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Global economists identify key risks for the decade ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... individual action". Klint called for trust and cooperation to be strengthened: "It will take a relentless focus to build resilience at organisational, country and international levels - and greater cooperation between the public and private sectors - ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... the global Green Climate Fund with an initial contribution of $50 million, and allocated $100 million to the Pacific Resilience Facility, to help developing countries transition their economies to net zero. The final agreement has been criticised for ...

COP28: "Weak" Global Stocktake slammed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... paragraph recognising the growing debt of developing countries has been deleted. The text calls for adaptation and resilience finance for developing countries, noting that the adaptation finance gap is widening. The estimated costs/needs of adaptation ...

Agriculture funding takes the stage at COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... "We've grown out of the huge tailwind around regulatory reporting on climate and we also respond to the management and resilience of land and ag assets," noted co-founder and CEO Sam Sneddon. "There's a global theme where financial services and corporates ...

COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... the global Green Climate Fund with an initial contribution of $50 million, and allocate $100 million to the Pacific Resilience Facility, to help developing countries transition their economies to net zero. Australia is yet to contribute to the newly ...

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... climate adaptation (food, water and health security, infrastructure and public works, ecosystems, and biodiversity resilience) and 30% climate mitigation (transport and industry electrification, mass transportation and green buildings). "In the face ...

How to spot a credible transition plan: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... but leading companies usually conduct four scenario analyses to assist them stress-test their business strategy and resilience. Having an informed view of the nature and extent of risks and opportunities is crucial to developing a credible transition ...

COP28: Climate finance, carbon markets take centre stage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... additional, equally between mitigation and adaptation, and the UAE committed US$200 million Special Drawing Rights to the Resilience and Sustainability Trust of the IMF. UAE alternative investment manager Lunate Capital announced ALTÉRRA, a US$30 billion ...

Don't neglect the SDGs in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... core areas where we believe business can have the biggest impact - gender equality, climate action, living wage, water resilience and finance and investment." The Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDA) reinforces UNGCNA's views. ...

Climate change a risk to financial stability: RBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... mentioned, with a focus on scenario analysis and reverse stress testing rather than historical backtesting. "Building resilience along various dimensions will be critical, recognising of course that there are always trade-offs to be managed," Jones concluded. ...