Chevening Fellowships Economics of Climate Change: A Global Perspective
23 October 2014
June 2010 – The Chevening programme is the British Government’s flagship scholarship and fellowship scheme. Its overall purpose is to build a long-term network of future friends of the UK in senior positions who will help to support delivery of the FCO’s (Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s) Strategic Framework.
Return Characteristics of Renewable Energy Infrastructure Investment
23 October 2014
June 2010 – The past few years have seen increased questioning of appropriate asset allocations for long term investors, such as pension funds. The CPSL P8 process is one example, highlighting the significance of climate change to long term investment decision making.
23 October 2014
September 2011 – The purpose of this report is to demonstrate how the activities of some of the world’s largest companies are contributing to the delivery of a low climate risk economy. Profiles and examples of the activities and climate projects are given for each of the member The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) companies featured, including their carbon reduction goals and how these are being met.
23 October 2014
October 2010 – A new publication from the ‘Next Economy Initiative’ is launched: Towards a Sustainable Economy, Business Leadership & UK Government Policy.
West Africa: the climate of change
23 October 2014
November 2010 – The Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership (CPSL) is working with a number of partners to develop a West African Climate Leaders Programme.
Sustainability Leadership – a Force for Change
23 October 2014
November 2010 – According to a recent survey of 766 United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) member CEO’s, 93% of CEOs see sustainability as important to their company’s future success. Furthermore, 96% believe that sustainability issues should be fully integrated into the strategy and operations of a company (up from 72% in 2007).
The South African Government’s Green Paper Fails to Address Climate Change Challenges
23 October 2014
April 2011 – An opinion piece by Professor Jørgen Randers. The deadline for commentary on the government's green paper on climate change recently closed with many commentators agreeing that it is a vague document that does not present a sufficiently detailed or coherent plan for addressing the looming challenges of climate change.
Seize the Day: A Call to Action for UK Climate Leadership
23 October 2014
June 2011 - This is the critical time. The decisions made in this parliament will either set the UK firmly on the path to a low-carbon economy or send us well off track. The UK leads the world in ambitious targets to tackle climate change. We are the first country in the world to extend legally binding targets well into the 2020s. We have the opportunity to transform our economy and lead the world down a path of green growth, well-managed climate risks and decarbonisation. The opportunity must be seized now, or else we risk missing out on new markets and locking in high-carbon, maladapted investments.
A Logical Framework for Climate Leadership
23 October 2014
October 2011 – An opinion piece by Mike Brown, Chief Executive, Nedbank Group; Mark Cutifani, Chief Executive, AngloGold Ashanti. Both are members of the South African Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change. The UN climate change negotiations that South Africa is soon to host (28 November to 9 December in Durban) can seem rather confusing. They cover very complex political and scientific territory on which international negotiators have been trying for no less than 17 years to reach agreement.
Jane Nelson: What is corporate sustainability leadership?
23 October 2014
October 2011 – ‘Business as usual’ is totally inadequate to meet this challenge. So too is incremental change at the margin. Transformational or systemic change is necessary, and in its absence our shared prosperity and stability are at risk.
