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Are Auditors Flying Blind on Climate Risk?
Are audit reports showing how auditors consider climate risks in financial statements?  Carbon Tracker’s new report, Flying Blind:...
6 days ago


Renewable Energy but not for Climate Change: How Renewable Energy is Benefiting China
While the United States is returning to oil and gas, China is leveraging its world-leading renewable energy sectors to reduce its energy dependence on foreign nations and to strengthen its international influence.
Jul 22


Understanding the Impact of the Recent Federal Budget Bill on the U.S. Climate Sector
The recently passed federal budget bill has prompted widespread discussion across the economic, healthcare, and environmental sectors. While opinions on the bill differ across the political spectrum, one area where its effects are particularly significant is the U.S. climate sector.
Jul 17


Attribution Science: Why Fossil Firms May Owe Trillions in Climate Damages
A new study published in Nature (April 2025) finds a strong scientific link between major fossil fuel emitters and specific climate-related damages, like extreme heat. The researchers demonstrate a method for assigning real economic losses (in the hundreds of billions to trillions) to emissions from individual companies.
Jul 15


Through the Looking Glass: How COVID-19 Revealed the Need for Climate Stress Testing
What is the importance of climate stress testing as an institutional investor/business owner?
Jul 10


Can the EU Hit 90% Emissions Cuts by 2040—And What Comes Next?
On July 2, 2025, the European Commission announced a proposal for a legally binding climate target: cutting net greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040 compared to 1990 levels.
Jul 9


Investing in Adaptation: PRI’s Guide to Climate Resilience and Risk Management
The UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has released an investor-oriented guide on climate adaptation and resilience
Jul 7


Forests for Resilience: Why Every Company Needs a Nature Policy
Forests cover about one-third of the land on Earth and are home to 80% of all terrestrial biodiversity. They are also a huge part of our planet’s natural capital and play a vital role in the lives of billions.
Jul 2


CSRD Reports Reveal Progress and Gaps on Double Materiality and Risk Disclosure
A new study analyzing 304 CSRD-aligned sustainability reports across 21 countries uncovers a key trend: companies are increasingly disclosing ESG risks with more structure and standardization, yet blind spots still exist.
Jul 1


123 Years Until We Reach Full Gender Equality: Global Gender Gap Report 2025
The World Economic Forum has published the Global Gender Gap Report for 2025, with data depicting parity trends in both developed and developing countries. Measured by 4 subindexes---Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, Political Empowerment---this paper gives insight on movement in gender equality practices, holding countries accountable.
Jun 26


Climate Models Under Fire as Energy Imbalance Suggests Higher Warming
A recent study published in Science (June 2025) reveals that climate models with low estimates of human-caused warming struggle to match satellite observations of Earth’s energy imbalance. These findings propose that climate sensitivity to greenhouse gases may be higher than the lower end of IPCC estimates, suggesting that future warming may be more extreme. The study reinforces the urgency for deeper emissions cuts and highlights the need for financial and policy strategies
Jun 25


Water Security Now: EU Launches First-Ever Water Resilience Strategy
On June 4, 2025, the European Commission accepted the European Union’s first-ever water resilience strategy, a promising stride in environmental governance. Ongoing water stress continues to accelerate due to climate change as the EU’s developed strategy concentrates on restoring the water cycle, boosting economic competitiveness, and ensuring clean, safe water for all. Success will require not just ambition, but real-world delivery, joint action, and optimistic vision. Â
Jun 24


Global Trade Policy Threatens Climate Progress
The candle is burning at both ends for green technology in the US, with international supply being compromised and domestic support increasingly becoming unstable. Despite these headwinds, corporations are continuing to push forward; the march to net zero goes on.
Jun 19


Central and Eastern Europe: Accelerate Green Bond Momentum to Conserve Your Economies
CFA Instanbul, PwC, Responsible Alpha, and Atrium Infrastructure Discuss CEE Green Bonds, May 29, 2025. The 11th CFA CEE Conference i n...
Jun 18


China’s Net-Zero Transformation: Electrification and Clean Energy
For the first time, growth in China’s clean power generation has led to a decline in the nation’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, even as...
Jun 13


Voluntary Carbon Markets Necessary for Climate Mitigation: 2024 Market Analysis Shows
The 2025 State of the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) report, published by Ecosystem Marketplace, reveals a market undergoing profound...
Jun 13


Its Getting Hot in Here: Weather Forecasts Worsen as Temperatures Rise
Global Mean Near Surface Temperature rise, from 1960 to predicted 2030 values. Bars represent data used for predictions. Taken from the...
Jun 10


Aligning Climate and Development: What Businesses and Investors Can Learn from the World Bank’s Agenda
In an era marked by escalating climate risks, businesses and investors face unprecedented challenges. Climate change is no longer just an environmental issue—climate change is near and present economic threat undermining both current well-being and the potential for future growth. While middle- and low-income countries face the largest climate risks, actuaries are raising the alarm showing that global GDP may collapse in our lifetimes.
Jun 4


UAE's Climate Transition: Legislative Action
On 28 August 2024, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) enacted Federal Decree-Law No. (11) of 2024 on the Reduction of Climate Change Effects,...
Jun 4


Japan’s Carbon Emissions Trading: A Risk Mitigation Approach to Market-Based Decarbonization
In May 2025, Japan enacted legislation mandating the creation of a national carbon emissions trading system (ETS), scheduled to begin in...
Jun 4


Mimic This: Private Credit Enhancement Facility and Contingent Resilience-Linked Bonds Win Tagus Roundtable 2025
Earlier this May, leaders from around the world came together in Lisbon, Portugal, for the 2025 Tagus Roundtable . Held at the Lisbon...
May 28


Systems-Level Investing: Strategy in an Unpredictable and Antagonistic Market
“By investing in the Sustainable Development Goals, we invest in the future, ensuring a world in which we strive for peace,...
May 23


The Man Who Saw Global Warming Coming in 1938
In 1938, Guy Stewart Callendar, an English steam engineer published a paper that made a bold claim: burning fossil fuels was warming the...
May 22


Transition Risk: No Investor Action Equals US$2.2 Trillion Loss Starting 2026
In order to support investors in developing comprehensive strategy around climate, Responsible Alpha is publishing a two-part series on...
May 21
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