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# Climate Advisers

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- [Risks to Sustaining Climate Action: Why Securing Clean Energy Supply Chains Requires A Global Perspective](https://www.climateadvisers.org/clean-energy-security/) - Climate Advisers analysis of US efforts to shore up clean energy manufacturing and critical mineral supply chains finds significant gaps in current policy and recommends foreign policy actions to enhance US global leadership ahead of the G7 summit. As the world shifts towards clean energy policymakers in the US have increased their efforts to boost
- [Climate-Related Forest, Food, and Land Risks Threaten US Financial Stability](https://www.climateadvisers.org/climate-risks-deforestation-financial-risks/) - With 40% of US GDP exposed to climate-related risks from the land use sector, this report analyzes the source of these risks and shares recommendations for the federal government to protect US financial stability In the US, 40 percent of GDP is generated from sectors directly exposed to tropical forest, food, and land risk, but
- [Tackling Deforestation and Protecting Investors: Material Financial Risks From Tropical Commodities](https://www.climateadvisers.org/deforestation-financial-regulation-financial-risk/) - The US imported $618 billion in tropical commodities in 2020 ($76 billion in tropical agricultural commodities). Here’s why that matters as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) deliberates on climate-related financial disclosures. In anticipation of the SEC releasing new proposals for regulating climate-related financial risks, Climate Advisers has published a report on the risks to
- [Global Food System Transition is Necessary to Keep Warming Below 1.5°C](https://www.climateadvisers.org/global-food-system-transition-is-necessary-to-keep-warming-below-1-5c/) - The Good Food Institute and Climate Advisers co-wrote this policy brief as part of our collaboration to embed alternative proteins into domestic and international climate and land-use policy priorities. To meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target and to protect forests and other critical ecosystemsthat serve as carbon sinks, a global food system transition is necessary.
- [Climate Clubs - Key Design and WTO Compliance Issues](https://www.climateadvisers.org/climate-clubs-key-design-and-wto-compliance-issues/) - There is growing interest in developing “climate clubs,” smaller groups of countries focused on coordinating climate policy, to accelerate climate action. Climate Advisers shares this brief analyzing the key factors to design effective clubs that comply with World Trade Organization rules. Proposals for climate clubs so far have varied significantly, making it difficult to evaluate
- [Benefits to the United States of Sustainable Protein Innovation](https://www.climateadvisers.org/benefits-to-the-united-states-of-sustainable-protein-innovation/) - In this new brief, Climate Advisers details the benefits to the United States of investing in sustainable proteins and lay out several recommendations for Congress. To prevent catastrophic climate change, the world needs to reach zero net emissions by midcentury. Achieving that goal will require rapid innovation and large-scale investments in every economic sector, including
- [Leveraging Transatlantic Cooperation to Promote Industrial Decarbonization of High Carbon Industries: Pathways for Green Steel](https://www.climateadvisers.org/leveraging-transatlantic-cooperation-to-promote-industrial-decarbonization-of-high-carbon-industries-pathways-for-green-steel/) - Climate Advisers examines the pathways to scale up production of green steel and create a global green steel market and identifies opportunities for transatlantic collaboration supporting such policies. For the world to meet its climate commitments, emissions from heavy industry must be dramatically reduced. The production of steel, which accounts for roughly 8 percent of
- [What the EU’s CBAM Means for the United States](https://www.climateadvisers.org/what-the-eus-cbam-means-for-the-united-states/) - Climate Advisers reviews the EU’s new Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and the potential economic and political implications of a US response. The EU is planning to impose a carbon fee on imports of carbon-intensive goods, such as steel, iron, cement, fertilizer, aluminum, and electricity. The EU’s motivation with the Carbon Border Adjustment Measure (CBAM) is

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- [Home](https://www.climateadvisers.org/) - Raising ambition. Catalyzing action. Improving lives. Washington, DC info@climateadvisers.org 202.350.4950 Climate Advisers brings together globally recognized climate thought leaders on US policy and politics, international diplomacy, tropical forests and other nature-based solutions, strategic communications, global food and agriculture, carbon markets, and climate finance and risks.We specialize in breakthrough ideas and creative strategies that are informed
- [Expertise](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/) - Our Expertise Improving Lives Climate Advisers brings together globally recognized climate thought leaders on US policy and politics, international diplomacy, tropical forests and other nature-based solutions, strategic communications, global food and agriculture, carbon markets, and climate finance and risks. US Policy and Politics We develop politically astute policy solutions in Washington, DC and around the
- [Strategic Communications](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/strategic-climate-communications/) - Climate Advisers Communications Strategic Communications that Drive Climate Action We help organizations develop and deliver the right messages to the right audiences — raising ambition, building coalitions, and catalyzing action at every level. Get in touch Our Services Strategic Communication Our strategic communications services start with defining where our clients wish to go. Then, we
- [People](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/) - Meet Our Team Nigel Purvis CEO Nigel Purvis Nigel Purvis is an American diplomat, business and non-profit executive, think tank scholar and international lawyer. Over three decades, Nigel has shaped U.S. and global policy while serving in decision-making roles at a wide variety of globally influential organizations in Washington, DC. Learn more Rosaria Leong Chief
- [About](https://www.climateadvisers.org/about/) - About Climate Advisers Large-scale, cost-effective strategies to strengthen climate action and improve lives. Climate Advisers works to strengthen climate action in the United States and around the world through research, analysis, public policy advocacy and communications strategies. We partner with governments, non-profits, philanthropies, international organizations, financial institutions and companies to help deliver the clean economy.We
- [Claire Langley](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/claire-langley/) - Claire Langley Senior Fellow, Diplomacy & Policy, Climate Advisers Claire Langley is a Senior Fellow of Diplomacy & Policy at Climate Advisers. Claire’s expertise includes international climate & energy policy and diplomacy strategy.As Senior Fellow focused on Diplomacy & Policy Claire Climate Advisers’ work to create and implement strategies to strengthen international climate cooperation. Claire is the Acting International
- [Simone Schonenberger](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/simone-schonenberger/) - Simone Schonenberger Director, Human Resources, Climate Advisers Simone Schonenberger is the Director of Human Resources at Climate Advisers, where she oversees all aspects of the group’s most valuable assets, its people. Simone has over a decade of human resources experience, primarily serving in the Human Resources Director role at several mid-sized non-profits. Before finding her
- [Matt Piotrowski](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/matt-piotrowski/) - Matt Piotrowski Senior Director and Policy Team Lead, Climate Advisers Matt Piotrowski is a Senior Director and the Policy Team Lead at Climate Advisers, focusing on trade and other policy research, communication outreach with the financial sector, and providing analysis for investors to mitigate climate risks.Before joining Climate Advisers, Matt worked as Senior Editor of
- [Nitya Aggarwal](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/nitya-aggarwal/) - Nitya Aggarwal Senior Associate of Policy & Communications, Climate Advisers Nitya Aggarwal is a Senior Associate of Policy and Communications at Climate Advisers where she works closely with both the Policy & Research and Communications teams.She brings extensive research and policy expertise in the forest, food and lands sector as well as carbon markets and
- [Ben Simonds](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/ben-simonds/) - Ben Simonds Senior Managing Director of Communications, Climate Advisers Ben Simonds is a Senior Managing Director at Climate Advisers and serves as the Managing Director of the Communications Practice, where he designs and executes CA’s communications strategies and grows its communications consulting practice.Before joining Climate Advisers, Ben served as the Head of Communications for the
- [Benjamin Rizzo](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/benjamin-rizzo/) - Fellow and Interim Director, Carbon Markets Benjamin Rizzo is a Senior Fellow and Carbon Director at Climate Advisers. His expertise lies at the intersection of carbon markets, climate finance, and the development of global sustainability standards.As Interim Director, Benjamin drives the firm’s carbon market strategic services, guiding the development of analysis and shaping high-integrity decarbonization
- [Peter Graham](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/peter-graham/) - Peter Graham Senior Fellow, Climate Advisers Peter Graham is a Senior Fellow at Climate Advisers, where he specializes in forests and land issues. Prior to joining Climate Advisers, Peter led WWF’s Global Forest and Climate Programme. At WWF, his team managed efforts on forest conservation and climate change, with a particular focus on reducing emissions from deforestation
- [Food & Agriculture](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/food-and-agriculture/) - Food & Agriculture Climate Advisers works to align the global food and agriculture sectors with science-based climate goals. The global food system accounts for around a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Climate Advisers assists its clients to transform the food and agricultural sectors by advancing agricultural research and innovation, better public policies, and more
- [Clean Energy, Industry & Trade](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/energy-industry/) - Clean Energy, Industry & Trade We promote innovative policies to speed up the clean energy transition and decarbonize the industrial sector. Climate Advisers conducts cutting edge research and forward looking analysis around the trends, policies, and private sector action accelerating the clean energy transition. Our team’s extensive background allows Climate Advisers to identify and advocate
- [Climate Diplomacy](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/diplomacy-2/) - Climate Diplomacy We create and implement strategies to strengthen international climate cooperation. The Climate Advisers team has decades of experience in U.S., transatlantic, and global climate policy and diplomacy, working to implement strategies on international climate cooperation, including through the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Paris Agreement, and bilateral/multilateral climate finance programs with
- [Tropical Forests Forever? A Bold Experiment in Conservation Finance](https://www.climateadvisers.org/tropical-forests-forever-facility-conservation-finance/) - By Peter GrahamMarch 28, 2025 The world’s forests are essential to climate stability, biodiversity, and sustainable development, but conservation finance mechanisms to support their preservation remain limited. The expected launch of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) at COP30 later this year presents an opportunity to enhance conservation finance, provided governments and investors commit to it.The
- [Nigel Purvis](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/nigel-purvis/) - Nigel Purvis Chief Executive Officer, Climate Advisers Nigel Purvis is an American diplomat, business and non-profit executive, think tank scholar and international lawyer. Nigel is the founding CEO of Climate Advisers, a consultancy dedicated to raising climate ambition, catalyzing action, and improving lives. Climate Advisers specializes in U.S. climate policy, international climate diplomacy, carbon markets, and climate
- [Reports & Insights](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insights/) - Reports and Insights All All Insights Reports World Reaches Peak Gas World Reaches Peak Gas Nigel Purvis • June 23, 2026 • Clean Energy, Industry & Trade Some genuinely good climate news deserves more attention: the share of global electricity produced from fossil gas (methane) fell in 2025 for … Why It’s Hard to Know
- [Elaine Irvin](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/elaine-irvin/) - Elaine Irvin Communications Associate, Climate Advisers Elaine Irvin is a Communications Associate at Climate Advisers where she primarily works to support the Timberland Investment Group’s communication strategy.Before joining Climate Advisers, Elaine interned at Buffalo Go Green, Inc., a non-profit focused on sustainable farming and food access, where she helped facilitate communications and marketing strategies. Elaine
- [Kyle Saukas](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/kyle-saukas/) - Kyle Saukas Director of Communications, Climate Advisers Kyle Saukas is a Director of Communications at Climate Advisers, where he focuses on executing strategic communications projects and strengthening the Climate Advisers brand. Previously, Kyle worked for the consulting firm ICF’s Energy Advisory Services practices leading their marketing and communication efforts within the power and natural gas
- [Finance & Risk](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/finance-risk/) - Finance & Risk Our experts help mobilize new financial resources for climate action and identify climate-related financial risks. Our team offers sustainability risk analysis for a wide variety of stakeholders, including asset managers, investors, credit analysts, banks, and financial reform organizations. Our main focus is demonstrating material financial risks tied to deforestation from agricultural supply
- [Alexandre Koberle](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/alexandre-koberle/) - Alexandre Koberle Senior Fellow, Climate Advisers and Orbitas Dr Alexandre Köberle is a Senior Fellow at Climate Advisers and Orbitas. His research focuses on long-term scenarios of socio-environmental change, with special focus on nexus approaches to explore transitions to alternative sustainable development futures. His interdisciplinary work uses mathematical models to develop plausible scenarios useful for
- [Niamh McCarthy](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/niamh-mccarthy/) - Niamh McCarthy Senior Director of Climate-Related Risk and Orbitas, Climate Advisers Niamh McCarthy is Senior Director of Climate-Related Risk at Climate Advisers and the Director of Orbitas, where she specializes in financial transparency, data analytics, and sustainability.Prior to joining Climate Advisers, Niamh spent five years at General Electric in corporate finance. She completed rotational assignments
- [Mark Kenber](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/mark-kenber/) - Mark Kenber Senior Fellow, Orbitas Mark has worked on environment, climate and energy issues for over two decades, in government, NGOs and the private sector.Until June 2018 he was Chief Executive of Mongoose Energy Ltd, the UK’s largest developer and manager of community energy projects, before which he had spent twelve years at internationally-renowned NGO,
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- [Corporate Sustainability](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/corporate-sustainability/) - Corporate Sustainability We advise sustainability-oriented companies, including members of the Fortune 100, on how they can strengthen their climate leadership. We assist companies that aspire to lead on climate change. We work with Fortune 100 companies and niche leaders in specific sectors to identify public policy advocacy opportunities, create civil society engagement strategies, implement best
- [US Policy & Politics](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/us-policy-politics/) - US Policy & Politics We develop politically astute policy solutions in Washington, DC and around the country. Climate Advisers provides in-depth research and analysis on the most important trends surrounding domestic and international climate policy developments. Our deep expertise and experience provides insights for our clients that help them find solutions and reach their climate
- [Strategic Communications](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/strategic-communications/) - Strategic Communications We design communications strategies that shape opinion, drive action and mobilize support. Our team offers the services of a public relations agency, backed by a knowledge center in climate action, nature-based solutions, green finance, international carbon markets and climate diplomacy. The communications services we offer our clients benefit from the broader organization’s subject
- [Forests & Nature](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/forests-and-nature/) - Forests & Nature We work to strengthen the role of forests and other natural climate solutions in helping governments, companies, investors and communities to meet their climate change goals. The world cannot achieve internationally agreed upon climate goals without halting deforestation, improving land-management and protecting nature. The Climate Advisers team has decades of experience in
- [Carbon Markets](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/carbon-markets/) - Carbon Markets We shape global rules and initiatives that scale-up market-based climate solutions while also ensuring high integrity in regulated and voluntary carbon markets. Carbon markets have the potential to accelerate and deepen the emission reductions and removals we need to keep the world’s temperature increase below 1.5 degrees. However, if designed and governed badly,
- [Orbitas](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/orbitas/) - Orbitas Problem Climate change and the transitions to mitigate it represent some of the potentially largest systemic changes our economies have ever seen. Yet climate transition risks are currently not factored into the financing of companies within the tropical commodities sector. This leads to suboptimal outcomes for capital providers themselves, the companies and sectors they
