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Podcast: Everything you missed at COP29 climate conference with Richie Merzian

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... 11-22 in Azerbaijan. The main decision was how to pay for poorer nations' climate financing - decarbonisation, adaptation, and resilience to climate impacts - which are hitting them hardest despite contributing the least. The major win of the event ...

COP fails to bridge yawning funding gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... more strategic and effective mobilisation of both public and private capital is needed to drive climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience, particularly focusing on the needs of developing nations. Global climate finance reached $1.3 trillion a year ...

Climate adaptation presents $100bn opp: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) summit held in Melbourne recently, the spotlight was on resilience and adaptation. According to Nicolette Botha, Head of Climate Resilience Services APAC at Zurich Resilience Solutions, this could be a $100 ...

IGCC names climate champions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... in driving the policy agenda. Sellick, who the IGCC says is "incredibly convincing", presented the case for strong adaptation policy to decision-makers in Canberra, and took on a co-chair role for the Real Assets Sub-Working Group. He is also a faculty ...

Green finance lags as planet on high alert

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... continues over the next year." Australian corporates and government have set strong targets, accelerated electrification, adaptation and resilience, while also progressing nature integration, reporting and transparency. This comes as a major, a first-of-its-kind ...

Investors worth $42trn target state leaders at COP29

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... water and biodiversity-related challenges Ramping up of private investment into climate mitigation, resilience and adaptation Investing in emerging markets. "Investors recognise that policy mechanisms are essential to achieve a climate-resilient, net ...

UK pension giant eyes Australian timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... aspects of our ecosystem such as forestry, water and agriculture are closely linked to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Achieving net zero emissions by 2050 will require natural capital preservation." Campbell Global chief executive and chair ...

Sustainable Finance Roadmap to turbocharge investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Both Jackson and Graham commended the roadmap for including scope for financial frameworks to address nature, climate adaptation and resilience. "Clear financial frameworks to support private sector investment in climate adaptation are crucial to limiting ...

ERM inks deal with Energetics

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... corporate sustainability practice, enhancing its decarbonisation strategy and reporting, climate risk assessment and adaptation planning, energy and carbon markets, and accounting services. The deal hinges on obtaining Foreign Investment Review Board ...

AOFM launches first Green Treasury Bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... efficiency, upgrades, EV and core electric transport infrastructure, low-carbon buildings construction, and climate change adaptation. It will also go to sustainable land management, biodiversity conservation, water and wastewater management, circular ...