16 August 2022 - As the planet continues to cook, so grows the need for effective climate mitigation and adaptation strategies. Such strategies are starting to unfold, but their impacts need to be examined carefully. While they are essential for saving life on planet...
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06 July 2022 - Today, a substantial number of Members of the European Parliament have objected to the Complementary Climate Delegated Act of the Taxonomy Regulation. This act labels gas and nuclear as sustainable investments. An absolute majority of MEPs would have...
MEPs must help the EU recover from its taxonomy madness
29 June 2022 - Europe’s addiction to fossil fuel corrodes our energy security and locks us into a pathway of irreversible and hostile change to our planet’s climate. Emissions from gas, oil and coal bombard our planet’s oceans with heat equal to five Hiroshima-size...
JP Morgan’s misinformation on the clean energy disruption
01 February 2022 - The JP Morgan Asset and Wealth Management Annual Energy Paper is one of the most influential publications among global investment and business leaders in the energy sector. But JP Morgan Chase’s 2021 Annual Energy Paper is a deeply flawed piece of...
Reaction to EU draft Taxonomy Complementary Delegated Act
05 January 2022 - On 31 December 2021, the European Commission sent a request for feedback to the Member States Expert Group on Sustainable Finance and the Platform on Sustainable Finance on a draft text of a Taxonomy Complementary Delegated Act covering certain gas...
The EU Taxonomy: Natural gas and nuclear power are not sustainable investments
26 November 2021 - On 1 December 2021, the European Commission is expected to publish the supplementary EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act. The Club of Rome is calling for the taxonomy to support global climate goals and not allow progress to be undermined by national...
COP26: Forgoing the planetary emergency and adopting incrementalism
19 November 2021 - There’s no denying that the UN Climate Talks in Glasgow had some successes. The commitments on closing the rulebook on carbon markets, deforestation, coal divestment, internal combustion engine phase out, and methane reduction are important if they...
Net zero is not enough – we need to build a nature – positive future
31 October 2021 - To successfully emerge from Covid into a fairer, greener future we need to recognise nature as an essential piece of the puzzle. Nearly two years after the first reported case of Covid-19, the world is still facing the repercussions. At the same...
The Club of Rome at the UN Climate talks
27 October 2021 - We are at a unique moment in history – a decisive decade where failure to act risks crossing irreversible Earth tipping points. The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) is seen as a critical summit to accelerate action towards the...