Climate Leadership in Uncertain Times
December 19, 2018 | Nigel Purvis | Diplomacy
REPORT: Joshua Busby and Nigel Purvis propose in “Climate Leadership in Uncertain Times” that international climate cooperation continues to have potential, despite the current political climate. The authors establish a brief history of climate leadership, as well as examining the potential for climate leadership around the world, best practices for pursuing change, climate policy in [&hellip
Legal Risks to Investors from Forest Crime
December 13, 2018 | Climate Advisers | Forests & Lands
PUBLICATION: Deforestation is not only a global environmental problem that requires strong action. It is also a risky activity to support financially. This is true across all categories of asset owners and managers in the United States and globally
California’s Ocean-Climate Contribution
December 10, 2018 | Climate Advisers | Oceans
PUBLICATION: In 2015, nearly 200 countries came together to adopt the Paris Agreement. Parties to this historic accord committed to take steps both to limit warming to well under two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to increase resilience to the impacts of climate change
Outperforming Through Transparency and Traceability
September 12, 2018 | Climate Advisers | Financial Markets
This paper explores the next natural step for consumer goods companies adopting traceability through the supply chain: full transparency for stakeholders, suppliers and consumers. We examine examples of risk mitigation, opportunities for value creation, and distributed ledger technology (DLT) solutions that are already in use. Download the pdf: Climate Advisers Whitepaper September
Deforestation-Related Externalities Create Financial Risks and Poor Returns for Investors, New Research Shows
September 12, 2018 | Matt Piotrowski | Financial Markets, Forests & Lands
PRESS RELEASE: Investing in companies that engage in deforestation-related activities poses material risks and produces poor returns for financial institutions, according to new research from Climate Advisers and S-Network Global Indexes. Companies in the palm oil sector that do not have sustainability policies have significantly underperformed compared to those that have followed no-deforestation programs
Creating Negative Emissions: The Role of Natural and Technological Carbon Dioxide Removal Strategies
June 22, 2018 | Claire Langley | Energy, Forests & Lands
REPORT: Natural solutions are abundant, well-understood, and readily-available carbon dioxide removal options that exist today. They should be deployed fully and without delay. Scientists and other experts increasingly believe that nations will need to proactively deploy planetary-scale solutions to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) from the atmosphere in addition to rapidly [&hellip
The Economic Impact at the National Level of the Illegal Conversion of Forests for Export-Driven Industrial Agriculture
April 26, 2018 | Climate Advisers | Forests & Lands
DISCUSSION DRAFT: Between 2000-2012, half of all tropical deforestation was the result of illegal clearing for industrial agriculture (Lawson et al. 2014). This report aims to characterize the costs of this illegality. While the impacts are widespread, including global, we focus our analyses on the costs to the countries in which the deforestation occurs. We [&hellip
Blockchain: the missing link between climate finance and forest conservation?
January 22, 2018 | Climate Advisers | Financial Markets
POLICY PAPER: If you haven’t heard of blockchain yet, you soon will. From its beginnings as a system for verifying Bitcoin transactions, blockchain is now sweeping the world of finance and expanding into other areas of business and public policy. And it’s already being touted as a tool for facilitating climate-related transactions, including results-based payments [&hellip
Tax Reform: A $1.5 Trillion Missed Opportunity, For Now
January 22, 2018 | Climate Advisers | US Policy & Politics
REPORT: Last month, budget-conscious Congressional Republicans passed a massive tax reform package that will likely add at least $1.5 trillion to the U.S. federal deficit over the next 10 years. But here’s the thing—it didn’t have to. One sensible and responsible revenue-raising option would have gone a long way in helping to close the funding [&hellip
Ceres Launches “Engage the Chain” Case Studies on Business Risks from Deforestation
December 11, 2017 | Climate Advisers | Financial Markets
CASE STUDY: Companies that fail to manage their environmental performance expose themselves to business risks. Rising consumer and investor awareness about the environmental and social impacts of deforestation is placing increased scrutiny on companies that source commodities from high-risk deforestation, to ensure that their products are not sourced with illegal or questionable environmental practices. Companies [&hellip