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- [Natasha Ferrari](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/natasha-ferrari/) - Natasha Ferrari Senior Director of Communications, Climate Advisers Natasha is the Senior Director in the Communications team at Climate Advisers[1], having joined in January 2024. She is helping lead the company’s growing communications practice, which combines strategic communications with deep expertise on climate change issues.Before joining Climate Advisers, Natasha had over 13 years’ experience in
- [Michael Obersteiner](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/michael-obersteiner/) - Michael Obersteiner Senior Fellow, Climate Advisers and Orbitas Michael is a Senior Fellow at Climate Advisers and Orbitas, and is the Director of the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford.His research experience stretches from biophysical modelling in the areas of ecosystems, forestry and agriculture to economics, finance and integrated assessment, and he works across ECI’s
- [Contact](https://www.climateadvisers.org/contact/) - Meet us at New York Climate Week 2023! Fill out the form below to let us know what your climate goals are and which of our experts you’d like to connect with. Get in touch Name Email Message Send Message Washington, DC info@climateadvisers.org 202.350.4950
- [List of guidance and reports for nature-based solutions](https://www.climateadvisers.org/list-of-guidance-and-reports-for-nature-based-solutions/) - List of guidance and reports for nature-based solutions This work was completed as part of Nature4Climate’s “Promoting Integrity in NCS” workstream. This resource is updated on a monthly basis.Quick links:List of VCM-related Guidance for Corporates (and other stakeholders)List of Other Nature-Related Guidance for CompaniesList of NCS Guidance for Investors and the Financial SectorRelevant science, analysis
- [Jen Stebbing](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/jen-stebbing/) - Jen Stebbing Senior Communications Fellow, Climate Advisers Jen Stebbing is a Senior Fellow at Climate Advisers where she offers support and strategic advice to the communications team.Jen is a senior communications specialist with a deep and varied experience that includes working for The Queen at Buckingham Palace; in the press office at Westminster Abbey; an
- [Dan Reifsnyder](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/dan-reifsnyder/) - Dan Reifsnyder Senior Fellow, Climate Advisers Dan Reifsnyder is a Senior Fellow at Climate Advisers, where he advises the organization’s strategic initiatives. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia’s Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and serves on the boards of the Woodwell Climate Research Center and the Congo Basin
- [Rosaria Leong](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/rosaria-leong/) - Rosaria Leong Chief Financial Officer, Climate Advisers Rosaria Leong, as Chief Financial & Administrative Officer (CFAO) at Climate Advisers, is responsible for the company’s financial functions, including corporate finance, treasury, accounting, and audit, and oversees human resources.She has more than 20 years of experience in improving systems and processes, developing strong teams, and implementing best
- [Bruce Searby](https://www.climateadvisers.org/people/bruce-searby/) - Bruce Searby Special Counsel, Climate Advisers Bruce Searby serves as Special Counsel to Climate Advisers. In that role, he serves as Climate Advisers’ thought leader and expert on how to use U.S. and international laws to advance climate action.Bruce’s current projects at Climate Advisers focus on combatting corruption and other illegal behaviors that drive tropical deforestation.Bruce’s legal career spans more than twenty years, with more
- [News](https://www.climateadvisers.org/news/) - News All In the News Press Releases Combatting AI Coercion and the Unexpected Climate Dividend Combatting AI Coercion and the Unexpected Climate Dividend • June 23, 2026 Climate Advisers CEO Nigel Purvis shares insights with Just Security on the risk of AI coercion, which stems from reliance on foreign-controlledRead More » The Threat of Unrest
- [Events](https://www.climateadvisers.org/events/) - Events WEBINAR: Navigating climate risks and opportunities for land economy investors and companies WEBINAR: Navigating climate risks and opportunities for land economy investors and companies • October 15, 2024 Register for this Orbitas webinar to see how climate action is sprouting new risks and opportunities across the Land Economy, and how to manage them.Read More
- [Strategic Litigation](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/strategic-litigation/) - Strategic Litigation Problem Corruption, bribery, money laundering, illegal logging, and other illegal acts referred to as “forest crimes” are rampant in the forest and land-use sectors of many developing nations. The consequences are devastating: social conflict, injustice, poverty, economic stagnation and carbon emissions. Fighting forest crime is therefore imperative. However, too often local and international
- [Chain Reaction Research](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/chain-reaction-research/) - Chain Reaction Research Problem When companies involved in environmentally intensive commodities like palm oil enter and retain a position on the stock market, they provide information about their holdings, governance and – at least ostensibly – their risks. But, too often, the financial analysts and potential investors looking at these companies are not seeing the
- [US Green Economy](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/us-green-economy/) - US Green Economy Problem The rapid growth of the American economy will create new opportunities, but general understanding of how to estimate the breadth and impact of these opportunities is limited. This report provides an unprecedented level of depth into what factors are driving the growth of the green economy at the state and local
- [Nature4Climate](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/nature4climate/) - Nature4Climate Problem Natural climate solutions can provide a third of the cost-effective climate mitigation needed between now and 2030 to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. And, unlike other carbon removal technologies, are available and proven now. However, at the moment, less than 8% of public climate finance flows toward these solutions and only
- [Lucida](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/lucida/) - Lucida Problem Unsustainable businesses benefit from a lack of transparency in the forest and land sectors, and this lack of transparency makes it difficult for advocates to hold these companies – and their financiers – accountable. It hinders journalists from telling powerful stories from the frontlines of deforestation. It obstructs law enforcement from prosecuting illegal
- [Finance for Nature](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/finance-for-nature/) - Finance for Nature Problem Natural climate solutions, defined as actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore nature to tackle socio-environmental challenges, can provide more than a third of the climate mitigation needed to meet carbon emission goals set in the Paris Agreement, but they currently receive just a small fraction of climate finance. This urgently
- [ARCHES](https://www.climateadvisers.org/expertise/arches/) - ARCHES Problem The United States is in the midst of an economic crisis and global pandemic that has drained our nation’s resources. Cities are expected to face a $360 billion shortfall and 70% have received no aid from the CARES Act. Roughly 40 states are legally unable to run a budget deficit to continue essential

## News

- [Combatting AI Coercion and the Unexpected Climate Dividend](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/combatting-ai-coercion-and-the-unexpected-climate-dividend/) - Climate Advisers CEO Nigel Purvis shares insights with Just Security on the risk of AI coercion, which stems from reliance on foreign-controlled infrastructure. Nigel finds that reducing vulnerability to AI coercion could accelerate global action against climate change. Read the full article here
- [The Threat of Unrest Is Decarbonizing the Global South](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/the-threat-of-unrest-is-decarbonizing-the-global-south/) - Climate Advisers CEO Nigel Purvis writes an article for Foreign Policy on how recent oil and gas price spikes are reshaping energy politics across the Global South. Nigel argues that these hikes are making dependence on imported fossil fuels look like a politically dangerous national security risk. Read the full article here
- [Trump’s fossil fuel crusade confronts the climate faithful](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/trumps-fossil-fuel-crusade-confronts-the-climate-faithful/) - Climate Advisers shares insights with Politico on how global climate action will fare in the face of the second Trump administration.
- [COP30 confronts limits of the Paris Agreement system](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/cop30-confronts-limits-of-the-paris-agreement-system/) - Climate Advisers CEO Nigel Purvis' insights on the future of global climate action that can be achieved at COP30 is included in Axios analysis of the global event. Read the full article here
- [Will Belém Kill Paris?](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/will-belem-kill-paris/) - Nigel Purvis writes for Foreign Policy assessing how the Paris Agreement hangs in the balance ahead of COP30.
- [How Trump Lost the War on Climate—to China](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/how-trump-lost-the-war-on-climate-to-china/) - Climate Advisers CEO Nigel Purvis pens an article for Foreign Policy detailing why the U.S. government's antagonistic approach to climate action hands China new opportunities to increase its global influence. To stem the loss of global ambition for climate action the article shares ideas for how those in the U.S. can still advance climate action.
- [PRESS RELEASE: Brazil’s Forest Restoration Market Poised to Deliver $141 Billion Opportunity for Companies and Investors](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/press-release-brazils-forest-restoration-market-poised-to-deliver-141-billion-opportunity-for-companies-and-investors/) - New Orbitas report shows why Brazilian forest restoration is the next frontier for high-return, nature-based investments.
- [Palm Oil Supply Chain Triggers Inequality Between Small Farmers and Big Industry](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/palm-oil-supply-chain-triggers-inequality-between-small-farmers-and-big-industry/) - In another report published by Chain Reaction Research , the palm oil supply chain generates a value of US$ 282 billion, with a gross profit of US$ 52 billion and an operating profit of US$ 18 billion. Two-thirds of the gross profit is earned by fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and retail companies. Meanwhile, smallholders, although
- [Profit imbalance in palm oil industry risks environmental compliance, report says](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/profit-imbalance-in-palm-oil-industry-risks-environmental-compliance-report-says/) - The report cites a 2021 analysis by Chain Reaction Research that found consumer goods companies, manufacturers and retailers receive 66% of the palm oil industry’s gross profits. A transition to deforestation-free palm oil could be accelerated, the report concluded, by increasing corporate purchasing prices by just 1.8% and reinvesting the returns in smallholder farmers to
- [New global fund for forests is a bold experiment in conservation finance](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/new-global-fund-for-forests-is-a-bold-experiment-in-conservation-finance/) - The world’s forests are essential to climate stability, biodiversity and sustainable development. Yet financial mechanisms to support their preservation remain limited. The expected launch of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) at the COP30 UN climate summit later this year in Brazil presents an opportunity to enhance conservation finance – provided governments and investors commit
- [How much EUDR compliance will cost businesses- and consumers](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/how-much-eudr-compliance-will-cost-businesses-and-consumers/) - The report calculates how much these compliance steps will cost by interviewing geolocation data companies, looking at predictions from the European Commission, and consulting previous studies on due diligence, such as one by WWF and one by the think-tank Chain Reaction Research. Read the full article here
- [The land economy faces material climate-related risks](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/the-land-economy-faces-material-climate-related-risks/) - Why investors and companies across FLAG sectors need to take a long-term view of the risks and opportunities climate transitions pose.
- [New Hub Launches To Drive Action On Nitrous Oxide Emissions](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/new-hub-launches-to-drive-action-on-nitrous-oxide-emissions/) - New global initiative shares three initial steps for countries to drive emissions reductions of the third leading greenhouse gas Baku, November 19th, 2024: Today, during Food Day at COP29, the N₂O Hub launches to rally governments, business and civil society to address nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions, the third leading greenhouse gas responsible for global warming
- [Financial risks mount for forest, land and agriculture sectors as climate regulations increase, new report shows](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/financial-risks-mount-for-forest-land-and-agriculture-sectors-as-climate-regulations-increase-new-report-shows/) - The profitability of companies and investors operating in the land economy globally is threatened by the societal responses to climate change.
- [Webinar: Investors need to 'get ahead' of land economy transition risks](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/webinar-investors-need-to-get-ahead-of-land-economy-transition-risks/) - The land economy sector faces key transition risks, climate research and advisory organisation Orbitas has told an Environmental Finance webinar, but investors can get ahead by identifying financing gaps and exposure to potential opportunities. Environmental Finance Read the full article here
- [‘No big plan B’: A global anti-Trump climate resistance struggles to gain ground](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/no-big-plan-b-a-global-anti-trump-climate-resistance-struggles-to-gain-ground/) - “[I]n many ways the attitude of the international community is that the Americans are an unreliable partner and we have to be prepared to move ahead without them,” Nigel Purvis, CEO of the consulting firm Climate Advisers and a former State Department climate official, wrote in a text message. POLITICO Read the full article here
- [Biden Administration Targets Domestic Emissions of Climate Super-Pollutant With Eye Toward U.S.-China Climate Agreement](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/biden-administration-targets-domestic-emissions-of-climate-super-pollutant-with-eye-toward-u-s-china-climate-agreement/) - “This is a big opportunity,” Manish Bapna, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, said at an event hosted by Climate Advisers Tuesday morning prior to the summit. “The fruit is large, it’s low [hanging], it’s ripe.” Inside Climate News Read the full article here
- [US targets nitrous oxide in new phase of climate fight](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/us-targets-nitrous-oxide-in-new-phase-of-climate-fight/) - Podesta told another event hosted by IGSD, the Asia Society and think tank Climate Advisers that he will travel to China to meet with counterparts "later this year". Reuters Read the full article here
- [SEC Emissions Disclosure Rule Creates New Challenges](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/sec-emissions-disclosure-rule-creates-new-challenges/) - With key regulations on hold, companies may be tempted to delay compliance efforts. That may just be delaying the inevitable, however, and not just because the currently stated deadlines may still apply. According to Niamh McCarthy, director of climate-related risks at Orbitas Climate Advisers, many other countries, including Brazil, India and Japan, and states such
- [G7 cooperation with China on climate-aligned trade is vital](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/g7-cooperation-with-china-on-climate-aligned-trade-is-vital/) - G7 countries should work with China to put in place climate-aligned trade policies needed to accelerate global climate action, by harnessing the power of international trade to promote innovation, reduce costs, and stimulate demand for green goods, write Matt Piotrowski and Joseph Dellatte. Matt Piotrowski for Euractiv Read the full article here
- [Promising pathways for investors in Brazilian soy](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/promising-pathways-for-investors-in-brazilian-soy/) - Brazil's continued dominance in the global soy sector and its ability to mitigate financial risks will depend on its ability to prepare for inevitable climate transitions, writes Niamh McCarthy. Unprecedented risks related to climate change are impacting economic sectors globally, and if these risks are proactively mitigated, significant opportunities to increase profitability and efficiency could
- [Brazil’s soy sector faces climate-related profitability challenges, though proactive mitigation can reduce losses and capture rising consumer demand: Orbitas research](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/brazils-soy-sector-faces-climate-related-profitability-challenges-though-proactive-mitigation-can-reduce-losses-and-capture-rising-consumer-demand-orbitas-research/) - LONDON, SAO PAULO, WASHINGTON DC, April 11 2024 – New research from Orbitas, a Climate Advisers initiative, reveals that the Brazilian soy sector faces challenges in a transitioning world ...
- [Climate risks persist for Brazil’s cattle sector but opportunities to transition present clear avenues for resilience and increased investment: Orbitas research](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/climate-risks-persist-for-brazils-cattle-sector-but-opportunities-to-transition-present-clear-avenues-for-resilience-and-increased-investment-orbitas-research/) - LONDON, SAO PAULO, WASHINGTON, DC, April 3 2024 – The Brazilian cattle sector could see beef production drop by 25 percent by 2050, while experiencing a 37 percent decline in available pastureland through forest-conservation ...
