Felix Dodds comments on sustainable development, coffee & life

This taken from Newsletter 74: UN Climate Change High-Level Champions The Power to Persuade: finance leaders raise their voices for science-based policy Leading financial institutions are aligning their advocacy efforts with their net-zero commitments, to drive transformational change in their sector - and beyond. The capacity to persuade is a critical component of the Race to Zero criteria, which involves organisations actively going beyond their internal climate action policies to call for ambitious regulation on net zero and resilience. Financial systems are the endoskeletons of our economies, and the three limbs of the system: insurance, banking and investment carry tremendous potential to drive transformation, through engagement. For example, when finance institutions advocate for self-regulation to create a level playing field for decarbonisation, this can send positive and impactful signals to gove...

Guest blog by Nigel Topping High Level Champion for Climate Action at COP26. Originally published here. If there is one lesson we can take from 2021, it's that climate action is going to have to grow much faster to keep up with the climate change impacts we’re already seeing. Our two weeks at COP26 last year showed us the growing speed and determination with which businesses, investors, cities and regions are committing to halve emissions within this decade and reach net zero before 2050. At the same time, we need to adapt and build resilience to the unfolding impacts of climate change. 2021 saw catastrophic wildfires in California and Greece; floods in India, Australia, Turkey, China, Belgium, Germany and South Sudan; locust plagues in East Africa; deadly cold in Texas and melting of the permafrost that supports infrastructure and homes in Russia. There is no time to lose. If global warming reaches 1.5°C by 2030, nearly half the world’s population will be at risk from haz...