Environmental Sustainability Archives - Retail Banker International

How to mobilise private finance for climate adaptation

Polly Bindman — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 17:53:42 +0000

Private finance investment in climate adaptation is sorely needed. However, it is vital that adaptation needs are treated as a collective problem to solve, rather than an opportunity to exploit.

“There is politics, and there is business; the reality is ESG is good business” – UNEP FI’s Eric Usher

Polly Bindman — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 10:46:11 +0000

Energy Monitor talks to Eric Usher, head of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), about the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) and the next steps for financial institutions transitioning to net zero.

COP28 podcast: max 1.5°C temperature rise limit now ‘not possible’

Stu Robarts — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 12:43:36 +0000

Andrew Griffiths, a director at Planet Mark, suggests that minimising and bringing back down overshoot should now become the priority.

“17 hours” to save climate conference as UAE publishes new COP28 outcome

Polly Bindman — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 09:55:30 +0000

Latest draft of COP28 Global Stocktake dubbed “incoherent and dangerous” as language on fossil fuel phaseout is removed.

Petrostates to lose $8trn of fossil-fuel income by 2040

Oliver Gordon — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 22:44:40 +0000

A moderately paced energy transition will see 28 petrostates lose over half their fossil-fuel revenues by 2040 as demand declines and prices tumble, according to new research from Carbon Tracker.

COP28 presidency hails “historic” victory as nations agree Loss and Damage Fund on day one

Polly Bindman — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:35:01 +0000

COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber hails the agreement as “historic”, as it is the first time a decision has been adopted on day one of any COP.

Leading with an invisible hand: what role will private finance play at COP28?

Polly Bindman — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:24:26 +0000

Energy Monitor walks you through what role private finance can be expected to play at COP28.

Why COP28 is “the most important COP” since the Paris Agreement

Nick Ferris — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:19:30 +0000

Energy Monitor takes you through what to expect at COP28, the UN climate conference taking place in December in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

What in the world has happened since COP27?

GlobalData Thematic Intelligence — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 16:21:02 +0000

Governments are being forced into action on ESG topics.

The metaverse in banking: Q&A with GlobalData thematic analyst

Lara Virrey — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 16:10:21 +0000

GlobalData analyst Suneet Muru discusses key topics around the metaverse for the banking industry.