Hot on the heels of the UK Government’s commitment to the most significant programme of investment in homegrown clean energy in the UK’s history, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband, has talked through what energy transformation means for the UK in coming years.
The third United Nations Ocean Conference has adopted a political declaration entitled: “Our ocean, our future: united for urgent action”, stressing that the ocean plays an essential role in mitigating the adverse effects of climate change.
The global economy could face a 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 unless immediate policy action on risks posed by the climate crisis is taken. This is the stark warning set out in ‘Planetary Solvency – finding our balance with nature’ by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) in collaboration with climate scientists.
Ambitious climate targets that are underpinned by robust implementation and investment plans can provide economic opportunities, unlock investment, and support sustainable development and growth, while facilitating low-emission transitions, according to a new joint report by the OECD and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Anyone who has read the article “Why well-off Brits who think collapse is coming still stay silent” will recognise the scenarios it calls out. Those silent Brits are familiar to us all: they know the planet is hurtling towards existential crisis but they do not use their voice to influence others while they live comfortably within a system that cannot endure (and they know it).
Severe climate impacts can come from nowhere. Their effects can cascade across society, and create a bigger problem than the sum of their individual parts. These impacts are similar to those resulting from pandemics or traditional security threats. That is why we need to plan for climate like we plan for security – at the national level, supranational level and across continents.
AMR (anti-microbial resistance) is a world health issue. Many believe there cannot be too much investment in and coordination globally on this issue. Standards and regulation – across the use by humans and animals of antibiotics and antifungals – are one thing; but are they the only way forward?
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) says that, between January and April this year, claims for weather-related damage to people’s homes and possessions in the UK topped £200m for the first time ever. Pay-outs surpassed the previous quarterly record from Q1 2022 by £67m.
The King’s Foundation has announced the outcome of its search for the next generation of makers and changemakers – the King’s Foundation’s 35 under 35. The final 35 are a network of exceptional young people who represent the change The King’s Foundation stands for across nature and sustainability, traditional arts and crafts, textiles, architecture and urbanism, health and wellbeing, horticulture and farming.
The Law Society in the UK has launched new guidance to help solicitors navigate climate change in property transactions. The Law Society said that, as climate risks become more prevalent, solicitors may need to highlight relevant legal issues to clients during property transactions. Its new practice note includes practical guidance to help address common challenges identified by solicitors.
Climate change is making extreme weather in the UK more likely and more extreme. This looks like heatwaves, heavy rainfall and conditions that enable wildfires. The UK is not appropriately prepared for this.
If there is one thing the advertising and communications industry is expert in it’s behaviour. From decades of consumer data, the advertising industry knows what makes people do something, what moves them and increasingly they know what consumers are likely to do next.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have brought together 17 national leaders from major economies and climate-vulnerable countries to accelerate global climate ambition. The purpose was to build momentum for stronger national climate plans to be announced in 2025.
The UK Government has launched plans to strengthen voluntary carbon and nature markets which can help leverage the finance needed to address climate action while diversifying revenue streams.