29 Jul 2022
Primer on Climate Change: Directors’ Duties and Disclosure Obligations
The evolution of our understanding of climate change from an ethical or environmental issue to one that presents foreseeable financial and systemic risks (and opportunities) over short, medium and long-term investment horizons has significantly changed its relevance to the governance… More →
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23 Jun 2022
Climate Change Litigation – What Board Directors Need to Know
Climate change litigation is increasing, both in terms of the number of cases being brought and the routes which claimants are taking. Claims against governments can affect the policy and operating environment for companies, or result in delays or rejection… More →
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28 Apr 2022
PRESS RELEASE: The Climate Governance Initiative announces their partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The Climate Governance Initiative (CGI), hosted at Hughes Hall, Cambridge, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have established a partnership to enhance corporate climate governance in accordance with international best practice. More →
News, Press Release
25 Apr 2022
The Chairperson’s Perspective: Shaping the board’s strategic direction on climate
We are in a decisive decade to accelerate action against climate change. Choices made over the next decade will impact the world for centuries to come, and business leaders must be advocates for taking action to address climate change within… More →
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25 Apr 2022
Glossary of Climate terms
A glossary defining the climate terms referred to in the three Chairperson’s guides on shaping the board’s strategic direction on climate More →
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07 Apr 2022
The Sixth IPCC Assessment Report summaries
Read all three summaries of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Working Group reports from the Climate Governance Initiative. More →
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04 Apr 2022
IPCC April 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s April 2022 report explains that limiting warming to 1.5C will require global emissions to peak before 2025 and that many pathways to 2C of warming will also require this, but this will not… More →
News
16 Mar 2022
The Climate Governance Initiative’s position on the war in Ukraine
The Climate Governance Initiative fully supports the people of Ukraine and all citizens suffering innocently from the Russian Federation’s unprovoked act of war. We were due to launch a Chapter in Ukraine this month, which will now inevitably be delayed. … More →
News
03 Mar 2022
Chapter Zero New Zealand joins the Climate Governance Initiative
The Institute of Directors New Zealand (IoD) today announced that it has joined the global Climate Governance Initiative (CGI) as the host of the national chapter, Chapter Zero New Zealand. More →
News, Press Release
28 Feb 2022
IPCC February 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report concludes that the impacts of climate change are severe, but that humanity can still avoid many of them if it seizes “a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity”. More →
News
23 Nov 2021
COP26 brings a mix of hope and concern
With COP26 having drawn to a close, the Climate Governance Initiative (CGI) can look back on these two weeks with a mix of hope and relief. More →
News
11 Nov 2021
Executive Compensation Guidebook for Climate Transition
Read this guidebook to explore how to drive the climate strategy by meaningfully embedding it within executive compensation frameworks. More →
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02 Nov 2021
Net zero at the heart of business strategy
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has shown that human activity is unequivocally causing our climate to change, and this is already affecting every region of the world. Climate change is the single-greatest threat to global systemic financial stability, and… More →
News
02 Nov 2021
Climate crisis requires boards to put climate transition at the heart of corporate strategy, says international network of board directors
As the global UN COP26 climate talks commence in Glasgow, the international Climate Governance Initiative has called on board directors across the world to place the climate transition at the heart of corporate strategy and board decision-making. In a statement… More →
Press Release
09 Aug 2021
IPCC August 2021: The Physical Science Basis
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report shows that human activity is unequivocally driving changes to the climate at an unprecedented scale. The science indicates there is still time to limit temperature rises, but only if we act now, and with ambition. More →
News
12 Jun 2021
Joint Submission to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s invitation for comments on climate disclosures
Climate change is a global emergency. To achieve the goal of limiting global average temperature increases to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, most countries will need to substantially increase their climate ambitions and investments.… More →
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