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COP27 Week One Round-Up
The first week of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP27) saw progress made on a range of policies that matter to governments and businesses. The summit, which is taking place at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, also hosted intense debate on the future of climate finance for the low-carbon transition and for climate-related […]
Regulating Net Zero Pledges, Few Banks Have 2030 Climate Targets, and More
The top five climate risk stories this week. Regulate net zero pledges, UN panel says Financial institutions’ net-zero commitments should be policed by national regulators to tackle greenwashing, a United Nations (UN) expert group has said. It also called for a new task force on net-zero regulation to set “ground rules” for the global economy […]
Climate Risk Regulation Rundown: October 2022
What happened in climate-related financial regulation last month, and what’s coming up. Americas The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reopened the comment period for its proposed climate risk disclosure rule on October 7 and is unlikely to finalize the regulation this year. The agency discovered a technical error, which caused some public comments submitted […]
How COP27 Could Affect Business
The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, kicked off on November 6. Over the next two weeks, the flagship summit will set the climate agenda for governments and businesses alike, and has the potential to produce meaningful agreements on the critical issues of climate finance and the paying of compensation by rich […]
GFANZ’s Transition Planning Framework, ISSB to Mandate Scenario Analysis, and More
The top five climate risk stories this week. ECB hikes banks’ capital charges over climate failings The European Central Bank (ECB) says some lenders saw their capital requirements increase in the wake of climate and environmental risk assessments that the institution ran this year. Banks’ performances in these exercises fed into calculations used to set […]
Closing the ‘Say-Do’ Climate Gap
Companies are touting their climate credentials in increasing numbers, with many disclosing plans that show their commitments to a green, climate-safe world. In its recent status report, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) — the world’s premier climate reporting framework — found that around half of the 1,400 companies it reviewed included information […]
UK Anti-Greenwashing Rules Proposed, RBC & Deutsche Bank’s Emissions Targets, and More
The top five climate risk stories this week. Climate finance alliance loosens ties with UN net-zero campaign The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) says its members do not have to follow strict fossil fuel policies laid out by the United Nations-backed Race to Zero (RtZ) campaign. In a progress report released Thursday, GFANZ […]
VW Sued Over Climate Disclosure Failures, ISSB Emissions Disclosure Requirements, and More
Banks don’t have to halt fossil fuel financing, net-zero alliance says Banks that are part of the world’s largest climate finance alliance don’t have to curb their fossil fuel financing as demanded by a leading net-zero campaign. In an open letter released Monday, Tracey McDermott, chair of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), says the group […]
Creating Climate Transition Metrics that Matter
The climate metrics zoo is getting wilder. Increasing numbers of banks and other financial institutions are disclosing climate indicators and quantifying how their activities support net-zero goals. But the rapid spread of financed emissions data, portfolio alignment tools, and other climate gauges has yet to significantly change the financial system’s approach to the low-carbon transition. […]