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Manifest Climate Completes Acquisition of Climate Risk Review
The climate media landscape is expanding rapidly, as businesses big and small hunt for decision-useful information on navigating the risks and opportunities posed by the climate crisis. However, just as the quantity of available data and analysis increases, so too does the challenge of separating signal from noise. What climate-related information is most relevant to […]
What the Glasgow Climate Pact Means for Businesses
COP26 concluded on November 13 with a deal between almost 200 countries to significantly ramp up global climate action. The final Glasgow Climate Pact (“the Pact”) ties sovereign countries to new commitments on curbing emissions, spending on climate adaptation, trading carbon offsets, and transitioning away from fossil fuels, to name just a few. In this […]
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Net-zero pathways have banks in a muddle
Banks shouldn’t drag their feet when it comes to target setting and choosing net-zero pathways. The world is moving too fast Banks absorbing the rush of announcements coming out of the COP26 summit in Glasgow should understand this: portfolio alignment is going to become much more complex, and much more fraught. Why? Because in order […]
The COP26 draft deal: What’s missing as deadline looms
Climate Basics: What are Physical Risks? Why do they matter for your business and community?
November 9th, 2021 In November, Manifest Climate was joined by Dr. Blair Feltmate, author of Sustainable Banking and Aquatic Ecology and Head of Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation for an interactive conversation on what are Physical Risks, and why do they matter for your business? Business and financial decisions are increasingly being assessed by how […]
Why Businesses Should Pay Attention to the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero
November 3 was ‘Finance Day’ at COP26. Appropriately, much of the media spotlight that day was taken up by the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), an umbrella group of six sectoral climate alliances and initiatives covering around 300 banks, insurers, asset managers, and asset owners. Set up in April this year by Mark […]
What will make for a successful COP26 from Canada’s perspective?
How The High Ambition Coalition at COP26 is Setting the Pace for Climate Action
What is the High Ambition Coalition? The High Ambition Coalition (HAC) is an informal alliance of countries within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), set up to promote strong climate action. Established by The Republic of the Marshall Islands in the lead-up to COP21 — the summit that produced the Paris Agreement — […]