- [John Kerry’s climate legacy: ‘Not a job, but a conviction’](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/john-kerrys-climate-legacy-not-a-job-but-a-conviction/) - “He really wanted to understand the substance to a level that was not typical for a senator,” agreed Nigel Purvis, a former US climate negotiator and CEO of Climate Advisers, who remembers Kerry at the 1998 climate talks in Buenos Aires. “He got it,” he said. China Dialogue John Kerry’s political career has spanned geographies
- [Pressure builds to eliminate fossil fuel use as oil executive takes over climate talks](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/pressure-builds-to-eliminate-fossil-fuel-use-as-oil-executive-takes-over-climate-talks/) - “On one hand, the disclosures erode trust in the COP president and that will make forging a deal harder,” said former U.S. State Department climate lawyer Nigel Purvis, CEO of Climate Advisers. “On the other hand, the UAE now has even more reason to push for a fossil fuel phase-down agreement to show the world
- [COP28 and controversy: What to know about this year's summit](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/cop28-and-controversy-what-to-know-about-this-years-summit/) - Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Nigel Purvis, a former U.S. climate negotiator and current CEO of Climate Advisers, about why he thinks this year's COP climate change summit could be the most contentious yet. NPR Listen to the full segment here
- [The cheque book COP: UAE’s $200bn bid for climate influence](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/the-cheque-book-cop-uaes-200bn-bid-for-climate-influence/) - The flurry of dealmaking also ostensibly shields the UAE from the consequences of failure, says Nigel Purvis, chief executive of the climate consultancy Climate Advisers and a former US State Department official. Financial Times Just days before negotiators from more than 60 countries descended on Abu Dhabi last month for the final round of climate
- [Brazil: Investors must seize NBS and climate-smart tech opportunities now](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/brazil-investors-must-seize-nbs-and-climate-smart-tech-opportunities-now/) - By Niamh McCarthy and Kyle Saukas Environmental Finance The seeds of a new climate investment revolution are being planted in Brazil, say Niamh McCarthy and Kyle Saukas of Climate Advisors Brazil's historic accomplishment in reducing Amazon rainforest deforestation rates to their lowest levels since 2018 within the first year of President Luiz Inácio "Lula" da
- [Why COP28 Could Be the Most Contentious in Years](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/why-cop28-could-be-the-most-contentious-in-years/) - By Nigel Purvis, the CEO of Climate Advisers. Foreign Policy Expect a diplomatic sandstorm when world leaders and their ministers meet in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) in late November and early December for the next global climate summit. The gathering—known as the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28)—could prove the most contentious round of
- [New SEC rule would not require farmers to report emissions](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/new-sec-rule-would-not-require-farmers-to-report-emissions/) - By Niamh McCarthy, Opinion Contributor to The Hill As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) gears up to release its climate emissions disclosure rule, the clamor from its detractors is steadily rising. Despite the impending official publication, the fight against the rule is far from over. The continued protests against the regulation contradict the
- [Meatpacking giant and Amazon deforester JBS bid for NYSE listing challenged](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/meatpacking-giant-and-amazon-deforester-jbs-bid-for-nyse-listing-challenged/) - At least 200,000 hectares (495,000 acres) of deforestation is estimated to have occurred within JBS’s direct supply chain since 2008, according to a 2020 study by Chain Reaction Research. An additional 1.5 million hectares (3.7 million acres) of forest has been felled in the company’s indirect supply chain. Mongabay A bid by global beef-processing giant
- [EU Deforestation Impact and Costs to Global Supply Chains](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/eu-deforestation-impact-and-costs-to-global-supply-chains/) - The EU’s deforestation regulations serve as a causal backdrop to supply chains that have formerly kept their “eyes wide shut” on such matters. Key findings in a recent Chain Reaction research report provided evidence of human-driven deforestation activities combing Brazil’s Cerrado biome, a lush tropical savannah rich in biodiversity. Behind Cerrado’s landscape decay are cattle
- [What drives and halts tropical deforestation? Analyzing 24 years of data](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/what-drives-and-halts-tropical-deforestation-analyzing-24-years-of-data/) - This study “comes at a time when we need strengthened and more persuasive evidence-based arguments to help political and business leaders to make the difficult decisions, to deviate from business-as-usual, and act on their commitments to halt deforestation and restore forested ecosystems,” Peter Graham, Managing Director of Policy & Research at Climate Advisers, who was
- [A tale of two biomes as deforestation surges in Cerrado but wanes in Amazon](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/a-tale-of-two-biomes-as-deforestation-surges-in-cerrado-but-wanes-in-amazon/) - Experts call for the expansion of conservation initiatives to prioritize the Cerrado and the Amazon equally. Kyle Saukas, deputy director of communications for the consultancy Climate Advisers, a part of the Chain Reaction Research consortium, told Mongabay: “The Cerrado must be treated with the same urgency as the Amazon for the benefit of both the
- [Will the EU’s deforestation law keep forests standing?](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/will-the-eus-deforestation-law-keep-forests-standing/) - A 2022 analysis by Chain Reaction Research considered the implications of the EUDR for palm oil actors and their financiers. The findings suggest that EU operators’ compliance costs would be at most 3.5 per cent of a company’s palm-oil-related revenues. They also indicate that proper compliance could protect US$14.3 billion in reputation value for EU
- [New Guidance Shows G7 Leaders How to Align Trade Policies to Meet Their Climate and Economic Goals](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/press-release-new-guidance-shows-g7-leaders-how-to-align-trade-policies-to-meet-their-climate-and-economic-goals/) - WASHINGTON, DC, 7 April 2023 -- Today the Consortium for Climate-Aligned Trade (CCAT), an informal coalition of researchers from a dozen leading think tanks in the G7 community, launched its initial recommendations to G7 leaders to align trade policies with their climate and economic goals. At a time when G7 members are pursuing new industrial
- [EU Uses Forest Code for CEPA Negotiations](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/eu-uses-forest-code-for-cepa-negotiations/) - A research institute in the United States, Chain Reaction Research, has concluded that there will be a reduction in deforestation for opening oil palm plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia in 2021. LPEM UI found similar data. Para 2019-2020 there was a reduction in the rate of deforestation by up to 75 percent. While in 2021-2022 there is
- [Will EU deforestation law save trees or marginalise poor palm oil farmers?](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/will-eu-deforestation-law-save-trees-or-marginalise-poor-palm-oil-farmers/) - Helping smallholders work towards fulfilling EUDR requirements will not be prohibitively costly for big palm oil companies. A study by non-profit Chain Reaction Research (CRR) found that supporting smallholders with traceability efforts could cost up to 3.5 per cent of company revenues. The study also suggests that helping smallholders with EUDR compliance would protect an
- [An oil state hired the biggest PR firms to buff its climate image. It didn’t help.](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/an-oil-state-hired-the-biggest-pr-firms-to-buff-its-climate-image-it-didnt-help/) - “The UAE has tried hard to position itself as a country that is transitioning to a future economy that is not dependent on fossil fuels,” said Nigel Purvis, a former State Department official who now runs the consulting firm Climate Advisers. “But whether that transition can be made real and whether it can occur on
- [Assets to Axes: How Harvard’s Land Investments Inspired Fear in Brazil’s Cerrado](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/assets-to-axes-how-harvards-land-investments-inspired-fear-in-brazils-cerrado/) - The two advocacy groups reported that, according to sustainability research group Chain Reaction Research, Harvard has funded the deforestation of 53,000 hectares of Brazilian land. That is as if Harvard deforested the city of Cambridge about 28 times. The Harvard Crimson One morning in 2015, Ariomara “Mara” Alves Pessoa woke up as she usually would
- [Civil society calls for JBS to be downgraded from climate classification](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/civil-society-calls-for-jbs-to-be-downgraded-from-climate-classification/) - Chain Reaction Research has estimated that JBS' deforestation footprint in Brazil is up to 200,000 hectares in its direct supply chain and 1.5 million hectares in its indirect supply chain since 2008. Neomondo World Animal Protection is part of a global coalition of nearly twenty civil society groups to call on the CDP (formerly known
- [The Palm Oil Industry Agenda Implements Sustainable Commitments](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/the-palm-oil-industry-agenda-implements-sustainable-commitments/) - The application of sustainable principles applies to all industries, including the palm oil industry. This is because the principles that ensure economic, social and environmental balance are closely related to the sustainability of the industry from upstream to downstream. Katadata This is in line with the statement by RSPO CEO Joseph D'Cruz in an interview with Katadata at
- [Biden-Lula meeting: The time is right for U.S. and Brazil to work together for Amazonia](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/biden-lula-meeting-the-time-is-right-for-u-s-and-brazil-to-work-together-for-amazonia-commentary/) - The U.S. can join the Amazon Fund to provide financial support to help in combating illegal deforestation, but also enhance its ability to track illegal commodities that fuel deforestation. Passing legislation such as the Amazon 21 bill would provide support for local communities for forest preservation. These and more specific measures, including approaches that are not
- [Indonesian palm oil smallholders union welcomes EU deforestation law, but wants help to comply](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/indonesian-palm-oil-smallholders-union-welcomes-eu-deforestation-law-but-wants-help-to-comply/) - According to a study by Chain Reaction Research (CRR), a non-profit that scrutinises deforestation risk in supply chains, compliance costs for palm oil companies that help smallholders with traceability efforts could be as much as 3.5 per cent of revenues. That cost is small, given that firms that do not comply could lose up to
- [Palm oil buyers compromise no-deforestation pledges by sourcing from conglomerates with logging, mining assets](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/palm-oil-buyers-compromise-no-deforestation-pledges-by-sourcing-from-conglomerates-with-logging-mining-assets/) - Most no-deforestation commitments, known in the industry as No Deforestation, No Peat and No Exploitation (NDPE) policies, only apply to the palm oil supply chain rather than the entire corporate entity of a company’s suppliers, a study by Chain Reaction Research (CRR), a consortium of non-profits AidEnvironment, Profundo, and Climate Advisors. Eco-Business Consumer goods firms,
- [Who will buy Kerry's carbon credits?](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/who-will-buy-kerrys-carbon-credits/) - The Bezos Earth Fund and the Rockefeller Foundation, which are joining Kerry’s team in standing up the program, touted an analysis by Climate Advisers that suggested it could mobilize more than $100 billion through 2030. Niamh McCarthy, director of climate-related risk at Climate Advisers and one of the report’s authors, told E&E News that the program might
- [Amazon Summit Can Strengthen Biden's Relationship with Brazil's Lula | Opinion](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/amazon-summit-can-strengthen-bidens-relationship-with-brazils-lula-opinion/) - When Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva comes to Washington this week, President Joe Biden will have the opportunity to forge a historic partnership to end deforestation in the Amazon. To succeed, Biden will need to marshal the full power of the American government and economy. Nigel Purvis for Newsweek Read the full article
- [Biden promises to “work with Congress” to fund Amazon protection](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/biden-promises-to-work-with-congress-to-fund-amazon-protection/) - Biden was criticised for not fighting hard enough against Republicans in Congress for that finance. Diana Movius, forest lead at Climate Advisers, told a press briefing last week: “In those last minute budget negotiations with high level folks from both parties and from the administration that finance was likely not prioritised”. Climate Home News US
- [Environmental destruction in Southeast Asia leads to Korean power companies](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/environmental-destruction-in-southeast-asia-leads-to-korean-power-companies/) - Newstapa reports the results of the international collaboration project 'Deforestation Inc.', which has been in progress for the past several months, in turn with media outlets around the world.
- [14 US Based Organizations Share Recommendations with Biden & Lula Ahead of Summit](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/14-us-based-organizations-share-recommendations-with-biden-lula-ahead-of-summit/) - Today, Climate Advisers joined 13 other leading US-based organizations on nature and climate change to share recommendations with the administrations of US President Joseph Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ("Lula") ahead of their February 10th, 2023 meeting. READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS
- [For Indonesian smallholders, EU deforestation rule is a threat — and an opportunity](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/for-indonesian-smallholders-eu-deforestation-rule-is-a-threat-and-an-opportunity/) - A 2022 report by Washington, D.C.-based sustainability risk analysis organization Chain Reaction Research (CRR) estimates the cost of compliance could add up to 3.5% of revenue. However, not complying with the EU regulation could result in $14.3 billion in losses for EU actors in the palm oil value chain, the report says. Mongabay New palm oil regulations
- [EU deforestation law will affect earnings of JBS, Marfrig and Minerva](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/eu-deforestation-law-will-affect-earnings-of-jbs-marfrig-and-minerva/) - JBS, Marfrig and Minerva should not meet the requirements of the law that the European Union may pass next week to block imports of commodities associated with deforestation (both legal and illegal) that occurred after December 2020. According to an analysis by Chain Reaction Research (CRR), the law will affect companies' operating profits and may
- [P&G faces shareholder rebellion over deforestation debate](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/pg-faces-shareholder-rebellion-over-deforestation-debate/) - Tulipshare has argued that the firm’s failure to address the issue is hurting shareholders, with P&G stock falling 22% this year. It added that Chain Reaction Research estimates P&G faces a $41bn reputational risk, which equates to nearly 14% of its market cap. Public News Time In 2020, a shareholder proposal demanding P&G evaluate how
- [The impact of the EU anti-deforestation law on Brazilian slaughterhouses](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/the-impact-of-the-eu-anti-deforestation-law-on-brazilian-slaughterhouses/) - Suppliers to JBS, Marfrig and Minerva Foods have been operating in at least 72,600 hectares of land deforested since December 31, 2020, according to a survey carried out by Chain Reaction Research (CRR), an entity that investigates sustainability risks in agricultural chains. Capital Reset Brazil's three largest beef exporters would be subject to trade sanctions
- [Report calls on palm oil firms to make up for nearly 1m hectares of forest loss](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/report-calls-on-palm-oil-firms-to-make-up-for-nearly-1m-hectares-of-forest-loss/) - According to the Earthqualizer study, Sulaidy’s eight oil palm plantations are liable for the recovery of nearly 35,000 hectares (86,500 acres) of land. Sulaidy-associated companies have also topped the list of palm oil deforesters for the past three years running, compiled by risk analysis consultancy Chain Reaction Research (CRR), with 6,390 hectares (15,790 acres) of
- [The banking business with companies complicit in the deforestation of the Amazon: 8,500 million since 2013](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/the-banking-business-with-companies-complicit-in-the-deforestation-of-the-amazon-8500-million-since-2013/) - The money lent thanks to the SNCR is public, but private banks mediate in the granting of credits in exchange for a commission . And its distribution suffers from serious distortions. On the one hand, according to research by Disclose and Reporter Brasil, most of these credits go to soybean and beef farms . On
- [Deutsche Bank and the rainforest](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/deutsche-bank-and-the-rainforest/) - In addition, according to research by the think tank "Chain Reaction Research", the three agricultural giants are said to have business relationships with soybean producers who are said to have cleared parts of the Cerrado for cultivation. Die Welt Over the past ten years, German financial institutions have invested heavily in companies linked to the
- [Researchers claim that the Canadian forest giant has hidden links to deforestation in Indonesia accused of destroying its natural habitat](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/researchers-claim-that-the-canadian-forest-giant-has-hidden-links-to-deforestation-in-indonesia-accused-of-destroying-its-natural-habitat/) - Analysts at Profondo and Chain Reaction Research, two independent research firms, have documented the use of shell companies by palm oil companies operating in several forest-rich areas of Southeast Asia. Analysts have dubbed “shadow companies” as legal entities used by palm oil traders and producers to hide ownership of suppliers responsible for environmental and habitat
- [Kerry pitches climate finance plan. Other countries say it’s ‘not enough’](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/kerry-pitches-climate-finance-plan-other-countries-say-its-not-enough/) - Climate Advisers, a climate research and consulting firm, said in a report released Wednesday that Kerry’s offset program, called the Energy Transition Accelerator, could mobilize between $77 million and $139 billion through 2030. That assumes enough companies participate and developing countries come forward with enough eligible proposals for reducing power-sector emissions. The initiative could also
- [As wealthy nations take heat for warming planet, coalition unveils lofty plan](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/as-wealthy-nations-take-heat-for-warming-planet-coalition-unveils-lofty-plan/) - Leaders of the coalition say there will be safeguards, while potentially delivering emissions reductions that many climate scientists would find impressive. If the group could eliminate 2.3 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions, it would be about the equivalent of the annual output of India, according to Climate Advisers. The Washington Post With international climate
- [With FSC rule change, deforesters once blocked from certification get a new shot](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/with-fsc-rule-change-deforesters-once-blocked-from-certification-get-a-new-shot/) - A 2018 report by risk analysis group Chain Reaction Research shows this practice of hiding true corporate ownership is common among major agribusiness firms in Southeast Asia. In 2018, Indonesia’s Auriga Nusantara analyzed the ownership and management structures of APP’s declared pulpwood suppliers in Indonesia, and found that of 27 forest plantation companies that APP
- [UN chief, Gore, others give heated warnings in climate talks](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/un-chief-gore-others-give-heated-warnings-in-climate-talks/) - Leaders of China and India — both among the biggest emitters — appear to be skipping the climate talks, although underlings are here negotiating. U.S. President Joe Biden is coming days later than most other leaders on his way to Bali. “There are big climate summits and little climate summits and this was never expected
- [Plant-Based Proteins Are Too Expensive](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/plant-based-proteins-are-too-expensive/) - The global food system is reeling from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the reverberating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and devastating droughts across Africa, India, and the Middle East. Looking to the future, a warming climate threatens to reduce crop yields worldwide, while unpredictable severe weather will introduce many opportunities for localized crop failures and supply
- [Prince William charity invests with bank tied to dirty fuels](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/prince-william-charity-invests-with-bank-tied-to-dirty-fuels/) - Another 2021 report, by sustainability analysts Chain Reaction Research, said both companies purchased palm oil from an Indonesian firm that has an affiliated mining project accused of deforestation in an orangutan habitat. An investigation in 2020 by Chain Reaction Research found that more than 500 hectares (1,235 acres) — over 1,000 American football fields —
- [UN chief taps Grenada’s Simon Stiell as new UN climate chief](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/un-chief-taps-grenadas-simon-stiell-as-new-un-climate-chief/) - Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment Monday of Simon Stiell from the Caribbean island nation of Grenada as the new U.N. climate chief, calling him, “a true champion” of creative approaches to tackling the global climate crisis. Associated Press Although he doesn’t know Stiell personally, former U.S. State Department negotiator Nigel Purvis said Stiell “as
