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| | | ... investing; the latter alone grew to $70 billion in 2023. The former $11 billion to $15 billion - by 36%. Dean said issues like drought affecting agricultural output, supply chain vulnerabilities during extreme weather, and the cost of reputational damage ... |
| | | | ... the capacity of natural CO2 sinks on land which absorb carbon from the atmosphere, mainly forests, have declined due to drought in the Amazon and fires in Canada," said Canadell. "The CO2 sinks have begun to recover but the data underscores how vulnerable ... |
| | | | ... pool over the last couple of years, expanding eligible infrastructure assets, particularly the Southeast Queensland Water Drought Resilient Network - a unique, climate adaption, water supply asset providing drinking water solutions around the region. ... |
| | | | The federal government is backing a commericalisation initiative that will identify and fund projects to enhance drought resilience in Australian agriculture. Beanstalk AgTech has received a $10 million grant to develop the Drought Venture Studio, which ... |
| | | | Bloomberg ESG has integrated a United Nations' framework to assess the alignment of companies to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The tool incorporates the UN Environmental Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Sector Impact Map to move needle ... |
| | | | A range of new tools have been released from organisations including Moody's Investors Service, ISS STOXX, Global Impact Investing Network, UN-convened Principles for Responsible Investment, Bloomberg and Riskthinking.AI. Moody's releases framework ... |
| | | | The Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) has published new climate scenarios including predictions that a net zero transition could be "too-little-too-late," disorderly and delayed. The group, consisting ... |
| | | | Treasury has acknowledged that climate is a systemic risk for the Australian economy and creates uncertainty about the fiscal impacts of climate change on government bonds. The federal court has approved a settlement between the Commonwealth and Kathleen ... |
| | | | Insurance leaders have reframed the challenge of climate risk as an opportunity, stating that physical risk from climate change is not the biggest challenge to insurance. Finity Consulting principal Rade Musulin and Swiss Reinsurance head of property ... |
| | | | ... challenged in the impacts of climate change through increased prevalence of bushfires, windstorms, intensifying rainfall and drought, all of which "creates a need for more active forest management to create resilience to climate change. These activities ... |
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