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Lloyd’s of London Switches to Remote Trading After Climate Protests
Date: April 12, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Lloyds of London said on Tuesday it had advised its employees and market participants not to come to their City of London headquarters on Tuesday and was trading remotely after climate activists blocked several entrances to the building. Extinction Rebellion said more than 60 people had gathered at the insurance market’s flagship...
In Brazil, Satellites Help Scientists Zone in on Amazon Deforestation
Date: April 8, 2022
By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A group of Brazilian researchers using satellite data to track illegal deforestation are on a mission to hit the people responsible where it hurts – in the pocket. Mapping project MapBiomas is working with state governments, prosecutors and even state-controlled Banco do Brasil to flag...
Investors Urge Governments Not to Ditch Climate for Energy Security
Date: April 8, 2022
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – Asset owners managing more than $10.4 trillion have urged governments not to let worries about security of fossil fuel supplies impede the transition to greener energy needed to limit catastrophic climate change. With governments scrambling to replace Russian oil and gas supplies after the invasion of Ukraine, United Nations...
Analysis-As Tougher Climate Disclosures Hit, Campaigners Scour for Laggards
Date: April 7, 2022
By Kirstin Ridley and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) -A push by Britain to toughen up corporate environmental disclosures will cast a spotlight on climate change dawdlers as campaigners increasingly turn to the courts to force a speedier transition to a low-carbon economy. Almost 2,000 climate change-related lawsuits have been launched around the world to date,...
Rising to the Occasion
Date: April 5, 2022
By Ian Thomas, Author at Turquoise Merchant bank Turquoise International, which specialises in energy, environment and efficiency, is seeing increasing numbers of investment opportunities emerge in climate technology, with investors keen to back products, solutions and initiatives capable of meeting the evolving demands of the world’s economy for decarbonisation and environmental improvement. In this article,...
The FinTech Road to Carbon Neutrality
Date: April 1, 2022
Fintech companies have huge implications in the world on the global economy, and on global warming. Currently, the world is facing one of its greatest challenges yet, to prevent rising global temperatures, by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The fintech industry can be said to have been a direct cause of climate change, having helped...