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What did COP27 accomplish and what actions can we expect as a result?
November 23, 2022--Held in Egypt, COP27 was dubbed the Africa COP, providing an important opportunity to table issues critical to the continent; and the COP of implementation, where pledges would be translated into action on the ground.
The most talked about achievement of COP27 was that an agreement was finally reached to establish and operationalise a new loss and damage fund.
Beyond this, progress was underwhelming, but while there were disappointments, there were significant gains, too.
Antonia Gawel, Head of Climate Change, and Nathan Cooper, Lead Partnerships & Engagement Strategy at the World Economic Forum, look back at the highlights of COP27 and show which wheels it has put in motion.
COP27 was dubbed the Africa COP and the implementation COP. It provided an opportunity to table issues critical to the continent and a chance to turn the words, drawn up at COP26, into action. Confronted with a global food and energy crisis, increasing extreme weather events and record greenhouse gas concentrations, COP27 was a key milestone to instill renewed solidarity between countries and deliver on the landmark Paris Agreement.
Source: weforum.org
Alliancebernstein and Societe Generale Announce Plan To Form Joint Venture To Accelerate Growth in Cash Equities
November 22, 2022--The joint venture would combine Bernstein Research Services' premier global equity research and execution platform with Societe Generale's equity research and execution capabilities to form a leading global cash equities and equity research business.
AllianceBernstein (NYSE: AB), a leading global investment management and research firm, and Societe Generale (EURONEXT: GLE), a leading European bank, announced today their plans to form a joint venture combining their cash equities and equity research businesses.
Source: AllianceBernstein
OECD Economic Outlook-Confronting the Crisis
November 22, 2022--The global economy is facing mounting challenges amidst the largest energy market shock since the 1970s and the cost-of-living crisis for many households from rising inflation pressures.
The OECD Economic Outlook, Volume 2022 Issue 2 highlights the unusually imbalanced and fragile outlook, the significant downside risks associated with energy market developments and rising financial vulnerabilities as interest rates are raised, and the associated policy challenges. Well-designed and timely policy actions are required to maintain economic stability, enhance energy security and strengthen the prospects for future growth.
This issue includes a general assessment of the macroeconomic situation, and a chapter summarising developments and providing projections for each individual country. Coverage is provided for all OECD members as well as for selected partner economies.
Source: OECD.org
Finance pivots from risks to the opportunities of energy transition and decarbonization at COP27
November 18, 2022--COP27 focused on actioning key financial commitments.
Energy security, enhanced data and voluntary carbon markets will all feed into actioning financial strategies discussed at COP27.
Investors and financial institutions need to find the opportunities and navigate the risks a complex energy transition and changing world presents.
The mood at COP27 was subdued. The Ukrainian war, the energy crisis, rampant inflation, summer droughts and the sharp increase in the costs of capital for projects all weighed on investors' and business leaders' expectations. Underlying this was concern that the ambition to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is at risk.
Source: weforum.org/
Biodiversity as an Asset Class Episode 1: Removing Barriers to Action
November 16, 2022--Extractive practices, short term profit maximization and shareholder capitalism are accelerating the extinction of life on Earth. What measures must be taken to end such destructive processes? Andre Hoffmann the Chairman of Massellaz explores how a stakeholder approach underpinned by a new accounting system with a long term outlook is essential to safeguarding biodiversity and natural systems.
Biodiversity as an Asset Class is a five episode series that profiles leading global thinkers on how we must reconstruct our economic system in order to protect nature and the future of life on Earth. Episodes explore topics that include removing barriers to action, the valuation of natural capital, a nature-positive business approach, and the role of philanthropic capital. Share this video
Source: weforum.org
IOSCO Reviews Implementation of Liquidity Risk Management Recommendations
November 16, 2022--IOSCO today published a thematic review ('Review') assessing the implementation of selected recommendations ('Recommendations') issued in 2018 to strengthen the liquidity risk management practices for collective investment schemes ('CIS') globally.
Jean-Paul Servais, IOSCO Board Chairman and Chairman of the Belgium FSMA, said "Effective liquidity management is crucial to safeguard the interests of investors, to maintain the orderliness and robustness of collective investment schemes and markets, and to reduce systemic risks. Effective liquidity management therefore contributes to financial stability. IOSCO will continue to engage with the industry, its members, and other international bodies to ensure that sound liquidity management practices are implemented."
Source: IOSCO
How Blended Finance Can Support Climate Transition in Emerging and Developing Economies
November 15, 2022--Innovative instruments and equity finance are needed to enhance risk-sharing through public-private partnerships and maximize the impact of scarce public funds
Emerging market and developing economies account for two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions, and many are highly vulnerable to climate hazards.
These economies will need significant financing in coming years to reduce emissions and adapt to the physical effects of climate change.
Many also have high debt and constrained budgets because of the pandemic and face higher government borrowing costs amid rising interest rates around the world, making it especially difficult for public finance to meet pressing climate financing needs.
These factors mean mobilizing private capital on a large scale will be key to achieving their climate objectives.
Source: IMF.org
IMF-Aging Is the Real Population Bomb
November 15, 2022--Population aging is the top global demographic trend; the pandemic can teach us how to prepare for it
Total world population passed the 8 billion milestone on November 15, 2022.
The progression from 7 to 8 billion people took a mere 12 years, conjuring up long-standing fears associated with rapid population growth, including food shortages, rampant unemployment, the depletion of natural resources, and unchecked environmental degradation.
But the most formidable demographic challenge facing the world is no longer rapid population growth, but population aging. Thoughtful preparedness-combining behavioral changes, investment in human capital and infrastructure, policy and institutional reforms, and technological innovations-can enable countries to meet the challenge and take advantage of the opportunities presented by demographic change.
Source: imf.org
COP27: 10 key facts climate scientists want you to know
November 14, 2022--Adapting our world will not save us from the devastating effects of climate change, say scientists.
What is also needed is urgent action to achieve dramatic cuts in CO2 emissions.
Here are 10 insights from climate experts delivered in plain language.
Adapting the world to cope with the effects of climate change can only go so far and time is running out to make radical changes to the way we live if we are to have any hope of averting a climate catastrophe, leading scientists have warned.
Released at the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, a report written by leading climate scientists lays bare the limitations of efforts to adapt to climate change. It says the world needs to urgently reduce the emissions that are changing the climate.
Source: weforum.org
WTO report shows G20 trade restrictions increasing amidst economic challenges
November 14, 2022--November 14, 2022-In a context of economic uncertainty exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the food security crisis, G20 economies between mid-May and mid-October 2022 introduced export restrictions at an increased pace, particularly on food and fertilizer, according to the 28th WTO Trade Monitoring Report on G20 trade measures issued on 14 November.
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called on G20 countries, and all WTO members, to refrain from adopting new trade-restrictive measures that can further contribute to a worsening of the global economic outlook.
While some trade-restrictive measures have been lifted by G20 countries, the report indicates that the trend has been going in the wrong direction. Export restrictions contribute to shortages, price volatility, and uncertainty.
Source: World Trade Organization (WTO)
