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Influential taskforce launches 'globally applicable' set of resources to help firms build put net zero transition plans and access green finance

Expert body’s final batch of advice provides companies in every sector with insights on how to attract investment to support their journey to net zero.

Countries across Europe should prepare for catastrophic risks, ranging from floods to deadly heatwaves, as worsening climate change hits every part of their economies and societies this century,... -March 10, 2024 at 07:09 pm EDT - MarketScreener

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, March 11 (Reuters) - Countries across Europe should prepare for "catastrophic" risks, ranging from floods to deadly heatwaves, as worsening climate change hits every part of their economies and societies this century, the EU Environment Agency said on Monday. Policymakers need to draw up new plans to address the challenges, the…

Policymakers need to draw up new plans to address the challenges, the Copenhagen-based body said in its first Europe-wide analysis of climate-related risks. | World News

With less than six weeks until the opening of edie 24, the award-winning corporate sustainability event is expected to be at full capacity as businesses look to capitalise on two days of action-focused content, challenge-based workshops and multiple professional development opportunities.

Explore how the UK's Transition Plan Taskforce is working to support large businesses aligning their strategic planning with the government's net-zero target. After its ‘gold standard’ climate transition framework in 2023, what's next?

Coalitions of banks, insurers and asset managers are in discussions to put some guardrails around what constitutes transition finance.

"TRANSITION finance” is shaping up to be one of the new year’s most important subjects for anyone professing to care about the climate crisis. There’s a “whole world of transition finance being created as we speak,” said Mark Carney, the United Nations special envoy on climate action and finance, during…

The summit’s enormity has given rise to fears that a successful outcome for the climate could prove a desert mirage.