandemic, much of the media coverage had to do with the extreme heat. A Spanish tennis player collapsed during her match…
Every week brings news of some new climate disaster. Recent extreme events have included record heat in the Pacific Northwest, wildfires across the west, and deadly floods in China and Germany. Reporting on each includes dramatic pictures and mortality data. Human nature being what it is, perhaps growing public awareness…
The dramatic collapse of the Champlain Tower in Surfside, Florida along the coast north of Miami Beach led to questions about the possible contributing role of climate change. Understanding why it happened is a pressing question, not only because of the more than 140 persons missing or dead attributable to…
In a previous post, I addressed the complex universe of corporate and financial claims to climate change leadership, lifting the veil on marketing claims to distinguish the good (and maybe good), bad, and truly ugly. So, what can and is being done to make companies and investors more responsive to…
The bigger they are, the harder they fall is a cherished belief among Americans especially when applied to large, politically powerful corporations. …
There’s a growing sense of excitement among climate change experts, and it’s not about the jaw-dropping low prices of renewable energy that will help reduce the world’s CO2 emissions. …
