Indigenous communities face severe consequences of climate change. This study, conducted over a span of seven years, quantifies the effects of land dispossession on extreme climate change events.

The database catalogues and examines forced migration in the United States, and how it has influenced environmental processes over time. The research suggests that forced migration lead to conditions in which tribal lands experience increased exposure to climate change risks and hazards and diminished economic value.

I'm ready to act on climate. Do I start with big or small?

An interesting question that I ask myself every day. The answer from both the author and myself is "both" of course. Still, a plenty of thought-provoking points are inside the article. Do you know how the term 'carbon footprint' began to be circulated? Or how the climate impacts of individuals can differ in 'rich' countries? As the author says, "What’s important is to remember that everyone who is working to make a change is on the same team, regardless of where they start."

When we talk about climate action and just transition, we sometimes forget how important these factors are to ensuring and sustaining peace - without which property on this common planet cannot exist.

Speaking to a UN Security Council meeting yesterday, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has warned - once more - that climate change is “an aggravating factor” for instability, conflict and terrorism.

He said the regions that are most vulnerable to rising temperatures “also suffer from insecurity, poverty, weak governance and the scourge of terrorism". He said that when people lose their livelihoods after extreme weather events, “the promises of protection, income and justice – behind which terrorists sometimes hide their truce designs – become more attractive".

The urgency to act has never been stronger.

Do you know those measures that are - comparatively - easy both for people and government to implement? When it comes to climate change they rare, I know, but they do exist!

Tackling food waste through home-composting to lower GHG emissions is one of those.

Happy to see that from January, most people in California will be required to toss excess food into green waste bins rather than the trash. Municipalities will then turn the food waste into compost or use it to create biogas.

The effort is designed to keep landfills in the most populous U.S. state clear of food waste that damages the atmosphere as it decays.

How is green finance integrated in governments' regulatory landscape?

The Green Finance Measures Database – supported by the Global Environment Facility – is a critical tool to monitor jurisdictions’ leadership in defining market standards for climate neutrality and allow them to benchmark their green finance regulatory landscape against peers.

"With global CO2 emissions still rising, governments must shift the allocation of capital towards their #ClimatePledges"

The political dynamics underpinning a more coordinated approach to green finance measures – in response to the insufficiencies and inadequacies of market-driven solutions to green the financial system – are an important caveat. As climate-related radical uncertainty intersects with non-reversible climate tipping points, regulators and supervisors need to move beyond quantitative analyses that have characterized risk-based approaches to financial measures over the past 6 years.

Where financial regulators currently stand on addressing climate change?

An increasing number of green finance measures are being adopted around the world by policymakers and regulators in a shift toward green finance policy and regulation that goes beyond market-driven solutions.

In addition, 2021 saw a surge in green finance regulations, with 124 measures implemented globally. This reflects the awareness of governments that the financial system will need to be aligned with their net-zero commitments announced during the year. The growing number of green finance measures has been driven by renewed international cooperation, steered by the re-establishment of the G20 Sustainable Finance Study Group and the updated climate pledges announced in the lead-up to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November 2021.

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Our food systems are failing us. Over 800 million people are suffering from hunger, while 13% of the world’s population are obese. So what is to blame?

Agricultural production follows the money. And 87% of the $540 billion given to agricultural producers each year is either price distorting or harmful to nature and human health. So what we can do to fix it?

Listen to our latest #podcast to find out! We discuss how #foodsystems transformation can generate system-wide benefits while protecting farmers, consumers and nature ?

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Contemporary discussion of climate policy rarely acknowledges inequality.

However, 10% of the world’s population is responsible for about half of all GHG emissions, while the bottom half of the world contributes just 12% of all emissions. This is not simply a rich versus poor countries divide: there are huge emitters in poor countries, and low emitters in rich countries.

Why do these inequalities matter? After all, shouldn’t we all reduce our emissions? Yes, we should, but obviously some groups will have to make a greater effort than others.

At the world level, a modest wealth tax on multimillionaires with a pollution top-up could generate 1.7% of global income. This could fund the bulk of extra investments required every year to meet climate mitigation efforts.

According to Lucas Chancel, co-director of the World Inequality Lab, and affiliate professor at Sciences Po, it’s time for us to acknowledge there can be no deep decarbonisation without profound redistribution of income and wealth.

What do you think? And most importantly, what would you be willing to give up in the time race to save the planet?