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Under Water: The Costs of Climate Change for Canada’s Infrastructure
Canada’s infrastructure isn’t prepared for the climate crisis. The third report in our Costs of Climate Change series finds that Canada’s infrastructure decisions aren’t accounting for climate change. These risks are leaving Canadians under water, physically and financially, threatening our future well-being and prosperity. In response, governments can direct public and private investment toward more […]
Read moreLegal Opinion – Directors’ obligations to consider climate change-related risk in India
The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) has commissioned a legal opinion, published today, by Mr. Shyam Divan, Senior Advocate, and Ms. Sugandha Yadav and Ms. Ria Singh Sawhney, Advocates, on directors’ duties and disclosure obligations regarding climate change. The legal opinion finds that: Directors must have regard to climate change-related risks in the course […]
Read moreA Visual Conversation from South Africa: Climate Resilience and Hope for a Green Recovery Artist
As the world copes with two parallel catastrophic events—climate change and COVID-19, this article examines how visual art students in South Africa used the pandemic period to imagine a better world, a green economic recovery, and a closer connection with nature and biodiversity. The visual conversation that this new generation of artists created provides a […]
Read moreClimate-related Legal Risks for Financial Institutions: Executive Brief
Introduction Financial sector risk leaders, risk managers, and board risk committees are increasingly aware of climate-related legal risks to financial institutions. In Canada, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) has identified liability risk as a source of climate-related financial risk facing deposit-taking institutions, insurance companies, and pension funds. These risks include regulatory […]
Read moreClimate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis – Summary for Policymakers
The Summary for Policymakers (SPM) provides a high-level summary of the understanding of the current state of the climate, including how it is changing and the role of human influence, and the state of knowledge about possible climate futures, climate information relevant to regions and sectors, and limiting human-induced climate change.
Read moreClimate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis
The Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report addresses the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest advances in climate science, and combining multiple lines of evidence from paleoclimate, observations, process understanding, and global and regional climate simulations.
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