More than 60% of London-listed firms don’t report climate risk, report shows
Some 61 companies in the FTSE 100 share index are not assessing or disclosing the risk posed to their businesses by climate change, despite increasing demands from investors, according to a report published Tuesday.
Read MoreVoluntary carbon market data from CTX for Sep. 22, 2017
A table of Verified Emission Reduction (VER) prices and offered volumes, based on voluntary market data provided by CTX.
Read MoreExpanding into land use, the climate finance vehicle that Trump might just want to keep
A climate investment vehicle partly funded by rich nations including the US this week agreed its third round of funding for innovative finance instruments, expanding into previously under-served areas such as cattle ranching and cloud forests.
Read MoreALLCOT’s Voluntary Carbon Market Report – September 2017
After the summer break, activity is beginning to pick up again in the voluntary market, sources report.
Read MoreMore confusion as EU, US make conflicting statements about Trump’s Paris withdrawal
There was more policy confusion surrounding the US position on the Paris Agreement this weekend after claims from government officials that the country would remain in the 2015 climate pact were refuted by White House spokespeople and members of Trump’s cabinet.
Read MoreVoluntary carbon market data from CTX for Sep. 15, 2017
A table of Verified Emission Reduction (VER) prices and offered volumes, based on voluntary market data provided by CTX.
Read MoreUN launches tender to buy 170k CERs
The UN has launched a tender to buy a total 170,200 CERs, including those from projects in LDCs, Argentina and Colombia, as well as from initiatives with co-benefits for women.
Read MoreCompanies need 3-5 years to bed in climate risk disclosures, laws ultimately needed -FSB Task Force
Companies will need three-to-five years to refine how they disclose their climate risks in their mainstream financial reporting, but the voluntary practice will eventually need to be made mandatory, according to a key advisor to the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
Read MoreEU Parliament gets ‘flexible’ on post-2020 forestry rules
The European Parliament on Wednesday endorsed a ‘flexible’ approach to how the EU will account for land-use (LULUCF) in its climate goals after 2020, a method some scientists have warned risks the bloc’s climate credibility by masking emission increases.
Read MoreEU Parliament votes to put CORSIA aviation offset scheme under closer watch
The European Parliament on Wednesday voted to extend the suspension of extra-European flights from the EU ETS, but called for a review of the UN’s CORSIA scheme that could see those routes become regulated under the bloc’s carbon market again in the future.
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