- [On China, US and climate, action, not talk is key](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/on-china-us-and-climate-action-not-talk-is-key/) - Calling it the U.S.'s “ most significant climate bill ever,” Nigel Purvis, CEO of Climate Advisers, said that passage [of the Inflation Reduction Act] will be more meaningful than a breakdown in bilateral talks. “China will need to respond to that new climate change bill coming out of Congress even if climate talks are suspended,”
- [How to Feed the Planet](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/how-to-feed-the-planet/) - This year, Egypt is ground zero for two of the world’s biggest crises—food and climate. Egypt is the world’s largest importer of wheat, including from Ukraine. Russian aggression there has worsened the already rising risk of humanitarian catastrophes. Grain prices are now around 17 percent higher than during the Arab Spring in 2011, when food
- [Targeting road safety could save more than 500K lives per year, study finds](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/targeting-road-safety-could-save-more-than-500k-lives-per-year-study-finds/) - “The food sector makes up about 37 percent of global emissions, and when you look at deforestation it really has kind of an outside climate impact,” Niamh McCarthy of nonprofit Climate Advisers told Equilibrium. The Hill Reducing speed limits and implementing road safety interventions could save nearly 540,000 lives worldwide each year, a new study
- [Soy produced by a company involved in a land conflict in Matopiba supplies multinationals in the sector](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/soy-produced-by-a-company-involved-in-a-land-conflict-in-matopiba-supplies-multinationals-in-the-sector/) - In western Bahia, Agrícola Xingu owns several farms for the production of grains and cotton. Added together, the company's cultivation areas between the municipalities of Correntina and São Desidério would cover an area of ​​67,900 hectares, according to a report published by the organization Global Witness . The expansion of the company's activities in the
- [Sustainable palm oil: Market leakage remains a challenge](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/sustainable-palm-oil-market-leakage-remains-a-challenge/) - Only seven of the top ten suppliers of Indonesian palm oil for China had committed themselves to a no-deforestation, no-peat, no-exploitation (NDPE) policy as of January 2021, according to a report from sustainability think tank Chain Reaction Research.The report found that refiners without an NDPE policy or those not having implemented such principles accounted for
- [Initiative launched to rank corporate climate claims using carbon offsets](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/initiative-launched-to-rank-corporate-climate-claims-using-carbon-offsets/) - "We need to have something that provides coherence and consistency across corporate claims around carbon credit use, in conjunction with their decarbonisation," Mark Kenber, VCMI executive director told Reuters in an interview. Reuters A consultation for a global standard to assess companies' claims about progress towards internal climate targets and their use of carbon offset
- [SEC Proposed Disclosure Rules Are A Major Step Towards Protecting Investors, But Some Sectors Could Still Hide Over 90 Percent of Emissions Without Additional Clarity](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/press-release-sec-scope-3/) - Some corporations may not disclose 90-83 percent of their estimated emissions under proposed SEC rules creating the potential for greenwashing and risk for investors. WASHINGTON, D.C. JUNE 7, 2022 – A new policy brief from Climate Advisers shows how large Fast Moving Consumer Goods companies (FMCGs) and other companies that rely on the global forest,
- [Soaring Demand for Palm Oil Puts Rainforests at Risk Again](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/soaring-demand-for-palm-oil-puts-rainforests-at-risk-again/) - Pressure increased on palm oil producers in 2013, when fires set to clear rainforests blanketed Southeast Asia in a thick haze. Big palm-oil traders said they would stop buying from suppliers who wrecked the rainforest, amid broader concern about deforestation’s contributions to climate change. By 2020, 83% of Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil refining capacity
- [War in Ukraine raises demand for palm oil and could increase deforestation in Indonesia](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/war-in-ukraine-raises-demand-for-palm-oil-and-could-increase-deforestation-in-indonesia/) - An investigation by Chain Reaction Research , which analyzes the effects of raw material exploitation on deforestation, “estimated that, as of April 2020, these NDPE commitments covered 83% of palm oil refining capacity in Indonesia and China. Malaysia”, the two biggest producers, underlined Rosenbarger. “In the last two years, specifically, we have also had to
- [CO2 removal buyers unite](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/co2-removal-buyers-unite/) - "Ensuring the quality of carbon removals will be central in building a credible carbon removals market," said Mark Kenber, co-executive director of the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative, in a statement. "What this facility is doing is instrumental to the creation of such a robust removals market … Regardless of the type of investment or
- [Domestic Focus on Clean Energy Supply Chains Could Jeopardize Climate Success](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/domestic-focus-on-clean-energy-supply-chains-could-jeopardize-climate-success/) - Analysis of US efforts to shore up clean energy manufacturing and critical mineral supply chains finds significant gaps in current policy and recommends foreign policy actions to enhance US global leadership ahead of the G7 summit. WASHINGTON, DC MAY 12, 2021 – A new report from Climate Advisers identifies a critical gap in recent US
- [Indonesia, not the EU, needs to make its palm oil sustainable](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/indonesia-not-the-eu-needs-to-make-its-palm-oil-sustainable/) - Only seven of the top ten suppliers of Indonesian palm oil to China have NDPE policies, as of January 2021, according to a report by sustainability analysts Chain Reaction Research. The report found refiners without an NDPE policy, or those lagging in their implementation of such policies, accounted for at least 12% of Indonesian palm
- [Report links illegal deforestation and land grabbing to Bunge's soy industry in Piauí](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/report-links-illegal-deforestation-and-land-grabbing-to-bunges-soy-industry-in-piaui/) - The municipality of Santa Filomena had a harvest of almost 175 thousand tons of soybeans in 2018, a production that would have been entirely acquired by the Dutch multinational, according to the agribusiness monitoring platform TRASE . The Chain Reaction Research initiative, another group that tracks the global trade in agricultural commodities, estimates that up
- [As war drives up the price of palm oil, is sustainable production at risk?](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/as-war-drives-up-the-price-of-palm-oil-is-sustainable-production-at-risk/) - According to Chain Reaction Research, a sustainability risk analysis group, in 2021 a total of 19,000 hectares of forest land was cleared for industrial oil palm plantation development in Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea – the world’s eighth largest producer country – far lower than the 90,000 hectares and 38,000 hectares recorded in 2019
- [Stoking the offset debate](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/stoking-the-offset-debate/) - “One of the big challenges in carbon markets is lack of transparency, including where credits come from and whether they are a substitute for corporate climate action,” said Mark Kenber, co-executive director for external affairs at the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative, a U.N.-backed group. Politico Most corporate pledges to zero out greenhouse gas emissions
- [Buyers in the voluntary carbon markets have to know what they are buying: VCMI's Kenber](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/buyers-in-the-voluntary-carbon-markets-have-to-know-what-they-are-buying-vcmis-kenber/) - The Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) has taken on the challenge and it's preparing a rulebook helping buyers of carbon credits to engage in the voluntary carbon markets in a well-founded, rightful way. Mark Kenber, interim co-executive director for external affairs at the VCMI shared his thoughts about the future of the VCM, the
- [Palm oil deforestation declines](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/palm-oil-deforestation-declines/) - Palm oil-driven deforestation in Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea hit a four-year low in 2021, said a new report by Chain Reaction Research. The drop is potentially attributable to a range of factors, including Covid-19 restrictions and “no deforestation, no peat” policies adopted by leading private players in the palm oil sector. Carbon Brief
- [In West and Central Africa, palm oil investors buckle under community pressure](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/in-west-and-central-africa-palm-oil-investors-buckle-under-community-pressure/) - A new report by the financial risk analyst Chain Reaction Research says most of the deals have since failed, with 27 representing 1.37 million hectares (3.39 million acres) of land having been outright abandoned. Mongabay When commodity prices spiked in the late 2000s, multinational agribusiness giants smelled profits. Eager to branch out of crowded Southeast
- [Deforestation for palm oil falls in Southeast Asia, but is it a trend or a blip?](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/deforestation-for-palm-oil-falls-in-southeast-asia-but-is-it-a-trend-or-a-blip/) - Deforestation for oil palm cultivation in Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea dropped in 2021 to its lowest level since 2017, according to a new analysis by Chain Reaction Research (CRR). Mongabay Deforestation associated with palm oil in the region covering Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea has declined for the second straight year, a
- [Report: Meet the top 200 companies investing in a clean energy future](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/report-meet-the-top-200-companies-investing-in-a-clean-energy-future/) - Corporate Knights and As You Sow have released the annual update of the Clean200 global list of publicly traded companies that are leading the way with solutions for the transition to a clean energy future. Corporate Knights Deforestation-risk agribusiness producer/trader: Company engages in deforestation in South America and Southeast Asia as deemed by Chain Reaction
- [New policy group will focus on climate and trade](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/new-policy-group-will-focus-on-climate-and-trade/) - E&E News The bipartisan Climate Leadership Council launched a new center today aimed at shaping U.S. trade policies to rein in rising emissions. It comes as trade takes a more prominent place in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gases and as lawmakers in the European Union, Canada and elsewhere pursue tools to protect low-carbon manufacturers
- [Companies Committed to Sustainable Palm Oil Production Have Substantively Stronger Equity Returns](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/companies-committed-to-sustainable-palm-oil-production-have-substantively-stronger-equity-returns/) - Washington, D.C. Companies in the palm oil supply chain that have committed to sustainable production have experienced stronger equity returns versus its industry counterparts, according to a new report from Climate Advisers, a consultancy specializing in climate and financial risk in the land sector. Climate Advisers’ analysis, which simulates equity performance back to late 2012, shows that in the period from December 2012
- [New Blueprint for International Ocean-Climate Action Charts Path Forward for Governments](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/new-blueprint-for-international-ocean-climate-action-charts-path-forward-for-governments/) - Washington, D.C. To date, the international fight against climate change has largely overlooked the ocean-climate relationship. Yet the ocean and climate are inextricably linked. The ocean plays a central role regulating the climate, including by absorbing heat and carbon dioxide. This imposes a heavy cost through effects such as deoxygenation and acidification, which are decimating ocean
- [A coronavirus lifeline for state and city governments](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/a-coronavirus-lifeline-for-state-and-city-governments/) - Washington, D.C. The former mayors of Salt Lake City and Charlotte are championing a new policy initiative to put state and city governments in a position to lead our economic and health recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The American Recovery for Climate, Health and Economic Stability (ARCHES) is a new policy – developed by Robert Perkowitz, president
- [Unilever, Danone and other major consumer goods companies are purchasing palm oil from mills linked to Indonesia’s worst deforesters](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/unilever-danone-and-other-major-consumer-goods-companies-are-purchasing-palm-oil-from-mills-linked-to-indonesias-worst-deforesters/) - Washington, D.C. A new report from Chain Reaction Research (CRR) has tracked palm fruit from plantations, actively involved in deforestation, to a mill supplying palm products to companies like Unilever, Danone, and others. These companies have zero-deforestation commitments that preclude buying palm products from companies that participate in deforestation in any form, legal or not.
- [Deforestation and Other ESG Risks Present Potential $1.3 Billion Hazard for JBS](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/deforestation-and-other-esg-risks-present-potential-1-3-billion-hazard-for-jbs/) - Washington, D.C. JBS’ supply chain may be linked to 1.7 million hectares (ha) of deforestation across six Brazilian states creating significant financial risks. A new report by Chain Reaction Research (CRR) reveals significant deforestation rates and exposure to future deforestation across a representative sample of farms that directly and indirectly supply JBS. A lack of
- [Casino Group Ties to Illegal Brazilian Deforestation Creates Over $2.5 Billion in Financing Risks](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/casino-group-ties-to-illegal-brazilian-deforestation-creates-over-2-5-billion-in-financing-risks/) - Washington, D.C. Beef tied to illegal Brazilian deforestation and traced to Casino Group stores may violate French law and may create over USD 2.5 billion in financing risks. A new report from Chain Reaction Research (CRR) has found that Casino Group faces up to USD $2.5 billion worth of risk from divestment and increased financing
- [Former U.S. Climate Leaders Press Biden on Amazon Deforestation](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/former-u-s-climate-leaders-press-biden-on-amazon-deforestation/) - A bipartisan coalition of seven former cabinet secretaries and chief climate change negotiators moved to push President Biden forwardLisa Friedman, The New York Times “During his presidential campaign, Joseph R. Biden Jr. said the United States should mobilize $20 billion to stop the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and impose “significant economic consequences” if deforestation
- [Bunge 2020 Cerrado Deforestation Greater Than Next Four Competitors Combined](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/bunge-2020-cerrado-deforestation-greater-than-next-four-competitors-combined/) - Washington D.C. Bunge’s potential Cerrado deforestation is 12% greater than its next four competitors deforestation combined, 2025 zero-deforestation goal at risk. A new report by Chain Reaction Research (CRR) shows Bunge’s supply chains were potentially exposed to 91,491 ha of Cerrado deforestation in 2020 alone – nearly 60% more than its next highest competitor Cargill
- [Climate summit leaders hope to catalyze a key ingredient: Cash](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/climate-summit-leaders-hope-to-catalyze-a-key-ingredient-cash/) - World leaders looking for ways to slow climate change are zeroing in on a key element to actually help make that happen: the private sector and the vast amount of money it can invest to transform the global economy. Steven Mufson and Brady Dennis, The Washington Post “World leaders looking for ways to slow climate
- [Britain, Norway and the United States join forces with businesses to protect tropical forests.](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/britain-norway-and-the-united-states-join-forces-with-businesses-to-protect-tropical-forests/) - Britain, Norway and the United States said Thursday they would join forces with some of the world’s biggest companies in an effort to rally more than $1 billion for countries that can show they are lowering emissions by protecting tropical forests. Catrin Einhorn, The New York Times “Britain, Norway and the United States said Thursday
- [New U.S. Green Economy Report Series Identifies States Most Prepared to Seize Clean Energy Growth](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/new-u-s-green-economy-report-series-identifies-states-most-prepared-to-seize-clean-energy-growth/) - Analysis of 25 States Finds Ripe Green Investment Opportunities Through 2025 Thanks to Non-Federal Actors Strong Green Economy Efforts WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 28, 2021 – A new report series analyzing 25 states for their green economy potential across nine growing clean energy sectors finds there are attractive opportunities for investment and bilateral cooperation between the
- [Deforestation on Oil Palm Concessions Continued to Decline in First Half of 2021](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/report-deforestation-on-oil-palm-concessions-continued-to-decline-in-first-half-of-2021/) - Analysis by Chain Reaction Research (CRR) shows that 10 palm oil companies were responsible for approximately 5,000 hectares (ha) of forest clearing during the first six months of 2021 in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea. Chain Reaction Research The figure is approximately 43 percent of the total 11,500 ha of deforestation detected within known
- [Governing Voluntary Carbon Markets: Enhancing the ability of the TSVCM to contribute to climate goals](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/governing-voluntary-carbon-markets-enhancing-the-ability-of-the-tsvcm-to-contribute-to-climate-goals/) - The Taskforce for Scaling the Voluntary Carbon Market (TSVCM) was established to create the conditions for the Voluntary Carbon Market to grow rapidly and so massively expand the flow of private finance to emissions reduction activities around the world and accelerate the transition to a Net Zero Economy. This is essential if we are to
- [UN to world leaders: To curtail warming, you must do more](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/un-to-world-leaders-to-curtail-warming-you-must-do-more/) - Pressure keeps building on increasingly anxious world leaders to ratchet up efforts to fight climate change. There’s more of it coming this week in one of the highest-profile forums of all — the United Nations. Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Nigel Purvis, a former U.S. State Department climate negotiator and CEO of the private firm Climate
- [Call on NGOs for pure soy to reach a small part of the market](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/call-on-ngos-for-pure-soy-to-reach-a-small-part-of-the-market/) - Precise product flows are difficult to trace, but according to research by Chain Reaction Research, with which Aidenvironment also collaborates, the matter is probably a bit more nuanced. Boeren Business Which came first: FrieslandCampina’s collaboration with Agrifirm for deforestation-free soy or the action of a number of NGOs and the public media against deforestation-free soy,
- [How Your 401(k) Is Helping Destroy the Amazon Rainforest](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/how-your-401k-is-helping-destroy-the-amazon-rainforest/) - Since 2000, foreign investors have bought over 11,000 square miles of Brazilian farmland, an area larger than the state of Massachusetts, according to a report by Chain Reaction Research, a think tank focused on deforestation and commodities. The Intercept Deforestation in Brazil, including of the Amazon, has grown at an alarming clip since 1985, denuding
- [‘Forests are at the forefront of the climate emergency’: Earthworm links net zero progress with ‘fighting for forests’](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/forests-are-at-the-forefront-of-the-climate-emergency-earthworm-links-net-zero-progress-with-fighting-for-forests/) - According to recent Chain Reaction Research, 11,500 hectares of deforestation have been detected inside known palm oil concessions in Indonesia, Malaysia and Papual New Guinea. Food Navigator USA One fifth of the world’s largest corporates has set net zero targets. Yet according to the World Benchmarking Alliance, just 26 of the wrold’s largest food and
- [India’s Opportunity to Push for Sustainable Edible Oils| Explained](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/indias-opportunity-to-push-for-sustainable-edible-oils-explained/) - Analysis by Chain Reaction Research found that more than 50% of India’s crude palm oil imports were not covered by ‘No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation’ (NDPE) policies, making India a massive market for unsustainable palm oil imports. India Ahead News Addressing the gathering of world leaders at the 26th session of the Conference of
- [Deforestation puts financial system at risk: report](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/deforestation-puts-financial-system-at-risk-report/) - Analysis by Climate Advisers finds the US economy faces significant risks from deforestation and shares recommendations for the Biden Administration and SEC to institute risk mitigating initiatives. The Hill U.S. banks are actively funding a global epidemic of deforestation and land degradation that puts the nation’s financial stability at risk, according to a new report.
