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Canada is Warming at Twice the Global Average, Demonstrates Urgent Need for Adaptation and Deep Decarbonization
Canada’s climate is warming at nearly twice the global average rate and Northern Canada is warming even faster, according to the federal government’s sobering national…
Significant Step to Making TCFD a Requirement
Over 2250 financial market participants will have to report on TCFD recommendations of governance, strategy and risk/opportunity in 2020. This is the next step in…
Climate Tech Crunch
At the intersection of climate change, big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning, there is extreme potential. Expert insights are required for organizations to understand…
Sustainable Classification System (Green Taxonomy)
A Canadian-Specific Standard is Needed Today, the term sustainable finance refers mainly to public and private funds earmarked to support a transition to a low…
Bringing Climate into Focus through the Climate Lens
Funding opportunities from Infrastructure Canada require projects to understand their climate change risks, resilience strategies, and GHG emissions. Over the next 12 years, Infrastructure Canada (INFC) expects…
To the Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance
Looking ahead for the long-term The work by the Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance was a welcome initiative by the federal government. Manifest hopes that…
(Back)Stopping Climate Change – Overview of the Federal Carbon Tax
This guest post was contributed by Denisa Mertiri* In December 2015, the Canadian federal government adopted the Paris Agreement’s commitment to intensify actions and investments…
COP 24 Shows Steady and Significant Movement Towards a Transition
Cutting through the murky details of treaty text and international negotiations, we offer our thoughts on what those maneuverings will mean for business in 2019….
RI Americas Conference 2018
Manifest was pleased to participate on two panels at the recent Responsible Investor Americas 2018 in New York. Laura Zizzo moderated a panel on the alignment…
Litigation Will Force Better Management and Disclosure of Climate-Related Risk
A Quebec group is suing Canada’s federal government for violating the rights of young people by failing to tackle climate change. In Juliana v. US,…