Climate Risks

EU warned agricultural climate measures failing to take root

The European Union has been told its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has failed to use the billions of euros earmarked to combat climate change over the past decade to make any tangible difference

SEC told to mandate rigorous climate risk disclosures

Investors did not receive sufficient information about climate change risks faced by Texas power companies before this winter’s devastating power outages, according to a new report from the Environmental Defense Fund and the Brookings Institution

$1 billion climate scheme launched amid poverty blast

The CEO of the IKEA Foundation has warned that unless the world wakes up to the need for urgent climate action million around the globe will be facing extreme poverty in the coming decades

Australia vetoes $36 billion Asian renewable energy project

The Australian government has rejected plans for a $36 billion wind, solar and hydrogen project in a remote area of Western Australia, citing environmental concerns

Climate change blamed as US suffers record heatwave

Some 50 million Americans have been placed under excessive heat warnings and heat advisories this past week as huge swathes of the United States have suffered record extended temperatures blamed on climate change

World told to show its stripes in climate fight

Climate experts have marked the world’s June Summer/Winter solstice with the launch of a new campaign which aims to enhance the pace of the fight against climate change