- [There are a few key names missing from Big Tech’s climate ad](https://www.climateadvisers.org/newsfeed/there-are-a-few-key-names-missing-from-big-techs-climate-ad/) - Climate Advisers, a B Corp advisory council for climate solutions, has a whole host of recommendations for how federal policy could enhance carbon dioxide removal efforts. Protocol Readers of Tuesday’s New York Times were treated to a full-page ad advocating for policymakers to do something, anything really, about climate change. “We have the solutions to the

## Events

- [Sodrugestvo: Unfamiliar Brazilian Soy Exporter Linked to Environmental and Social Liabilities](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/sodrugestvo-unfamiliar-brazilian-soy-exporter-linked-to-environmental-and-social-liabilities/) - Chain Reaction Research and special guest reporter André Campos of Repórter Brasil to discuss our report on Sodrugestvo in this webinar. The CRR report uncovered how Sodrugestvo, a Luxembourg-based agro-industrial group with Russian ownership, has significantly expanded its footprint in Brazilian soy in recent years. The company's recent ties to illegal deforestation in the Amazon
- [WEBINAR: Navigating climate risks and opportunities for land economy investors and companies](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/webinar-navigating-climate-risks-and-opportunities-for-land-economy-investors-and-companies/) - Register for this Orbitas webinar to see how climate action is sprouting new risks and opportunities across the Land Economy, and how to manage them.
- [Industrial N2O — An Overlooked Climate Opportunity in the US and China](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/industrial-n2o-an-overlooked-climate-opportunity-in-the-us-and-china-ca/) - On July 23rd Climate Advisers, the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) and the Asia Society Policy Institute hosted an event at the National Union Building to discuss the opportunities the US and China have to address industrial nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. You can learn more about industrial N2O emissions here and don't miss
- [WEBINAR: Financial Risks of Commodity-Driven Deforestation – Lessons from 10 Years of CRR](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/webinar-financial-risks-of-commodity-driven-deforestation-lessons-from-10-years-of-crr/) - Chain Reaction Research (CRR), joined by Green Century and Solidaridad Network, is hosted this webinar to review the work of the CRR consortium over the past decade and discuss deforestation financial risks for palm oil, soy and beef have evolved over that time. Our work has drawn upon on-the-ground investigations, satellite analysis, economic modeling
- [After the EU-US Summit: What’s next for international cooperation on industrial decarbonization?](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/after-the-eu-us-summit-whats-next-for-international-cooperation-on-industrial-decarbonization/) - Atlantic Council Global Energy Center and Climate Advisers hosted an expert discussion on strengthening international cooperation on trade policies to enable decarbonization of heavy industry. During the event, panelists addressed the outcomes of the EU-US Leaders Summit, conclusion of the negotiations for the Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminum approaching, the EU’s Carbon Border
- [WEBINAR: The High Cost of Ignoring Scope 3 Deforestation Emissions](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/webinar-the-high-cost-of-ignoring-scope-3-deforestation-emissions/) - Orbitas, an initiative of Climate Advisers, partnered with Chain Reaction consortium members AidEnvironment and Profundo to host a webinar discussing our recent report on the potential climate costs for Scope 3 deforestation emissions from beef, palm oil, coffee, cocoa, rubber and soy imports into the U.S. The report, The High Cost of Ignoring Scope 3
- [Post G7 Summit: Advancing industrial decarbonization & climate-aligned trade](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/post-g7-summit-advancing-industrial-decarbonization-climate-aligned-trade/) - TUE, JUNE 27, 2023 | 10:00 AM ET The Atlantic Council Global Energy Center and Climate Advisers host an expert panel on advancing global cooperation for industrial decarbonization and climate-aligned trade. REGISTER HERE Please join the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center and Climate Advisers virtually on Tuesday, June 27 from 10:00 – 11:15 am ET for an expert discussion on opportunities
- [Trade Measures, Climate Policy and the G7 – Event Recording](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/trade-measures-climate-policy-and-the-g7-event-recording/) - On May 2nd Climate Advisers and the Climate Leadership Council co-hosted an event to discuss trade measures,climate policy, and the G7. International trade is connected to one-quarter of global climate emissions, and it is an increasingly important policy issue for G7 members. You can watch the recording here and learn more about the discussions held
- [A Revived Climate & Conservation Partnership - The Lula-Biden Summit and The Amazon's Future](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/a-revived-climate-conservation-partnership-the-lula-biden-summit-and-the-amazons-future/) - Ahead of the Feb. 10, 2023 summit between President Lula of Brazil and President Biden of the US Climate Advisers hosted a webinar with experts from both countries to discuss expectations for conservation and climate action at the event. Together we looked at the potential of a revived partnership to protect the Amazon rainforest
- [Forest Legality as a Bipartisan Issue](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/illegal-deforestation/) - Climate Advisers is hosting a panel and networking event to bring policymakers and industry together to support forests. The event will be held at the World Resources Institute headquarters as an official side event of Forest Legality Week. Come to hear insightful perspectives on why international forests are a bipartisan issue, highlighting conservative and bipartisan
- [Opportunities and challenges for international trade: Industrial Decarbonization Part II](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/opportunities-and-challenges-for-international-trade-industrial-decarbonization-part-ii/) - During this panel, experts will discuss how policymakers, regulators, and industry could work together to accelerate decarbonization of traded industrial products, such as steel and aluminum. How might trade policies, carbon border adjustment measures, and climate club discussions provide opportunities for industrial decarbonization? How can the United States deepen collaboration with European partners on coordinating
- [US Climate Policy Outlook: Balancing Energy Security and Climate Priorities and the Importance of the Midterm Elections](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/us-climate-policy-outlook-balancing-energy-security-and-climate-priorities-and-the-importance-of-the-midterm-elections/) - Join us at the Transatlantic Climate Bridge Annual Conference! July 7th, 2022 11:00 AM REGISTER This panel discussion will focus on the current status of US climate policy and regulation at the Federal level, how midterm elections will affect climate policy going forward, and opportunities and trends in state-level climate policy. The panel will discuss
- [The Changing Context of Indonesian Deforestation: Explaining Declining Rates and Remaining Threats](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/the-changing-context-of-indonesian-deforestation-explaining-declining-rates-and-remaining-threats/) - New research by Chain Reaction Research shows deforestation in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea attributed to the development of oil palm plantations has fallen to its lowest level since 2017. In 2021, 19,000 hectares (ha) of forest and peat were cleared for oil palm plantation development in the three countries. In 2018, the amount
- [Explaining African Palm Oil's Risks & Inability to Grow](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/explaining-african-palm-oils-risks-inability-to-grow/) - The palm oil industry had high hopes for palm oil production to expand across Africa. But by the end of 2019 concessions across the continent were nearly half of what they were in 2016, and only 8% of those concessions have been developed into plantations according to recent estimates. Despite its slow growth, the palm
- [Japan’s Role in Global Palm Oil and Timber Markets](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/japans-role-in-global-palm-oil-and-timber-markets/) - Chain Reaction Research held a webinar with Youki Mikami of Abovo to discuss how Japan’s deforestation links to the palm oil and timber leakage markets. Japan is a large buyer of palm oil and timber products from Indonesia and Malaysia. While the country has promoted sustainability ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, sourcing policies are
- [The State of Palm Oil Zero-Deforestation Commitments: Refiners & Crushers](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/the-state-of-palm-oil-zero-deforestation-commitments-refiners-crushers/) - Palm oil crushers and refiners sit within a bottleneck of the palm oil industry. Because of this, they serve as key actors in establishing and enforcing sustainability commitments. Joined by ZSL’s (Zoological Society of London) SPOTT initiative and BMO Global Asset Management, Chain Reaction Research discusses new insights on this sector’s sustainability commitments and connection
- [Brazilian Beef Supply Chain – The Main Actors, ESG Impacts, and Business Risks](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/brazilian-beef-supply-chain-the-main-actors-esg-impacts-and-business-risks/) - Chain Reaction Research hosted a webinar on Sept. 11th to review two new reports on the state of the Brazilian cattle industry and how factors like deforestation and COVID-19 create business risks. In recent years, beef production in Brazil has expanded considerably amid favorable political, legislative, and enforcement changes. These trends have occurred at the
- [China's Links to Brazilian Deforestation](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/chinas-links-to-brazilian-deforestation/) - Chain Reaction Research (CRR) hosted a webinar on Oct. 2nd to explore the ties between Chinese markets and Brazilian deforestation. China is currently the world’s largest meat producer and consumer and experiencing sharp increases in imported soy and beef from Brazil that have contributed to deforestation in the Cerrado and Amazon. From January-May 2020, Brazil’s soybean
- [Possible Financial & Legal Implications of Casino Group’s Deforestation Links](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/possible-financial-legal-implications-of-casino-groups-deforestation-links/) - Chain Reaction Research (CRR) hosted a webinar on Oct. 29th with Mighty Earth and Envol Vert to examine the legal and financial risks Casino Group faces from ties to illegal deforestation. French Casino Group and its subsidiary Grupo Pão de Açúcar (GPA), Brazil’s second-largest retailer, are facing a significant legal risk due to allegations of
- [FMCGs' Zero-Deforestation Challenges & Growing Exposure to Reputation Risk](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/fmcgs-zero-deforestation-challenges-growing-exposure-to-reputation-risk/) - Chain Reaction Research (CRR) hosted a webinar on Nov. 19th to discuss Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Companies' deforestation goals and the reputation risk they face from not meeting them. Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Companies (FMCGs) had aimed to eliminate deforestation in their supply chains by 2020, but most are lagging in implementing and executing their zero-deforestation policies.
- [Building Back Better: Potential Policies for COVID Recovery & Climate Action](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/building-back-better-potential-policies-for-covid-recovery-climate-action/) - Climate Advisers and Third Way co-hosted a webinar on climate policies that can aid in America's economic recovery from Covid-19 on December 10th. America faces multiple generation-defining crises—a pandemic, an economic downturn, a changing climate—that it must tackle simultaneously. A responsible recovery from the COVID-19 recession should include climate action to strengthen both our economy
- [Deforestation Risks for Brazil's Big Meatpackers](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/deforestation-risks-for-brazils-big-meatpackers/) - Chain Reaction Research (CRR) hosted a webinar on Jan. 14th to discuss their report analyzing the financial risks Brazil's three largest meatpackers face from deforestation. JBS, Marfrig, and Minerva are the largest meat processors in Brazil, dominating beef processing and exports. Our latest report assesses the companies’ exposure to deforestation and analyses their market, reputation,
- [Enhancing Climate Ambition with Contingent International Contributions](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/webinar-enhancing-climate-ambition-with-contingent-international-contributions/) - For anyone looking to learn more about innovative ways to encourage greater ambition for climate change action in Nationally Determined Contributions, this webinar is for you. Climate Advisers introduces the concept of Contingent International Contributions (CIC), explains the benefits, and shows how countries could make use of CICs to enhance their emissions reduction targets to meet Paris
- [South Korea's Ties to Unsustainable Palm](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/webinar-south-koreas-ties-to-unsustainable-palm/) - Chain Reaction Research (CRR) held a webinar with special guest Shin Young Chung from Advocates for Public Interest Law South Korea on Jan. 21st, 2021 to discuss the ties between South Korea and the unsustainable palm market through production, consumption, and finance. CRR research has found that South Korean companies are significant leakage players as both
- [Evaluating the Universe of Risks in Indonesia Palm Oil](https://www.climateadvisers.org/eventsfeed/webinar-evaluating-the-universe-of-risks-in-indonesia-palm-oil/) - On April 15th, the Zoological Society of London SPOTT (ZSL SPOTT), Chain Reaction Research (CRR), and Orbitas hosted a webinar to discuss the fundamentals of how financiers should analyze a broad range of risks amongst palm oil companies in Indonesia as well as the whole supply chain to inform their ESG investment and lending strategies.

## Insights

- [World Reaches Peak Gas](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/world-reaches-peak-gas/) - The share of global electricity saw peak gas generation fall for the fifth year in a row. See why this occurred and the future of electric generation here 👇
- [Why It's Hard to Know What's Going On With Corporate Climate Commitments](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/corporate-climate-commitments-us/) - US corporate climate commitments haven't collapsed, but they're hard to read. Here's a framework for understanding what companies are actually doing on climate.
