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Preparing for the Impact of Climate Change: Flooding Response and Mitigation

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One of the most destructive consequences of climate change is the increased frequency of flooding. Read on to discover how climate change increases flood risks and the strategies needed for effective response. In this case because of well-prepared flood protection it mitigated damage to this city of over 2 million.

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Following the money: A sustainable finance odyssey

GreenBiz

"They create a virtuous ESG Loop, where goal-setting, bench-marking and course-correcting reinforce sustainability," wrote Richard Peers, founder at ResponsibleRisk Ltd, a London-based consultancy, in the blog Finextra. Sustainable finance can help. trillion annually.

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COP27: A Local Egypt Perspective With Environment Analyst

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Making substantial climate progress in a troubled, disrupted global economy will be the order of the day – and developing countries are expecting to be on the receiving end of long-awaited, rich-world largesse. Financing those efforts in a still stuttering, inflation-racked global economy will be a central talking point.

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Shifting the Burden of Proof: Why It's Now On the Fossil Fuel Industry to Defend Itself

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That happened recently when I thought to myself, “Huh…it seems to me that the burden of proof on climate change has finally shifted in America.”. Climate Scientists and Advocates Have Satisfied Their Burden of Proof. And in America, Deloitte projects that inaction on climate would contract our GDP by 4% in the next 50 years.

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Don’t despair about climate change, instead put your capital where it counts

Renewable Energy World

Every major economy has an industrial zone like the Port of Rotterdam, a place where smokestacks, pipes, and tanks tell one story of climate change. Having presented the global risks from Arctic climate change to audiences at the World Economic Forum at Davos each year, Gail is worried. C of warming.

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COP27: A Breakthrough for People and Planet

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DESCRIPTION: The 27th United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties (COP), which took place this November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, marked a significant milestone in developing action against climate change. Climate change inequality, contributors and sufferers, has been a key agenda item at COP for many years.

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The Era of Compliance: The Changing Landscape of ESG Reporting

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Throughout this blog series, we’ll explore how to start planning, what these requirements mean, and how to phase new regulations into annual reporting processes. Companies are feeling the pressure to report on Environment, Social, and Governance-related (ESG) topics— but many are confused about where to begin.