18 August 2021 - One of the few bright spots in an otherwise dismal global response to the escalating climate crisis has been the preparedness of financial market regulators to force their regulated institutions to face up to the implications of climate risk. In so...
06 July 2021 - According to the Club of Rome, the latest European Commission finance strategy – "Strategy for Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy" – does not go far enough to change Europe’s financial system to support the transformation of the economy...
21 April 2021 - After many months of intensive lobbying and several months of delay, the final criteria to determine economic activities that contribute significantly to climate change mitigation and adaptation, as part of the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy, has...
23 March 2021 - BRUSSELS (Reuters Breakingviews) - When Ursula von der Leyen announced the European Green Deal in 2019, she hailed it as “Europe’s ‘man on the moon’ moment”. A key component of this revolutionary programme would be the European Union Taxonomy, using...
11 January 2021 - 90% of employment and 55% of global GDP are generated by Small and Medium Enterprises. Yet, they belong to some of the most neglected parts of the economy. Moreover, investors and entrepreneurs find themselves in a dilemma in which they must choose...
17 December 2020 - Lack of clarity on which economic activities truly benefit the climate is hampering capital allocation and enabling greenwashing, argue Sandrine Dixson-Declève (Co President, The Club of Rome) and Johan Rockström (Director, Potsdam Institute for...
27 November 2020 - Context On November 20th, the European Commission has published its draft Delegated Act for the so-called EU taxonomy, setting out the technical criteria to determine economic activities that contribute significantly to climate change mitigation and...
12 July 2020 - One year after the launch of the Planetary Emergency Plan during the London Climate Action Week 2019, the Club of Rome, Potsdam Institute, WWF and Planetary Emergency Partners reflect on the 'Emergence from Emergency' narrative in a post-COVID context...
18 June 2020 - After devising a taxonomy of green activities, the EU has been called on to create a ‘brown’ taxonomy. Would it be a help, or an unnecessary complication, asks Christopher Marchant First published in Environmental Finance Download the pdf...
03 June 2020 - Finance Watch and the Club of Rome invite you to their online conference on the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy 2030, Green Deal & Recovery Plan: Nature’s Return – Embedding environmental goals at the heart of financial decision-making Further...
