Better together: How the private sector can scale up ambition to plug the emissions gap
18 August 2015
Better together: How the private sector can scale up ambition to plug the emissions gap Nicolette Bartlett, Senior Programme Manager , Policy 24 August 2015 To launch our series of blog posts to mark #100daysToParis , where the world will make its international agreement on climate change, we have...
100 days to COP21: Why should business take impactful action on climate change?
18 August 2015
100 days to COP21: Why should business take impactful action on climate change? Polly Courtice, Director, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership 24 August 2015 As we enter the final #100daysToParis countdown to the COP21 climate negotiations this December, Polly Courtice, Director of...
11 August 2015
Australia’s inadequate climate pledge: hopes for increased ambition rest on an international agreement in Paris Tamara Inkster-Draper, Project Manager, Policy 11 August 2015 Australia’s poor reputation on climate change mitigation action has been growing steadily worse in recent years. The release...
EU ETS: Business ambition and commitment is key to success
13 July 2015
EU ETS: Business ambition and commitment is key to success Jill Duggan, Senior Associate, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership 13 July 2015 The EU ETS has been around for 10 years and, like other emissions trading systems, has been plagued by an excess of allowances keeping prices low...
Realising the New Climate Economy: Better together
6 July 2015
Realising the New Climate Economy: Better together Nicolette Bartlett 7 July 2015 We all know that 2015 is a critical year for climate action and sustainable development, with the agreement of a new treaty at the UN Conference of the Parties in Paris at the end of the year, following the agreement...
Rewiring our economy to combat climate change and poverty
1 July 2015
Rewiring our economy to combat climate change and poverty Dr Jake Reynolds, Director, Sustainable Economy 2 July 2015 In September, at the United Nations in New York, the world’s governments will adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) after an intensive discussion on what aspirations the...
1 July 2015
We need to rewire the economy Polly Courtice, Director, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership 3 July 2015 Economic success is generally measured in terms of growth rather than positive outcomes for people and places. Although the key metric of growth, 'Gross Domestic Product' (GDP), is...
Climate change – an economic issue
30 June 2015
Climate change – an economic issue The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) responds to the Committee on Climate Change Progress Report Harry Huyton, Programme Manager, Corporate Leaders Group 30 June 2015 Our economy is beginning to change. In the UK, our...
The Pope and energy policy – a match made in heaven?
23 June 2015
The Pope and energy policy – a match made in heaven? Sandrine Dixson-Declève 23 June 2015 Two key actors in the climate change debate came out last week on the side of action on climate change: the IEA – an autonomous organisation which works to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for its...
AXA’s divestment announcement: a game changer?
5 June 2015
AXA’s divestment announcement: a game changer? Tom Herbstein, Senior Programme Manager, ClimateWise 5 June 2015 AXA, one of the world’s largest insurance companies, has made a bold commitment to divest €500 million from coal and increase its investments in clean energy by €3 billion by 2020. Given...
