Australia's major emitters may spew twice more methane than reported bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Powering down: end times for the UK’s final coal-fired station theguardian.com/business/2024/…

‘The Science Based Targets initiative issued a statement on Friday saying there was “no change” to its standards, after three days earlier stating that companies would be able to use carbon offsets to meet their climate goals’ via Financial Times
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Far too many studies are bunkum and now a new book by Alex Edmans is calling them out thetimes.co.uk/article/its-ti…

Lenders and insurers to ramp up use of corporate climate plans in pricing decisions real-economy-progress.com/climate/lender…

Estimated that over 50,000 existing financial services professionals in Singapore will see, 'new sustainable finance-related job tasks added to their critical work functions, to a moderate to high degree.' mas.gov.sg/news/media-rel…

Inside the Controversy That's Divided the Carbon Offsets Market bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

“The world’s leading arbiter of corporate climate targets is under fire from staff after a decision to allow controversial carbon credits in dealing with emissions” on.ft.com/4cMJf5b

Nature and climate plans can drive business opportunities and growth businessgreen.com/4194765/ via @businessgreen

Transition Plan Taskforce releases sector-specific guidance and finance tools businessgreen.com/4195142/ via @businessgreen

Climate target group in turmoil over carbon offsetting plan reuters.com/sustainability…

How to write a corporate climate plan on.ft.com/3xxxdfN

Britain’s quiet green business success story
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Vale faces £3bn legal action over 2015 Mariana dam disaster on.ft.com/3TRpulz

Is the UK up to speed on climate adaptation? A new assessment by the Climate Change Committee finds the government is “falling far short” in preparing for climate change. newstatesman.com/spotlight/sust…

England drenched after the wettest 18 months since records began in 1836 on.ft.com/3wXb8qE

The Transition Finance Market Review opens an important new Call for Evidence on the challenges and opportunities of realising effective Transition Finance, which is a necessary condition for meeting the aims of the Paris Agreement. Find out more here: theglobalcity.uk/sustainable-fi…

Interesting article on debates about how ESG relates to financial performance. Shows the profound challenges of measuring environmental and social risks and externalities. ESG scores/ratings used as proxies in research and practice have big issues… bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

US banks abandon ‘bare minimum’ environmental standards project, alarming climate groups theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Nominations are now open for the next iteration of the prestigious Insight Investment - ⁦University of Oxford⁩ Prize for #GreeningFinance . Deadline for nominations is Friday 24 May. Find out more about the prize and its endowment here: sustainablefinance.ox.ac.uk/prize-2024/