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Time to Show ‘True Grit’ on Climate Adaptation

Chris Hall

Climate change mitigation remains important, but the need to finance adaptation measures is becoming urgent, says Lindsey Stewart, Director of Investment Stewardship Research, Morningstar. “I Or even for the Coen Brothers’ 2010 remake of the classic Western ‘True Grit’, from which the quote above is taken.

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The Adapted Metropolis

Chris Hall

Targeted investments are required to save our cities from the climate-related risks flagged by the IPCC. The effects of climate change aren’t limited to distant ice caps. It’s therefore vital that cities are built or renovated to be more sustainable and resilient in the face of climate change-induced extreme weather events.

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Rising sea temperatures and coral loss: “Most detailed scientific picture to date”

Envirotec Magazine

Corals reefs across the world are under relentless stress from warming caused by climate change and other local pressures such as overfishing, unsustainable coastal development and declining water quality. Between 2010 and 2019, the amount of algae has increased by 20 per cent, corresponding with declines in hard coral cover.

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Turn Commitments into “Hard Numbers”, says GFANZ’s Carney

Chris Hall

In addition, institutions should have interim decarbonisation targets that are “consistent” with the 2030 target, set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , of reducing CO2 emissions by around 45% from 2010 levels. What proportion of your assets are consistent with those targets?”. Heading for the exit?