- [EPA’s Endangerment Finding Rescission: What's Next and Why it Matters?](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/epas-endangerment-finding-rescission-whats-next-and-why-it-matters/) - EPA just undercut the 2009 endangerment finding, gutting federal powers to regulate greenhouse gases. Here's what it means and what's next for climate action.
- [Nature in the Media – 2025 in Review](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/nature-in-the-media-2025/) - How is the media covering nature-related issues and what stories spark the most interest? We assessed this year's coverage to find out - See the results 👉
- [Once-in-a-decade opportunity for corporate climate standards](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/once-in-a-decade-opportunity-for-corporate-climate-standards/) - Corporate climate standards face critical choices in how they will influence climate investment for decades to come. See how they can unlock greater ambition 👉
- [Shifting Grey to Green: Climate Advisers Deforestation Risk Rankings](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/shifting-grey-to-green-climate-advisers-deforestation-risk-rankings/) - An Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ranking with a deforestation lens Key takeaways from Climate Advisers Deforestation Risk Rankings: Companies with high rankings have policies in place to mitigate material risks of being linked to ESG issues, and specifically, deforestation. Meanwhile, companies with low rankings should consider conducting an ESG risk assessment and strengthening policies
- [Brazilian Forest Restoration Market Can Unlock $141 Billion In Value](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/brazilian-forest-restoration-market-can-unlock-141-billion-in-value/) - New Orbitas report shows why Brazil is the next frontier for high-return, nature-based investments.
- [Scrapping SEC Climate Rule Unlikely to Undermine Climate Disclosure for U.S. Companies](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/sec-climate-disclosure-rule-corporate-climate-action/) - Despite the SEC rule being dropped, climate disclosure is growing—driven by investors, global rules, and risk. Here’s why...
- [The “2025 Retreat” of Financial Institution Climate Action Is No Reason to Panic](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/the-2025-retreat-of-financial-institution-climate-action-is-no-reason-to-panic/) - Over the course of 2025, financial institution climate action has decreased in the face of a vocal backlash against sustainable investment, with some institutions publicly loosening their net zero commitments in addition. Despite these shifts, climate transitions will deter the total abandonment of financial institution climate action. The global push toward a low-carbon economy needs to
- [5 Ways to Make COP30 'The Nature COP’](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/5-ways-make-cop30-the-nature-cop/) - COP30 could be a turning point for protecting and restoring nature—if world leaders act boldly to fund forests, strengthen NDCs, and empower Indigenous Peoples.
- [Why International Cooperation on Alternative Proteins Must Accelerate - Part Three: Key Steps for the International Community](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/alternative-proteins-international-climate-action-part-3/) - Scaling alternative proteins requires global action. Explore key steps governments must take to unlock their full potential and accelerate climate solutions.
- [Why International Cooperation on Alternative Proteins Must Accelerate - Part One: Keeping Climate Targets in Reach](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/alternative-proteins-international-climate-action-part-1/) - Alternative proteins can cut emissions while meeting consumer demand. See why accelerating global support for APs is key to keeping climate targets in reach.
- [The G7’s Role In Promoting Climate-Aligned Trade](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/the-g7s-role-in-promoting-climate-aligned-trade/) - How can the G7 drive climate-aligned trade in 2025? Explore key challenges, opportunities, and policy recommendations in our latest report.
- [How The G7 Can Work with Trump on Trade Emissions](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/g7-trump-trade-emissions-climate-action/) - G7 leaders will be challenged to establish Climate-Aligned Trade policies with Trump to tackle trade emissions - see how a deal can still be negotiated.
- [Moving Toward a Single Standard for Green Steel in G7 Countries](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/the-g7-should-prioritize-low-carbon-steel-at-its-upcoming-summit/) - Introduction As countries work toward long-term net-zero goals, heavy industry has come under scrutiny as one of the highest-emitting sectors. Steel in particular is an important area of focus, as both a carbon-intensive industry and one of the world’s most widely used materials. Steelmaking accounts for between 7 and 9 percent of global CO2 emissions.
- [Why International Cooperation on Alternative Proteins Must Accelerate - Part Two: Benefits for People, Planet and Profits](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/alternative-protein-benefits-international-climate-action-part-2/) - Alternative protein benefits go beyond climate. They support food security, public health, and economic growth. See why global leaders should act here.
- [The Importance of Green Public Procurement in Decarbonizing Industry and Creating a Clean Energy Economy](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/the-importance-of-green-public-procurement-in-decarbonizing-industry-and-creating-a-clean-energy-economy/) - G7 leaders have agreed to collaborate on industrial decarbonization, but more coordination is needed on green public procurement to meet their goals. DOWNLOAD BRIEF The power of public procurement policies to drive market transformation has untapped potential. In this Climate Advisers report, we cover the major opportunity G7 leaders have to use procurement to accelerate
- [The Importance of Clean Economy Subsidies and Assessing Their Trade Risks](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/the-importance-of-clean-economy-subsidies-and-assessing-their-trade-risks/) - With the United States introducing significant clean economy subsidies, it’s evident that subsidies will be an important policy tool to support the transition to a clean energy economy. These green subsidies serve as vital financial incentives to foster the clean energy transition and sustainable growth. DOWNLOAD BRIEF Despite propelling the clean economy forward, subsidies
- [G7 cooperation with China on climate-aligned trade is vital - Commentary](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/g7-cooperation-with-china-on-climate-aligned-trade-is-vital-commentary/) - G7 countries should work with China to put in place climate-aligned trade policies needed to accelerate global climate action.
- [Investors In Brazil’s Cattle Sector Face A New Form of Risks from Climate Change](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/investors-in-brazils-cattle-sector-face-a-new-form-of-risks-from-climate-change/) - Climate Transitions are a new type of financial risk most investors are prepared to manage and have material impacts on portfolios today.
- [Climate risks persist for Brazil’s cattle sector but opportunities to transition present clear avenues for resilience and increased investment: Orbitas research](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/climate-risks-persist-for-brazils-cattle-sector-but-opportunities-to-transition-present-clear-avenues-for-resilience-and-increased-investment-orbitas-research/) - The Brazilian cattle sector could see beef production drop by 25 percent by 2050, while experiencing a 37 percent decline in available pastureland through forest-conservation strategies ...
- [Brazil’s soy sector faces climate-related profitability challenges, though proactive mitigation can reduce losses and capture rising consumer demand: Orbitas research](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/brazils-soy-sector-faces-climate-related-profitability-challenges-though-proactive-mitigation-can-reduce-losses-and-capture-rising-consumer-demand-orbitas-research/) - New research from Orbitas, a Climate Advisers initiative, reveals that the Brazilian soy sector faces challenges in a transitioning world, but despite the presence of climate-related risks, there are new opportunities ...
- [COP29 Reporting: Slashing Nitrous Oxide Emissions - From Science to Action](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/cop29-reporting-slashing-nitrous-oxide-emissions-from-science-to-action/) - Climate Advisers leads discussions on tackling N2O emissions at COP29 with new science that identifies feasible pathways for major climate impacts.
- [Financial risks mount for high-emission commodities as climate regulations increase, new report shows](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/financial-risks-mount-for-high-emission-commodities-as-climate-regulations-increase-new-report-shows/) - Orbitas report shows cost of capital becoming more aligned with - and conditional on - sustainable practices
- [It’s Time to Drop the ‘Hard-to-Abate’ Label for Industrial Decarbonization](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/drop-hard-to-abate-for-industrial-decarbonization/) - Climate Advisers shares 3 strategies to spur demand for industrial decarbonization to grow demand for solutions that can solve the challenges we face today.
- [U.S. Cities Leading the Way Toward Net Zero](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/u-s-cities-leading-the-way-toward-net-zero/) - How are cities with ambitious climate goals meeting their commitments? See how San Francisco, Austin and Boston are showing how to get it done.
- [US-China Cooperation on Reducing Industrial N2O Emissions](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/us-china-cooperation-on-reducing-industrial-n2o-emissions/) - Climate Advisers gathered leading experts on N2O emissions and climate diplomacy to see how the US and China can work together
- [What Would A Kamala Harris Administration Mean for Climate Action?](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/what-would-a-kamala-harris-administration-mean-for-climate-action/) - VP Kamala Harris is the presumptive 2024 Dem nominee. How can she go beyond Biden's legacy and convince voters her climate vision is worth their support?
- [N2O Explainer Series: Understanding industrial sources of nitrous oxide (N2O) and the available solutions](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/n2o-explainer-series-understanding-industrial-sources-of-nitrous-oxide-n2o-and-the-available-solutions/) - Firstly, what is nitrous oxide and why is it a problem? Nitrous oxide (known as N2O) is a potent and long-lived greenhouse gas contributing to global warming. It traps around 273 times more heat than carbon dioxide and remains in the atmosphere for up to 110 years, and emissions are rising each year. N2O is
- [Decoupling Methane Emissions from Meat with Alternative Proteins](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/alternative-proteins-climate-solution-methane-emissions/) - Methane emissions from animal agriculture are on track to increase 50% by 2050 - jeopardizing global climate goals without immediate interventions. DOWNLOAD BRIEF Methane reductions could prevent nearly half a degree in warming by 2100. That is why 150 countries joined the Global Methane Pledge to reduce global methane emissions 30% by 2030. However,
- [Despite Positive Signals on Climate-Aligned Trade, G7 Ministerial a Partially Missed Opportunity](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/g7-climate-aligned-trade-missed-opportunity/) - Failure to embrace the interoperability of emissions data systems for traded goods hinders climate-aligned trade and decarbonization amongst G7 economies.
- [Industrial Decarbonization in the Aluminum Market: Challenges and Opportunities](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/industrial-decarbonization-aluminum/) - Aluminum industrial decarbonization is a major climate issue. Climate Advisers and Atlantic Council's new report shares recommendations on how to get it done.
- [The Impact of the 2024 Election on State-Level Climate Action](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/2024-election-state-level-climate-action/) - How will U.S. state-level climate action be impacted by the 2024 federal election?
- [The G7’S Role In Utilizing Trade Policies For Climate Goals](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/the-g7s-role-in-utilizing-trade-policies-for-climate-goals/) - International trade accounts for 25% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, making it critical that trade policies are aligned with climate goals. DOWNLOAD REPORT Climate Advisers developed this report in its capacity as the secretariat to the Consortium for Climate-Aligned Trade (CCAT) to highlight how the G7 can play an important role advancing climate-aligned trade
- [The G7’s Role In Developing A Platform for Global Cooperation On Industrial Decarbonization](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/the-g7s-role-in-developing-a-platform-for-global-cooperation-on-industrial-decarbonization/) - There are four important components of an effective program for global cooperation on industrial decarbonization that the G7 can lead in designing and promoting. In fact, the G7 may be the only multilateral entity capable of catalyzing such a program to accelerate the progress needed for hard-to-abate industries to meet Paris climate goals. Below are
- [Natural Climate Solutions and Article 6 – What’s in it for nature?](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/natural-climate-solutions-and-article-6-whats-in-it-for-nature/) - What is Article 6 and why is it important in allowing countries to collaborate on tackling climate change with nature-based solutions? The UN climate COP25 in Madrid in December could give nature a major boost, particularly if countries reach agreement on the one element of the so-called Paris Rulebook left unresolved in Katowice – Article
- [Beef in Colombia: Grupo Éxito’s Deforestation Risks](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/beef-in-colombia-grupo-exitos-deforestation-risks/) - As the largest food retailer in Colombia and a leader in establishing sustainability commitments, Grupo Éxito’s exposure to a complex and rapidly growing cattle market imposes risks from deforestation at a critical time. As a deal for a new ownership structure is set to be confirmed and recent performance has been bleak, this report gives
- [New Risks, New Opportunities: Extending the case for responsible investment to tropical forest agriculture](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/new-risks-new-opportunities-extending-the-case-for-responsible-investment-to-tropical-forest-agriculture/) - Originally published on the Orbitas website: Extending the case for responsible investment to tropical forest agriculture “Stranded Assets.” “ESG.” If I were writing this article in 2000, these terms would barely register. But in 2020, they have both, in their own way, shaped investors’ thinking about making finance sustainable. Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) metrics
- [Financing of Cattle Production in Colombia](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/financing-of-cattle-production-in-colombia/) - Colombia is home to the fifth-largest rainforest in the world but deforestation, driven largely by cattle production, is driving nearly 60% of Colombia's greenhouse gas emissions. Between 2005 and 2018, Colombia lost 32,821 square kilometers of forest cover, a land area about three times the size of Jamaica. DESCARGAR ESPAÑOL This report, developed in partnership
- [Just Transition in the United States](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/just-transition-in-the-united-states/) - Climate Advisers dives into what a just transition for fossil fuel-dependent communities in the U.S. might look like with examples of past initiatives, President Biden’s plans, and challenges to overcome. Download Report The energy transition now underway in the United States, and in economies throughout the world, is expected to accelerate in the coming years
- [Climate-Related Forest, Food, and Land Risks Threaten US Financial Stability](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/climate-related-forest-food-and-land-risks-threaten-us-financial-stability/) - With 40% of US GDP exposed to climate-related risks from the land use sector, this report analyzes the source of these risks and shares recommendations for the federal government to protect US financial stability. Download Report In the US, 40 percent of GDP is generated from sectors directly exposed to tropical forest, food, and land
- [Tackling Deforestation and Protecting Investors: Material Financial Risks From Tropical Commodities](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/tackling-deforestation-and-protecting-investors-material-financial-risks-from-tropical-commodities/) - The US imported $618 billion in tropical commodities in 2020 ($76 billion in tropical agricultural commodities). Here’s why that matters as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) deliberates on climate-related financial disclosures. Download Report In anticipation of the SEC releasing new proposals for regulating climate-related financial risks, Climate Advisers has published a report on the
- [Deforestation's Role in Financial Disclosures](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/deforestations-role-in-financial-disclosures/) - Climate Advisers recently submitted a comment letter to the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) in response to its efforts to establish a global baseline of climate-related financial disclosures. DOWNLOAD COMMENT Disclosures on climate-related financial risks are key to providing investors and markets with the information needed to make decisions on the financial risks driven by
- [Climate-Related Financial Risks of Deforestation in Commodities - CFTC Recommendations](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/cftc-deforestation-climate-financial-risks/) - Climate Advisers recently came out with strong support for efforts by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to expand its “capacities to define, identify, measure, monitor, assess, and report on climate-related financial risks and their effects on financial stability,” as recommended by the 2021 Financial Stability Oversight Council report. READ COMMENT LETTER This is particularly
- [Estimating the Impact of the Energy Transition Accelerator](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/energy-transition-accelerator-analysis/) - In November 2022, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Bezos Earth Fund announced plans to create the Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA). The ETA is aimed at catalyzing private capital to accelerate the clean energy transition in developing countries. DOWNLOAD BRIEF With support from the Rockefeller Foundation, Climate
- [Reflections on the Role of Trade in Climate Policy](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/reflections-on-the-role-of-trade-in-climate-policy/) - On May 2nd Climate Advisers and the Climate Leadership Council co-hosted an event to discuss trade measures, climate policy, and the G7. International trade is connected to one-quarter of global climate emissions, and it is an increasingly important policy issue for G7 members. You can watch the recording here and learn more about the discussions
- [Tropical Commodity Risks Concern Latin American Banks. They Need Tools to Navigate Climate Transitions.](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/tropical-commodity-risks-concern-latin-american-banks-they-need-tools-to-navigate-climate-transitions/) - Originally published on the Orbitas website: COVID and climate will challenge tropical country sovereign bondholders. For the financial sector, tropical commodities are often attractive because of their importance to so many sectors of the economy providing a multitude of opportunities to capture returns. Consumers rely on their production for food, fuel, and materials. For farmers,
- [Can cooperation on REDD+ under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement start now, or is further guidance needed?](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/can-cooperation-on-redd-under-article-6-of-the-paris-agreement-start-now-or-is-further-guidance-needed/) - What can countries achieve now on REDD+ under the “cooperative approaches” envisaged under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement? This paper was authored by Robert O'Sullivan for the Forest Solutions Dialogue led by Climate Advisers and the Environmental Defense Fund. This paper analyses Article 5 and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and examines whether current REDD+ decisions are
- [What are Natural Climate Solutions?](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/what-are-natural-climate-solutions/) - Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) versus Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) “Natural climate solutions” are actions to protect, sustainably manage and restore natural and modified ecosystems in ways that mitigate climate change, while also addressing other societal challenges. The term is more or less interchangeable with “nature-based solutions.” The difference between the two terms is often one of emphasis.
