This is the moment for the Government to take every opportunity to lead by example in the drive to cut emissions in a fair and equitable way, says Esin Serin, as she evaluates the Treasury’s recently published Net Zero Review interim report. Read more
With COP26 on the horizon and the COVID-19 pandemic highlighting the critical need to address inequality by stimulating investments in a green and inclusive recovery, CDC Group and its partners are looking to mobilise capital for the just transition in two of the world’s largest coal-dependent economies and are urging others to join the effort. Read more
Banks, investors and financial institutions will join forces (on November 19th) with universities and trade unions to launch the UK’s... Read more
Nick Robins describes how the just transition is rising to the top of the agenda as the connective tissue that binds together climate goals with social outcomes. Read more
Phasing out coal requires expanding the notion of a ‘just transition’ and a roadmap that specifies the sequence of coal... Read more
This brief sets out the net-zero transition requirements for SMEs in the UK and how issues of demand and supply of finance for the transition can be addressed. It provides recommendations to banks and finance providers, and to government. Read more
Just as unbridled climate change will do serious damage to the economy and its workers, so too will failure to improve human-capital management and safeguard workers’ wellbeing. That is why both climate action and social protections must be embedded in COVID-19 recovery strategies, argue Naïm Abou-Jaoudé and Nick Robins. Read more
Banks need to work with the government to create a new and more resilient model of prosperity that will enable the UK to build back better in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report published today (14 July 2020). Read more
