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Exposure Draft – IFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information
The International Sustainability Standards Board issued an exposure draft on general requirements for disclosure of sustainability-related financial information.
Read moreSummary of Submissions to Canadian Securities Administrators on Proposed National Instrument 51-107 Disclosure of Climate-related Matters
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) received 131 submissions on proposed National Instrument 51-107 Disclosure of Climate-related Matters (NI 51-107) during the four-month public consultation period, of which 94% were from organizations and 6% were from individuals. We published a summary of the 131 submissions. This is a Canada Climate Law Initiative publication.
Read moreThe TNFD Nature-Related Risk & Opportuniy Management and Disclosure Framework Beta v0.1
More than half of the world’s economic output – US$44 trillion of economic value generation – is highly or moderately dependent on nature. Yet most companies, investors and lenders today inadequately account for nature-related risks and opportunities in their decisions. The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) was established in response to the growing appreciation […]
Read moreGreening Sovereign Debt Performance
This report sets out the case for moving sovereign debt markets towards the explicit valuation of natural capital, and for greater use of performance-linked instruments to deepen creditor and debtor sharing of associated risks and opportunities. Advancing these two developments would be a much needed and timely development in addressing the short-term debt crisis and […]
Read moreFossil Fuel Subsidies in Canada: Governance Implications in the Net-Zero Transition
Canada ranks highly among the developed countries that have provided government support to the fossil fuel sector, but this situation is changing. To address the climate emergency, Canada has legally committed to achieving net-zero carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. How our federal, provincial, and territorial governments spend public dollars […]
Read moreClimate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability – Summary for Policymakers
This Summary for Policymakers (SPM) presents key findings of the Working Group II (WGII) contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the IPCC. The report builds on the WGII contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the IPCC, three Special Reports , and the Working Group I (WGI) contribution to the AR6 cycle. […]
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