The third edition of the Primer on Climate Change: Directors’ Duties and Disclosure Obligations provides an overview of the foreseeable financial and systemic risks (and opportunities) over short, medium and long-term investment horizons. Covering 31 countries and the EU, it outlines the general climate obligations for board directors, and how company law and directors’ duties require directors to incorporate climate change into their strategies, legal oversight, and supervision of the companies entrusted to their care.

In this edition you will find:

• Comprehensive analysis of foreseeable financial and systemic risks and opportunities across short, medium, and long-term investment horizons.
• Coverage of 31 countries and the EU, ensuring a globally relevant perspective.
• Clear outlines of climate obligations for board directors.
• Insights into how company law and directors’ duties necessitate the integration of climate change considerations into strategies, legal oversight, and company supervision.
• New biodiversity boxes explaining biodiversity risk in each jurisdiction.
• Countries featured for the first time include China, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Poland and Uzbekistan.