Recognizing that our society and economy depend on natural capital – nature’s assets and the services they provide – the TNFD was established to “provide companies and financial institutions with a risk management and disclosure framework to identify, assess, manage
The IPCC 6th assessment report on climate change clearly and unequivocally concludes that there are multiple, feasible and effective options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change. Cutting global GHG emissions by nearly half by 2030
In June 2023, the ISSB released finalized standards for sustainability and climate-related disclosures: General Sustainability-related Disclosure (S1) Climate-related Disclosures (S2) The standards became effective as of January 1, 2024.
ISSB releases exposure drafts for two proposed initial standards to create a “comprehensive global baseline of sustainability-related disclosures designed to meet the information needs of investors in assessing enterprise value” S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information S2
NASA Scientist James Hansen told the US Senate that global warming was underway. He projected the global temperature increases to come from burning fossil fuels and urged that action be taken to reduce fossil fuel use. This was reported on
