The cities of the world will give us the entrepreneurs to solve the climate puzzle October 26, 2021 Investment in climate tech companies has increased five-fold since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015. This year, there has been venture capital investment in climate tech than in all of 2020. That’s good news – but it’s not enough. Cities have questions to answer for their role in creating pressures on the climate – [...]
Why an Aegon sustainable manager is buying bonds in polluting companies May 7, 2024 Rory Sandilands, manager of the Aegon Global Climate Transition fund, is pushing to make companies emit less by buying their bonds.
17 arrested as Port of Dover blocked by climate protestors September 24, 2021 Police have arrested 17 climate protestors who blocked the Port of Dover, Europe’s busiest ferry port. Around 40 protestors have blocked the A20 at two sites: the Eastern Docks roundabout and near the junction with Union Street for the Western Docks. The offshoot of Extinction Rebellion caused chaos on the M25 motorway five times in [...]
Countries are lobbying to change climate report ahead of COP26 October 21, 2021 Leaked documents have shown that several countries – including Australia, Saudi Arabia and Japan – are lobbying to change an important climate report ahead of the COP26 summit, the BBC reported. Countries are reportedly asking the UN to downplay the need to move away from fossil fuels, in addition to paying poorer countries more to [...]
Global climate tech investment has tripled, but emissions-cutting solutions are overlooked December 15, 2021 Investment into climate tech is booming globally, as venture capital and private equity firms poured $87.5bn into the sector over the twelve months to 30 June 2021 – more than triple the $28.4bn global total reached a year before. Buoyed by dry powder accumulated during the first few months of Covid lockdowns, investment firms focusing [...]
Climate scientists reject Science Museum feature after Shell sponsorship November 16, 2021 Pollution experts refuse to let Science Museum feature work over its links to Shell and willingness to be associated with oil giants.
Doling out more debt to developing countries won’t help without giving them a global voice June 23, 2023 Can we stop burying countries at risk of climate change in more debt?
Don’t make climate promises you can’t keep November 9, 2021 Company CEOs and governments have rushed recently to make “net-zero by 2050” promises. This is a very admirable sentiment but in reality, how many of those CEOs and leaders of government will be in their current positions in 2050? Likely zero. Promises are easy to make when making them is an easy way to carry [...]
NatWest to spend £100bn on climate and sustainable finance October 13, 2021 Banking giant NatWest has announced plans to provide £100bn of climate and sustainable funding by 2025 to support the transition to net zero. Natwest previously announced a target of spending £20bn on climate and sustainable finance between 2020 and 2022 which the bank already exceeded with the early delivery of £21.5bn in the first half [...]
All Lloyd’s of London staff at home today as army of 60 climate activists descend on insurer’s iconic City office April 12, 2022 Lloyd’s of London asked all its employees not to come to its offices in the City this morning, the company told City A.M. Extinction Rebellion have blocked entrances and remain on the roof of the Lloyd’s Building to demand the financial giant stops insuring coal, oil, gas and tar sands that are “fuelling the climate [...]