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Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... on the Gender Action Plan. "The partnership focuses on the role women and girls can have on climate mitigation and adaptation," Chan noted. "In particular, the pillars recognise the importance of female representation in decision-making and the role ...

COP28: Climate finance, carbon markets take centre stage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Water featured for only the second time at a COP, and several emerging economies launched carbon market initiatives. Adaptation and inclusion COP28 saw discussion around how international finance mechanisms and frameworks can drive adaptation and an ...

Loss and damage funds a key consideration for COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... leveraging its funds to drive opportunities forward and how private sector money will help the business case around adaptation investment. "Some of the blended finance examples we saw at the last COP suggested that there was $50 of private sector commitment ...

New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... expansion includes new technical screening criteria, as well as amended criteria for climate change mitigation and adaptation. "Investors currently face a significant discrepancy between the availability of data reported by investee companies and the ...

Investing during a disorderly transition: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... opportunities that will come from some of the disorderliness we will face. Q: What's the balance between investing in adaptation versus mitigation? A: One of the sources of disorder is going to come from physical climate change itself. It's playing ...

NSW Anti-slavery commissioner raises alarm on ASX risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... "Identifying carbon emissions at the unit level has been key to being able to set and enforce expectations around climate adaptation and mitigation. "Similarly we need reliable, scalable data on modern slavery risks to properly factor into business and ...

How to build a climate-resilient business: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... of articles brought to you by Energetics Investing in climate mitigation is still a key priority, but investing in adaptation and resilience to the physical damages and disruption of climate change is lagging behind. But new focus from investors, companies ...

Record climate spending for low and middle-income economies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... spend included US$38 billion (63%) on climate change mitigation finance, and US$22.7 billion (37%) on climate change adaptation. Private finance stood at US$16.9 billion, the report said. Among the remaining US$38.8 billion allocated to high-income countries ...

Investing in net zero "makes business sense": Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... there - as well as a focus on opportunities, not just risk. Q: How can companies and investors consider investing in adaptation/resilience? A: One aspect is companies investing in their own resilience and adaptation, and supporting their value chain ...

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... scale of risk posed by climate change calls for an equally massive investment in risk reduction through mitigation and adaptation. Extreme weather, rising seas, decarbonisation, economics, and politics all impact the sector. These issues are triggering ...