- [Principles for Climate Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions - Federal Reserve Recommendations](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/principles-for-climate-related-financial-risk-management-for-large-financial-institutions-federal-reserve-recommendations/) - Climate Advisers recently came out with strong support for efforts by the Federal Reserve (the Fed) to draft principles that would provide a high-level framework to guide financial institutions in managing exposure to climate-related financial risks. DOWNLOAD COMMENT LETTER We encouraged the Fed to incorporate an economy-wide approach that accounting for all climate-related risks, including
- [Why Supply Chain Emission Disclosure Is Necessary for Investors](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/sec-climate-disclosure-scope-3/) - Climate Advisers latest policy brief looks at the new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed climate emissions disclosure rules and how some corporations may not be required to disclose up to 90-83 percent of their estimated total emissions. Download Brief The potential gap in disclosure is particularly acute for companies that rely on the global
- [Update on President Biden's Climate Agenda](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/update-on-president-bidens-climate-agenda/) - Despite setbacks, such as not being able to secure speedy Congressional enactment of the President’s climate legislation (called Build Back Better) and not convincing China to make ambitious revisions to its nationally determined contribution (NDC), the Biden administration believes it produced a number of major climate successes in 2021. These perceived accomplishments included re-establishing American
- [US Climate Diplomacy Moves: Methane and Staff Updates](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/us-climate-diplomacy-moves-methane-and-staff-updates/) - This post looks at recent developments that affect U.S. climate diplomacy, including progress on the Global Methane Pledge and staff changes in Special Envoy Kerry’s office. Methane and the MEF Since it was launched at COP26 in Glasgow, 111 countries have joined the Global Methane Pledge. Participants agreed to take voluntary actions to contribute to
- [Climate Implications of the Ukraine Crisis & Volatile Fuel Markets](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/climate-implications-of-the-ukraine-crisis-volatile-fuel-markets/) - With Russian troops entering and engaging in conflict within Ukraine the potential impacts this foreign policy crisis on climate change are becoming increasingly salient for those involved. The Biden administration is currently amidst a foreign policy crisis with large ramifications for energy and climate. The Ukraine-Russia conflict, which appears likely to escalate into a full-blown
- [U.S. Climate and Energy Response to Russian Invasion of Ukraine](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/u-s-climate-and-energy-response-to-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/) - President Joe Biden came into office vowing to be the most ambitious president ever on climate. A little over a year into his presidency, soaring oil and gas prices as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brings new dilemmas for the Biden administration’s climate goals. President Joe Biden came into office vowing to be
- [Back to The Drawing Board On U.S. Permitting Reform](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/october-update-on-permitting-reform/) - The effort to overhaul the permitting process for new energy projects took a major hit in September when Senator Joe Manchin had to scrap his plans to accelerate the approval of energy projects. During negotiations for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Democratic leadership promised, in exchange for Senator Manchin’s support of the climate bill, the
- [Climate Action at the State Level: Increased Ambition in Michigan and New Jersey](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/climate-action-at-the-state-level-increased-ambition-in-michigan-and-new-jersey/) - This report analyzes two of the biggest states catalyzing climate action, Michigan and New Jersey, to illustrate this dynamic as well as to give some sense of what is possible at the local level and how states can help to meet the U.S. 2030 target with help from the IRA.
- [Leveraging Transatlantic Cooperation to Promote Industrial Decarbonization of High Carbon Industries: Pathways for Green Steel](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/leveraging-transatlantic-cooperation-to-promote-industrial-decarbonization-of-high-carbon-industries-pathways-for-green-steel/) - To prevent catastrophic climate change, the world needs to reach zero net emissions by midcentury. DOWNLOAD BRIEF Achieving that goal will require rapid innovation and large-scale investments in every economic sector, including the massive global food and agriculture economy. Within that sector, the largest single factor determining climate success will be whether the world transitions
- [Trends in US and International Carbon Offset Markets](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/trends-in-us-and-international-carbon-offset-markets/) - Climate Advisers shares what companies planning to buy offsets need to know about the social, political, legal and market dynamics driving global carbon offset markets. Download Report In the face of growing public and scientific pressure to raise global climate ambition, more and more major corporations in the United States and elsewhere are adopting ambitious
- [Global Food System Transition is Necessary to Keep Warming Below 1.5°C](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/global-food-system-transition-is-necessary-to-keep-warming-below-1-5c/) - The Good Food Institute and Climate Advisers co-wrote this policy brief as part of our collaboration to embed alternative proteins into domestic and international climate and land-use policy priorities. Download Report To meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target and to protect forests and other critical ecosystems that serve as carbon sinks, a global food system
- [Benefits to the United States of Sustainable Protein Innovation](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/benefits-to-the-united-states-of-sustainable-protein-innovation/) - To prevent catastrophic climate change, the world needs to reach zero net emissions by midcentury. DOWNLOAD BRIEF Achieving that goal will require rapid innovation and large-scale investments in every economic sector, including the massive global food and agriculture economy. Within that sector, the largest single factor determining climate success will be whether the world transitions
- [Climate Advisers' S.E.C. Comment on Climate Transparency - Recommendations to Protect Investors](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/climate-advisers-s-e-c-comment-on-climate-transparency-recommendations-to-protect-investors/) - The U.S. Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed rules for expanded climate transparency is a strong step forward in ensuring greater transparency of climate-related financial risks. The alignment between the proposed ruling and widely accepted frameworks like the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol would provide
- [Why Disclosure of Emissions from Deforestation Protects Investors](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/why-disclosure-of-emissions-from-deforestation-protects-investors/) - Emissions from deforestation are increasingly being seen as a material risk for investors. This isn’t only because the emissions released by deforestation drive climate change, threatening global economic stability and the lives of millions. It is because society’s reactions to climate change, known as climate transitions, will impact a wide range of holdings investors may
- [The G7 climate action you may have missed - harmonizing trade policies with climate goals](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/the-g7-climate-action-you-may-have-missed-harmonizing-trade-policies-with-climate-goals/) - This article discusses recent G7 outcomes on trade and climate, highlighting new reports on this topic by Climate Advisers and its partners in the Consortium for Climate-Aligned Trade, and previews a public event with Senator Bill Cassidy on May 2nd, during which he will discuss his forthcoming proposal for a U.S. carbon border adjustment mechanism. The
- [The Necessity of G7 Leadership in Cleaning the Steel Market](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/the-necessity-of-g7-leadership-in-cleaning-the-steel-market/) - G7 countries are in a prime position to lead global cooperation to reduce emissions from the production of steel. At the upcoming May 2023 G7 summit these nations shouldn't ignore their chance to place industrial decarbonization, with a focus on steel, at the top of the agenda. DOWNLOAD BRIEF Production of steel accounts for 7-9%
- [Risks to Sustaining Climate Action: Why Securing Clean Energy Supply Chains Requires A Global Perspective](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/clean-energy-security/) - Climate Advisers analysis of US efforts to shore up clean energy manufacturing and critical mineral supply chains finds significant gaps in current policy and recommends foreign policy actions to enhance US global leadership ahead of the G7 summit. Download Report As the world shifts towards clean energy policymakers in the US have increased their efforts
- [Revitalizing US & Brazilian Cooperation On Climate](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/revitalizing-us-brazilian-cooperation-on-climate/) - Brazil’s President Lula and U.S. President Biden have an unprecedented opportunity to reverse years of increasing deforestation and put nature at center stage for climate solutions. DOWNLOAD BRIEF This brief shares 26 ways Presidents Lula and Biden can leverage policy, law enforcement, technology, finance, and the private sector to stop deforestation and address climate change.
- [Communicating Climate and Nature in 2023](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/communicating-climate-and-nature-in-2023/) - Co-authored article by Jen Stebbing and Ben Simonds 2022 was a big year for nature. Natural climate solutions (NCS) continued to gain prominence within the broader climate narrative, and the deal struck at COP15 for a new global biodiversity framework, while not perfect, exceeded most peoples’ expectations. 2022 was also a big year for carbon
- [India’s Opportunity for Steel Decarbonization](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/indias-opportunity-for-steel-decarbonization/) - China and India are the top two steel-producing countries in the world, producing 1,032.8 and 118.2 million tons of crude steel per year respectively. While China is presently the largest steel-producing nation, its domestic demand for steel is expected to decline in the coming years. India’s steelmaking industry, on the other hand, is projected to nearly double by 2030 and almost
- [Why the United States should champion alternative proteins as a food and national security solution](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/alternative-proteins-national-security-food-security/) - Climate Advisers and The Good Food Institute have partnered to develop a new policy brief detailing how sustainable proteins can support food security around the world and in turn national security for the United States. DOWNLOAD BRIEF Food insecurity threatens U.S. national security by increasing the risks of conflict, unrest, and violent extremism. The causes
- [October Outlook on U.S. Midterms](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/october-outlook-on-u-s-midterms/) - Democrats’ chances of holding on to power in the U.S. Congress have improved considerably since predictions earlier in the year. At that time, it seemed virtually certain that Republicans would win control of the House of Representatives and likely the Senate as well. Today, by contrast, Republicans have only a 70 percent probability of winning
- [Breakdown: Senate Endorsement of Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/breakdown-senate-endorsement-of-kigali-amendment-to-the-montreal-protocol/) - On September 21, 2022, the United States Senate voted to approve the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, making another climate win for both the United States and the Biden administration. The bipartisan vote -- 69-27 -- marked a rare success in dealing with climate change issues in
- [U.S. Climate Diplomacy Update - October](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/u-s-climate-diplomacy-update-october/) - With the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) having passed, the Biden administration feels emboldened heading into future climate negotiations. The administration believes that the passage of the massive bill creates much-needed credibility on climate as it negotiates with the international community. With IRA initiatives set to put the U.S. on the path to moving closer to
- [Reducing Methane Emissions from Food and Agriculture](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/methane-emissions-food-agriculture/) - Climate Advisers latest policy brief focuses on reducing methane emissions from food and agriculture. Methane emissions from this sector make up 54 percent of all anthropogenic methane emissions, making mitigation in this sector key to achieving global climate goals. DOWNLOAD BRIEF Our brief identifies feasible, near-term strategies for addressing the largest sources of methane emissions
- [Brazil and the OECD - An Opportunity to Protect People and Forests](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/brazil-oecd-deforestation-climate-indigenous-rights/) - Today, Brazil-based Talanoa Institute and US-based Climate Advisers joined 41 other civil society organizations to send a letter to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and member governments about Brazil’s potential membership in the forum. The letter calls upon these institutions to ensure that Brazil meet the OECD’s high standards for environmental protection,
- [The Supreme Court and EPA Authority](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/the-supreme-court-and-epa-authority/) - On June 30, the Supreme Court announced its decision in West Virginia v. EPA, a case that concerned the scope of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to regulate greenhouse gases emissions from existing power plants. Given the ideologically conservative make-up of the Court following the addition of three
- [U.S. Subnational Action on Climate](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/u-s-subnational-action-on-climate/) - After the Trump administration pulled out of the Paris Climate Accords and rolled back environmental regulations, climate experts and advocates shifted their resources to the state and local levels in an effort to stay on track to meet emissions targets. A similar dynamic could play out now with no congressional action and the Supreme Court
- [Capitol Hill Update - June 2022](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/capitol-hill-update/) - The probability of Congress passing significant climate legislation before the midterms has decreased considerably since late last year. At that time, a Democrat-only reconciliation bill that contained many of the proposals President Biden campaigned on already seemed unlikely, but some observers were cautiously optimistic that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could spur an otherwise gridlocked Congress
- [U.S. Midterm Election Outlook](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/u-s-midterm-election-outlook/) - On November 8, 2022, 34 Senators and all 435 members of the House of Representatives will be up for re-election, as will several governors and many state legislators. Historically, the party out of power has gained seats in midterm elections, a trend that favors the Republicans this year. In addition, President Biden’s approval rating is
- [International Climate Diplomacy Update](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/international-climate-diplomacy-update/) - U.S. Climate Expectations for G7 At COP26 last year, the United States re-established a leadership position on climate change by working with other countries to strengthen 2030 emissions targets so that they align more closely than before with the goal of keeping warming at or below 1.5 degrees. The Biden administration is looking to use the
- [Climate Clubs – Key Design and WTO Compliance Issues](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/climate-clubs-key-design-and-wto-compliance-issues/) - There is growing interest in developing “climate clubs,” smaller groups of countries focused on coordinating climate policy, to accelerate climate action. Climate Advisers shares this brief analyzing the key factors to design effective clubs that comply with World Trade Organization rules. Download Report Proposals for climate clubs so far have varied significantly, making it difficult
- [Outlook on US Midterms & State Climate Action](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/outlook-on-us-midterms-state-climate-action/) - Historically, voters have tended to blame the party in power for problems taking place in the country. As a result of this recurring trend, the President’s party has often lost ground in midterm elections, particularly in the President’s first term. For instance, this happened in 1994, when the Republican party secured unified control of Congress
- [Long-Term Implications of an Energy Shock Scenario Analysis](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/long-term-implications-of-an-energy-shock-scenario-analysis/) - What would be the consequences for climate action should the current energy crisis worsen, and prices rise even higher or remain elevated for an extended amount of time? Now that tensions between Moscow and the West over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have led the United States to stop buying Russian energy supplies, the situation could
- [Congressional Appetite for Climate Action in 2022](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/congressional-appetite-for-climate-action-in-2022/) - The evolving foreign policy crisis in Ukraine and failure to pass the Build Back Better Act in 2021 has diverted attention away from domestic climate change priorities in 2022. What is still on the table? Recently, prospects have dimmed considerably for the Build Back Better Act, which would have implemented a significant portion of President Biden’s
- [Cattle-Driven Deforestation in Colombia Exposes Grupo Éxito to Financial, Reputation Risks](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/cattle-driven-deforestation-in-colombia-exposes-grupo-exito-to-financial-reputation-risks/) - A new Climate Advisers report reveals the risks a complex beef production industry imposes on Grupo Exito, the largest food retailer in Colombia. Grupo Exito is the largest food retailer in Colombia and holds a leadership position when it comes to sustainability. However, its dependence on sourcing beef from a complex and opaque Colombian market
- [Companies That Face Financial Risks Due to Deforestation in Brazil](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/companies-that-face-financial-risks-due-to-deforestation-in-brazil/) - Matt Piotrowski identifies four private-sector actors that face various material, financial, market access, and reputational risks from possible connections to deforestation in Brazil. He argues that they also stand as a critical line of defense against aggressive plans from the Bolsonaro administration to expand deforestation. Since President Jair Bolsonaro took office at the beginning of the
- [12 Companies Working on Carbon Removal and Carbon Capture in North America](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/12-companies-working-on-carbon-removal-and-carbon-capture-in-north-america/) - Matt Piotrowski and Ben Simonds present list of 12 companies that are leading the charge to develop Direct Air Capture and Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage in North America. Wondering who is working on carbon removal (often referred to as “Direct Air Capture”, or DAC) and carbon capture (“Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage”, or CCUS) technologies in North
- [How Climate Is Defining Biden’s Presidency Before It Starts](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/how-climate-is-defining-bidens-presidency-before-it-starts/) - Touted as the “climate election” by activists and experts, the 2020 presidential election prompted young progressive voters to push climate change to center stage. This activism and attention delivered a climate action mandate for the Biden administration before it has even begun. The Democratic primary and general election that President-elect Biden has navigated over the
- [Financial Risks to Investors from Forest Crime](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/financial-risks-to-investors-from-forest-crime/) - Investors know that deforestation creates risks in several ways, but are they aware of how non-environmental laws can impact their portfolios? Forests are the lungs of the world, but those lungs are shrinking. Every day, we lose 81,000 hectares (200,000 acres) of rainforest. Around the world, forest peoples, biodiversity, and our planet’s climate are being threatened by deforestation.
