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One-on-one conversations with the leading thinkers and doers in climate change adaptation and resilience. A podcast by climate change practitioners for climate change practitioners, we speak to world-experts to understand the latest best practices and explore the risks and opportunities that climate change brings. These podcasts are brought to you by the Acclimatise: www.acclimatise.uk.com. Acclimatise is a leading consulting firm providing expertise in climate change adaptation and risk man ...
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The cumulative costs of achieving the 1.5˚C temperature target outlined in the Paris agreement could be as high as 100 trillion US dollars, a new study has found. However, researchers found that there was a wide range of uncertainty in the forecasts with the low-end estimate being 10 trillion US dollars.In this Conversation on Climate Change Adapta…
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Knowing how to talk about climate change impacts and the actions taken to curb it isn’t always easy. One of the first things communications specialists will say is that you need to know your audience. Recent research conducted in the UK in November 2019 show that there has been a massive shift in the public’s perceptions about climate change. Clima…
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Making research work for others with Dr Catherine Grasham and Alice Chautard by AcclimatiseAcclimatise
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Adaptation and Water Security with Dr Catherine Grasham & Dr Ellen Dyer by AcclimatiseAcclimatise
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Financial institutions around the world are beginning to wake up to the reality that climate change will have material impacts on their loan and investment portfolios. Since the Financial Stability Board's Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) released its recommendations in 2017, banks and other financial institutions have been …
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In this Acclimatise Conversation on Climate Change Adaptation, we speak with Clyde & Co lawyers Wynne Lawrence and Nigel Brook, about the emerging field of climate liability risk and the pioneering work that the firm is doing to advise its clients about how to respond.In September 2015 the Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, gave his semi…
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Climate and law: Sarah Barker, Special Counsel and Head of Climate Risk Governance at MinterEllison
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Climate change is increasingly being understood as an issue of financial risk to corporates. This has brought the issue to the attention of corporate lawyers like Sarah Barker, Special Counsel and Head of Climate Risk Governance at MinterEllison, the largest commercial law firm in the Asia Pacific. For over six years, Sarah has been a leading voice…
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Climate change and its impacts cause hundreds of billions of dollars of damage each year. As the scale of losses increases, so too will the number of legal cases apportioning blame to those most responsible. There have already been over one thousand litigation cases related to climate change, a number that is expected to rise dramatically as climat…
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