Risk management

Climate activists lament vast new oil pipeline at Africa Climate Week

NAIROBI - As thousands of delegates gathered in Nairobi to discuss climate solutions at the annual Africa Climate Week, a…

Flawed climate risk advice to pension funds “driving us off a cliff-edge” 

Pension funds are risking economic catastrophe by relying on flawed economic advice around climate risk, finds a new report published…

Why climate stress tests are not fit for purpose

For decades, central banks have used stress testing to assess their resilience to various economic shocks such as a recession.…

How to get pension funds to invest in renewables in Africa

Among the myriad efforts that have been made to drum up sufficient climate finance to fund the clean energy transition…

Could too much permitting reform hurt EU renewables? 

Industry has long warned that delays in permitting the construction of new renewable power projects, and delays in linking completed…

Weekly data: investors scale back support for climate resolutions at oil majors in 2023 

This year, investors were offered a chance to steer the world’s largest oil majors towards a low-carbon future by supporting…

Carbon removal market has lift-off

Five years ago, carbon removal technology would have been uttered in the same breath as pie-in-sky climate solutions such as…

The antidote for modern slavery in the renewables supply chain

The number of people around the world becoming victims of modern slavery – where they cannot refuse or leave work…

Top ten countries currently developing the most oil and gas fields

When the International Energy Agency (IEA) published its Net Zero by 2050 analysis in 2021, it became clear just how…

Data shows how the cost of energy transition minerals has soared since 2020

Ever since the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its seminal Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions report in 2021, securing…