This is how climate and environmental policies influence energy investment choices

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum./ Author: Xiaoyan Zhou, Lead Sustainable Finance Performance, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, University of Oxford, Gireesh Shrimali, Head of Transition Finance Research, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, University of Oxford Governments use climate and environmental (CE) policies to affect the scale, pace, […]

It’s time to climate-proof our homes

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Lauren Salz, CEO and cofounder, climate tech company Sealed People and communities around the world are now feeling the impacts of climate change every day. With more extreme weather events happening more frequently, civilization must learn to adapt and […]

COP27: The top quotes from climate and world leaders at the UN summit

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Formative Content World leaders, policy-makers and delegates from nearly 200 countries are in Egypt at the COP27 UN climate summit, which runs in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh until 18 November. Delegates […]

Is climate denialism dead?

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: John Letzing, Digital Editor, Strategic Intelligence, World Economic Forum It may not be dead yet but denial is in decline in much of the world. The climate legislation recently passed in the US is a sign of related […]

What to expect in the new IPCC report on climate change

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Nathan Cooper The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) will publish a new report on Monday Aug. 9. The report is expected to show temperatures rising more quickly than expected and show the long-term effects of increased CO2 […]

Saving the whales is more important than planting trees to stop climate change. This is why

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Katharine Rooney, Senior Writer, Formative Content Whales store huge amounts of CO2 They support the growth of phytoplankton, which stores 40% of all carbon produced A 1% increase in phytoplankton productivity is equivalent to 2 billion mature trees […]

Climate change hits the poor hardest. Mozambique’s cyclones prove it

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Peter Holmes a Court, Writer When experts say that the impacts of climate change fall disproportionately on the poor, they are referring to regions like the Sofala province of Mozambique, to villages like Nguineia, and to women like […]

Want more climate action? Let’s show how good a planet-friendly life can be

This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author:  Pia Heidenmark Cook, Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA Group This summer, jubilant weather reports celebrating hot, sunny summer days morphed into alarming stories about devastating drought in Australia, deadly heatwaves in Japan and Europe and catastrophic fires in California, […]