Away from current debates about ESG, business leaders need a new serious, focused and ambitious mindset as they grapple with today's great societal challenges. Read more
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This working paper presents evidence that litigation reduces firm value. This means that climate litigation should be considered a relevant financial risk by lenders, financial regulators and governments. Read more
Private climate finance has channelled significantly more into climate change mitigation than adaptation. But is private investment in adaptation as weak as the figures suggest? This commentary explores the reality and calls for a more enabling policy environment to unlock greater finance flows. Read more
The UN recently published a report on the net zero commitments of ‘non-state actors’, including businesses and cities. Ian Higham examines the key ways the report’s recommendations advance the net zero accountability agenda and discusses potential pitfalls and possible next steps in global governance of net zero. Read more
Joana Setzer, Catherine Higham and Vibha Mohan provide evidence to complement the OECD’s own ‘stocktake’ of the Guidelines for MNEs by reviewing key developments in understanding of responsible conduct in the climate context, drawing on important climate litigation cases. Read more
In this post for the Sustainable Finance Leadership series, Satoshi Ikeda sets out the reasons why Japan is leading the way in terms of businesses committing to reporting using the recommendations of the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Read more
Business must deliver a step-change in its own ambitions and discourse if the UK is to meet a 2050 net-zero emissions target, argues Sam Unsworth. Read more
This video animation was produced as part of a project that investigated the impacts of the 2015/16 El Niño event... Read more
