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How Climate Intelligence Can Bridge the Banking Sector’s Climate Risk Knowledge Gap
Date: September 11, 2022
By Partha Bose, Head of Capital Markets at Cervest The financial sector is no stranger to risk. It’s founded on measuring, managing and correctly pricing it. But climate risk is presenting new challenges to doing just that. In a fast-changing regulatory and operational landscape, banks and lenders are for the first time ever, trying to...
The Cracks in the Global Food Crisis Are Beginning to Bite
Date: September 7, 2022
By Maddy Haughton-Boakes, Campaigns Adviser, Changing Markets Foundation The global food system is under pressure. Across the world, a “perfect storm” of now well-documented challenges is threatening the global industry – including the soaring costs of animal feed, fertiliser and fuel; increasing labour shortages; irregular and extreme weather patterns; and near-constant supply chain disruption. Long...
After Long Drought, China Plots Ambitious Water Infrastructure Push
Date: September 1, 2022
By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) – After a record heatwave parched large areas of the Yangtze basin, Chinese provinces are planning to spend billions of dollars on new water infrastructure as they try to fend off the growing impact of extreme weather on agriculture and hydropower. The prolonged drought in southwest China has exposed the...
Global Body Urges EU to Make Company Life Simpler by Aligning Climate Reporting
Date: September 1, 2022
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union should make extra time to align its policies with international rules on reporting on climate change to save time in the long run and simplify life for companies, global standard setting board said on Wednesday. That could mean extending slightly a November deadline to complete drafts...
Pakistan Floods Add to Pain for Struggling Small Businesses
Date: August 30, 2022
By Zofeen T. Ebrahim KARACHI, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Dipping a roller into a tray of blue paint, Mohammad Rashid counts his losses after record monsoon rains forced him to hang up his overalls for weeks on end, adding to his money worries as an economic crisis grips Pakistan. Millions of low-income small business...
Parched UAE Turns to Science to Squeeze More Rainfall From Clouds
Date: August 30, 2022
By Abir Ahmar ABU DHABI (Reuters) – As a twin-turboprop aircraft takes off under the burning desert sun with dozens of salt canisters attached to its wings, United Arab Emirates meteorological official Abullah al-Hammadi scans weather maps on computers screens for cloud formations. At 9,000 feet above sea level, the plane releases salt flares into...