The 2023 climate risk landscape
The past few years have demonstrated a remarkable level of volatility. Efforts to establish a “new normal” after the COVID-19 pandemic were interrupted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and a wave of
Global Warming
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Pathways to industrial decarbonisation: positioning Australian industry to prosper in a net zero global economy
This report outlines a decarbonisation pathway that shows it is possible for five of Australia's most significant heavy industry supply chains to transition to net zero, consistent with global efforts
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1.5°C – dead or alive? The risks to transformational change from reaching and breaching the Paris Agreement goal
The world is at risk of descending into a climate “doom loop”, a thinktank report has warned. It said simply coping with the escalating impacts of the climate crisis could draw resources and focus away
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Global sea-level rise & implications: key facts and figures
<p>India's financial capital Mumbai is among several cities across the globe that would be most affected due to rising sea levels, according to this report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).</p>
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State of the cryosphere 2022: growing losses, global impacts
Reviewed and supported by over 60 leading cryosphere scientists, the Report details how a combination of melting polar ice sheets, vanishing glaciers, and thawing permafrost will have rapid, irreversible,
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Degree of urgency: accelerating actions to keep 1.5°C on the table
This latest report by the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC), Degree of Urgency: Accelerating Action to Keep 1.5°C on the Table, assesses progress since COP26 and outlines the priority areas for accelerated
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Integrity matters: net zero commitments by businesses, financial institutions, cities and regions
The United Nation’s High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) report focuses on net-zero emission commitments of non-state actors such as financial institutions, corporations, and local and regional governments.
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State of climate action 2022
The State of Climate Action 2022 provides a comprehensive assessment of the global gap in climate action across the world’s highest-emitting systems, highlighting where recent progress made in reducing
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Asia-Pacific disaster report 2022 for ESCAP subregions: pathways to adaptation and resilience in Pacific SIDS
Pathways to Adaptation and Resilience in the Pacific takes forward analysis of the Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2021 and showcases how the subregion is being affected by various risk parameters, and where
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The landscape of methane abatement finance
Sharp and rapid reductions in methane emissions this decade are essential to limiting global warming to 1.5°C. While carbon dioxide has a longer lasting effect, methane has 80 times the warming power of