- [A Spotlight on Exponential Peruvian Palm Oil Growth: ESG Risks for Cargill Subsidiary, Cargill Americas Peru SPL](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/a-spotlight-on-exponential-peruvian-palm-oil-growth-esg-risks-for-cargill-subsidiary-cargill-americas-peru-spl/)
- [Deforestation Risks and German Financial Institutions](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/deforestation-risks-and-german-financial-institutions/) - Meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement will require transformations in every sector of the global economy. Commodity producers and traders are in the spotlight due to their direct links to activities causing deforestation which drives climate-changing emissions. Download der Kurzfassung Download Report High-profile investors are increasingly pushing for action on deforestation from both companies
- [Coal’s Expected Demise in the United States](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/coals-expected-demise-in-the-united-states/) - Climate Advisers explores why coal use for electric generation is on the decline and what lessons can be learned for reducing other high-emitting technologies and sectors. Download Report Coal had long been ‘King’ in regards to electricity generation in the United States for decades. But recent projections from financial, academic and energy researchers now believe
- [Increasing Climate Diplomacy with China](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/increasing-climate-diplomacy-with-china/) - While the Biden administration was pleased that a number of important announcements were made at the Leaders’ Climate Summit in April, the fact that China did not make any new major commitments was a disappointment to the President and his closest advisers, who felt they had made significant progress separating climate from other contentious issues
- [Pathways for Reaching the New U.S. NDC](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/pathways-for-reaching-the-new-u-s-ndc/) - Though there are a variety of potential pathways to achieving the United States’ emissions reduction target, doing so will likely require a combination of executive action, efforts by states and cities, and new federal legislation. Models agree that achieving the U.S. NDC is feasible or nearly so and that, in the next decade, the greatest
- [Five Possible Scenarios for Congress’ Infrastructure and Climate Legislation](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/five-possible-scenarios-for-congress-infrastructure-and-climate-legislation/) - As July comes to a close, infrastructure talks on Capitol Hill continue to see disagreements over specific details to be included in legislation and how to pay for the more than $4 trillion of new spending. Even though Democrats are pushing hard for infrastructure bills to pass Congress in the coming weeks, the debate over
- [Update on President Biden’s Regulatory Climate Agenda](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/update-on-president-bidens-regulatory-climate-agenda/) - The Trump administration devoted considerable effort to undoing environmental regulations such as restrictions on oil and gas and other development on protected lands, fuel efficiency standards and greenhouse gas emissions rules for motor vehicles, standards for taking climate impacts into account in cost-benefit analyses, regulations governing air pollutants and toxic substances, protections for threatened and endangered species,
- [Technological Carbon Removal: Recent Political and Economic Trends in the U.S.](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/technological-carbon-removal-recent-political-and-economic-trends-in-the-u-s/) - In this report, we assess the current state of affairs surrounding technological carbon dioxide removal (CDR)—sometimes referred to as “engineered” CDR or negative emissions technologies (NETs)—in the United States. Download Report Interest in technological approaches to CDR among people concerned about climate change and those who want to make money from climate solutions is skyrocketing.
- [How Contingent International Contributions (CICs) Can Enhance Climate Ambition](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/how-contingent-international-contributions-cics-can-enhance-climate-ambition/) - In this report, Climate Advisers introduces the concept of a Contingent International Commitment (CIC), explains the benefits, and shows how countries could make use of CICs to enhance their emissions reduction targets and help bridge the “ambition gap” in the next round of updated Nationally Determined Contributions, due in 2020. Download Report The world is
- [The Role of Nature in Climate Action for the Oil and Gas Industry](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/the-role-of-nature-in-climate-action-for-the-oil-and-gas-industry/) - In this report, Climate Advisers establishes the relationship between the oil and gas industry and nature in fighting the climate crisis. It envisions a role for companies to invest in nature alongside transformative shifts in their business models, not instead of. Download Report Major emitting sectors must reduce their greenhouse gas emissions significantly to make
- [International Mitigation Partnerships for Forests](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/international-mitigation-partnerships-for-forests/) - In this report, Climate Advisers suggests policy structures to leverage Article 6 and natural climate solutions through international cooperation between two or more countries. We provide a guide for designing cooperative approaches through International Mitigation Partnerships using forests as an example. Download Report The world is falling dangerously short of Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting
- [New Blueprint for International Ocean-Climate Action](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/new-blueprint-for-international-ocean-climate-action/) - To date, the international fight against climate change has largely overlooked the ocean-climate relationship. Yet the ocean and climate are inextricably linked. The ocean plays a central role regulating the climate, including by absorbing heat and carbon dioxide. This imposes a heavy cost through effects such as deoxygenation and acidification, which are decimating ocean ecosystems
- [Alicorp’s ESG Risks Could Undermine Financial Stability, Growth](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/alicorps-esg-risks-could-undermine-financial-stability-growth/) - Amid its growing presence in Peru, Alicorp SAA’s (ALI.LM) stock has almost tripled since its low point in 2015, a sign of healthy financials and strong investor interest. But the company’s stable financial status could be undermined by Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) risks as more investors, regulators, and consumers become aware of the growing importance
- [Spotlight on JPMorgan’s Deforestation Risk Exposure](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/spotlight-on-jpmorgans-deforestation-risk-exposure/) - U.S.-based investment bank JPMorgan has become increasingly vocal about its growing ambition to reduce exposure to climate change risks and foster positive change among its customers, investees, and peers. Download Report The bank has warned of widespread, destructive droughts, wildfires, and higher sea levels, along with negative impacts on economic growth. But what are its
- [Sustainability Lessons Learned From Palm Oil](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/sustainability-lessons-learned-from-palm-oil/) - The palm oil industry has recently made progress on sustainability issues, but as producers emerge in Latin America, how can they use past lessons to continue improving the industry? This report reviews past lessons and the current state of the industry to provide clear recommendations for producers and civil society to protect forests. DOWNLOAD REPORT
- [What the EU’s CBAM Means for the United States](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/what-the-eus-cbam-means-for-the-united-states/) - Climate Advisers reviews the EU’s new Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and the potential economic and political implications of a US response. Download Brief The EU is planning to impose a carbon fee on imports of carbon-intensive goods, such as steel, iron, cement, fertilizer, aluminum, and electricity. The EU’s motivation with the Carbon Border Adjustment Measure
- [Biden’s First 100 Days – A Full Court Climate & Energy Press](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/bidens-first-100-days-a-full-court-climate-energy-press/) - Facing a potentially split Congress, the left is advocating for Biden to push an ambitious agenda within his first one hundred days in office. The Biden administration has made climate a top priority in its discourse and hiring of senior staff. Republicans have already signaled that they will take up a focus on ending deficit
- [Biden’s Climate Outlook – Year One](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/bidens-climate-outlook-year-one/) - A review of the climate and energy actions the Biden administration can pursue in the first year of his term. After accumulating climate wins during his First 100 Days we covered in our last blog, President-elect Biden will want to build off of this momentum throughout the rest of 2021, before policymakers in Congress look
- [Biden’s Climate Path Through the 2022 Midterms](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/bidens-climate-path-through-the-2022-midterms/) - Joe Biden ran on a climate change agenda and has laid out his plans for early action, but what might the ‘medium-term’ for climate action and the 2022 midterms look like? Beyond 2021 Although the configuration of the current Senate is not yet decided, political operatives are already looking forward to the 2022 mid-term election.
- [The New Supreme Court and Climate](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/the-new-supreme-court-and-climate/) - Although much of the national attention has been focused on the election, a change with long-term ramifications has occurred at the top level of America’s government in the Supreme Court. After a contentious process in the Judiciary Committee and an unsuccessful Democratic filibuster attempt on the Senate floor, the Senate voted 52-48 on October 26
- [Could Biden Complete the Natural Gas Bridge?](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/could-biden-complete-the-natural-gas-bridge/) - Natural gas in the United States has become king. Might Biden end that? Natural gas has become king of the U.S. electrical grid. The fossil fuel’s ability to pair with the growing outputs from intermittent renewables and to beat coal on price has allowed natural gas to grow significantly over the past two decades. During
- [A New Tool to Protect Forests: Strategic Litigation](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/a-new-tool-to-protect-forests-strategic-litigation/) - A new approach to holding practitioners of illegal deforestation and other crimes accountable. Forests are the lungs of the Earth – nearly a third of all land is covered by them. Tropical forests are especially important as they support millions of species, trap carbon dioxide that would otherwise contribute to climate change, provide vital oxygen for
- [JPMorgan’s Opportunity to Address Deforestation](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/jpmorgans-opportunity-to-address-deforestation/) - Where can JPMorgan find opportunities to address its exposure to deforestation? Climate campaigners have heightened awareness in recent years over the role of agricultural commodities in deforestation, which accounts for 15 percent of annual global emissions. This pressure from NGOs will only increase in the coming years. Companies operating in Brazil’s soy and beef industries
- [COVID and Climate Will Challenge Tropical Country Sovereign Bondholders](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/covid-and-climate-will-challenge-tropical-country-sovereign-bondholders/) - Originally published on the Orbitas website: COVID and climate will challenge tropical country sovereign bondholders. COVID-19 shows the strain governments face during an unexpected crisis and the knock-on impact this has on the sovereign debt ratings and ability to raise capital of those least able to weather the storm. This offers a preview for a
- [The Law That Could Break the Amazon](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/the-law-that-could-break-the-amazon/) - Increased and legalized deforestation is possible under a potential Brazilian law legitimizing the land grabbing tied to the Amazon fires. As fires and overall deforestation in Brazil continues to grow at a high rate in 2020, the situation could get even worse. Attention is being diverted from environmental protection to the massive COVID-19 outbreak the
- [Deforestation’s Public Health Impact in the Spotlight Amid COVID-19 Outbreak](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/deforestations-public-health-impact-in-the-spotlight-amid-covid-19-outbreak/) - As published on Chain Reaction Research: What’s the connection between deforestation, climate change, pandemics, and the financial community? The Answer: Risk. Editor’s note: We hope that you are healthy and productive as we all grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty of what is ahead. The Climate Advisers team is hard at work to continue action
- [Tree Planting — A User’s Guide for Comparing Tree for Tree](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/tree-planting-a-users-guide-for-comparing-tree-for-tree/) - As originally published on the Nature4Climate Newsroom webpage. Why not all schemes proposing natural climate solutions should be seen as equal. The momentum for natural climate solutions has reached the highest circles of politics. In the United Kingdom, all major political parties included significant tree planting efforts as part of their campaign pledges in the
- [Momentum for nature-based solutions continues to grow despite disappointing UN climate talks](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/momentum-for-nature-based-solutions-continues-to-grow-despite-disappointing-un-climate-talks/) - As originally published on the Nature4Climate Newsroom webpage. Momentum for nature-based solutions continues to grow. The United Nations climate negotiations, COP25, came to a close last week having failed to deliver meaningful progress, or reassure the world that the political will exists to tackle the climate emergency. This leaves much work to be done in
- [How Five Palm Oil Producers Withstand Pressure for Greater Sustainability](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/how-five-palm-oil-producers-withstand-pressure-for-greater-sustainability/) - Matt Piotrowski and Sarah Lake provide an early look at an upcoming report detailing how palm oil producers can continue with “business-as-usual” practices as the rest of the industry and world increases demands for change. The global palm oil industry, long recognized as a leading cause of deforestation, is beginning to turn a new leaf as a growing number
- [Bolsonaro and Agribusiness Feel the Backlash of Amazon Fires](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/bolsonaro-and-agribusiness-feel-the-backlash-of-amazon-fires/) - Matt Piotrowski reveals the impacts Brazil’s government and agribusiness industry are feeling after the devastating Amazon fires made international headlines as part of our efforts to monitor the Amazon. The outrage over the fires spreading throughout the Amazon has contributed to a major decline in public approval for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Recent polling reveals that Bolsonaro’s public
- [Who is Really at Risk from Latin American Deforestation?](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/who-is-really-at-risk-from-latin-american-deforestation/) - Matt Piotrowski, Director of Policy and Research, explains how new analysis from Climate Advisers shows it pays to take deforestation seriously. Deforestation is on the rise throughout Latin America and regional commodity companies may be the ones who truly need to take action. These companies, some of whom may perpetuate deforestation, will see increasing risks to their bottom
- [Amazon Fires Highlight the Need for Stricter Execution of Corporate Zero-Deforestation Policies](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/amazon-fires-highlight-the-need-for-stricter-execution-of-corporate-zero-deforestation-policies/) - Matt Piotrowski, Director of Policy and Research, explains how the fires in the Amazon are increasing pressure on companies to revise and enforce their zero-deforestation policies. High deforestation rates in Brazil and massive fires in the Amazon have put agricultural companies operating in the country and their investors in the spotlight. Agricultural supply chains are key
- [When Heavy Emitters Do More on Climate Change, Opportunities for Investing in Nature Emerge](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/when-heavy-emitters-do-more-on-climate-change-opportunities-for-investing-in-nature-emerge/) - Our carbon market experts explain why it’s so important that companies in the oil and gas sector invest in nature in addition to reducing their Scope 1 and Scope 3 emissions. Achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement requires every sector of the economy to transition toward a cleaner, greener path. Last year’s IPCC report on
- [What is a Contingent International Contribution, or CIC?](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/what-is-a-contingent-international-contribution-or-cic/) - Our forest policy team introduce the concept of a Contingent International Contribution (CIC), explain the benefits, and show how countries could make use of CICs to enhance their emissions reduction targets and help bridge the "ambition gap" in the next round of updated NDCs, due in 2020. A Contingent International Contribution, or CIC, is a way
- [The Structure of President Biden’s Climate Team](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/the-structure-of-president-bidens-climate-team/) - Climate Advisers has developed a breakdown of the Biden administration’s expanding climate team roster. President Biden has nine staffers with “climate” in their titles, compared to five for President Obama when he first took office. The structure of the team shows we are witnessing the most ambitious climate administration we’ve seen yet and an overhaul to
- [Paths to Climate Action on Capitol Hill](https://www.climateadvisers.org/insightsfeed/paths-to-climate-action-on-capitol-hill/) - Congressional climate action has become more likely with Democrat victories in the Georgia Senate run-off elections if Democrats can agree on how to do it. Exactly what form any climate-focused legislation may take depends on a variety of factors, most importantly the views of a handful of Senators and Representatives who, because they are closest

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