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Policy & Finance
Climate impacts are crippling insurance and Big Oil must pay up
From Greek wildfires to African floods, the costs of extreme weather is making insurance unsustainable.
Policy & Finance
It’s time for a second ‘G’ in ESG: Geopolitics
Investors now need to be fully aware of the environmental and social implications of geopolitics – or else remain oblivious to the risks and opportunities. ESG must become ESGG.
Engaging the world’s largest polluter on climate solutions has not been smooth sailing. Supply chains are highly inter-connected and businesses find that they need to tread along a tightrope between China and the West, even on climate.
Food & Agriculture
Governing the right to food
By emphasising a multi-stakeholder approach to political decision-making, international institutions have enabled corporate actors to dominate the conversation about how and what we eat. But addressing hunger and malnutrition requires a strategy that focuses on human rights and government accountability.
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