100 corporations, 100 cities: A novel approach to stopping climate change through debt

Climate change is largely due to a failure by the market to charge the polluter the cost of its pollution.

COP 22: Don’t expect grand announcements; it’s time to get on with the detail

Following a year that has seen significant progress in climate change diplomacy with the Paris Agreement coming into force on November 4th, a successful climate summit in Morocco would be one that gets on in earnest with the detail that will make the Paris Agreement deliver on the ground.

Can municipal liability insurance foster climate change-related sustainability?

This is the first part of a two-article series on municipal liability and climate change.

The next wave of ocean leaders

Every investment made in a young mind and every new idea that is forged through cross-generational collaboration will allow us to leave behind healthy oceans full of life.

Mind the Greenhouse Gap

How do we measure our progress on climate change?

By how much will the world warm: 1.5, 2 or 3 degrees Celsius?

By John Moorhead, Managing Director at BSD Consulting, and Tim Nixon, Managing Editor of Sustainability at Thomson Reuters

What the Paris Agreement means for the private sector

The Paris climate-change agreement endorses the low-carbon approach to doing business. More companies now need to embrace the new disclosure regime and set goals to help to meet the new climate targets, argues Paul Simpson, chief executive officer of the international not-for-profit CDP.

The 5 key takeaways from the Paris climate change agreement

The Paris Climate Change Conference (also known as COP21) is a political milestone in the global fight against climate change. All 195 participating countries agreed to the resulting Paris Agreement. Martin Koehring, senior editor at The Economist Intelligence Unit, examines the key lessons from the negotiations in five categories that matter the most: diplomacy, politics, law, business and economics.

Reasons for hope in a dangerous world

The Paris climate change negotiations have led to an encouraging global agreement. But there are more fundamental reasons to be hopeful that the world is moving towards sustainability, says Timothy Nixon from Thomson Reuters.

Agriculture is everywhere—why is it not mentioned in the COP21 agreement?

In light of the recent climate-changes negotiations in Paris (also known as COP21), Chris Henderson, senior agricultural advisor at Practical Action, examines opportunities for more agricultural efficiency in a climate-affected world.

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